Fred Kelsey

Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives. He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920. Kelsey was caricatured as the detective in the 1943 MGM cartoon Who Killed Who? directed by Tex Avery. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood, California, aged 77.

Cast

She Got What She Wanted

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

(Policeman (uncredited))

Revenue Agent

(Sgt. Wallace)

Love Is News

(Cop (uncredited))

That's My Baby

(Murphy)

Twentieth Century

(Train Detective (uncredited))

Soft Cushions

(The Police)

The Yankee Consul

(Agent John J. Doyle)

Flamingo Road

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Subway Express

(Detective Kearney)

The Donovan Affair

(Carney)

Lights Out

(Decker)

One Frightened Night

(Sheriff Jenks)

Moving Vanities

(Police Officer (uncredited))

Alias Jimmy Valentine

(Bit Part (uncredited))

The Empty Cab

(The Detective)

Friendly Enemies

The Iceman's Ball

(Police Sergeant)

Frontier Days

(Mayor Stone (uncredited))

Deserted at the Altar

(The Other Man)

Hans Christian Andersen

(First Gendarme)

One Clear Call

(Starnes)

Lovebound

(Detective Hahn)

Jewish Prudence

(Rent Collector)

The Crime Doctor

(Bloodgood)

Counter-Espionage

(Dickens)

So You Want a Raise

Roaring Guns

Trial by Trigger

(Jerry (uncredited))

Storm Warning

(Townsman (uncredited))

Hiss and Yell

(Policeman (uncredited))

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

(Detective Dickens)

Tall Man Riding

(Townsman (uncredited))

Northern Pursuit

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Springfield Rifle

(Barfly (uncredited))

The Silver Chalice

(Silversmith (uncredited))

Saratoga Trunk

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Manslaughter

(Member of the Jury (uncredited))

Colorado Territory

(Train Engineer (uncredited))

The Last Card

(Detective (uncredited))

The Honor of an Outlaw

(The Deputy)

So You Think You're Not Guilty

(Police Turnkey (uncredited))

If a Body Meets a Body

(Detective)

If I Had a Million

(Prison Jailer (uncredited))

Discarded Lovers

(Delaney)

Murder in the Big House

("Screw")

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

(Wesley Dickens)

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Super-Sleuth

(Jailer)

That I May Live

(Abner Jenkins)

Danger Ahead

(Detective O'Brien)

Scarlet Pages

(Murphy)

The Moth

(Detective Blake)

Lightning Strikes Twice

(Dugan)

Arms and the Gringo

Murder on the Waterfront

(Capt. Beal)

To Catch a Thief

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Lucky Me

(Passerby on Street (uncredited))

Christmas in Connecticut

(Harper (uncredited))

The Little Red Schoolhouse

(First Detective)

Say It with Babies

(Policeman)

The Wright Idea

(M. T. Flatt)

Backfire

(Fight Fan (uncredited))

Illegal

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))

Side Show

(Sheriff Hornsby)

The Crime of the Century

(Police Guard (uncredited))

Love in High Gear

(Detective Duffy)

Atlantic Adventure

(Police Officer Riley)

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

(Policeman)

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

(Detective)

The Woman Racket

(Police Captain)

My Favorite Blonde

(Sam - Policeman)

A Notorious Gentleman

(Detective)

A Gem of a Jam

(Police Chief)

Wide Open

(Detective)

The Girl Said No

(Policeman)

Road to Paradise

(Casey)

Don't Shoot

(Police Officer)

Guilty as Hell

(Detective Duffy)

Westbound

(Townsman (uncredited))

Silent Sandy

(Silent Sandy)

Death Flies East

(Police Lieutenant O'Brien)

Andy Plays Hookey

(Policeman)

Lady Gangster

(Policeman (uncredited))

The Silk Lined Burglar

(Capt. von Hoffmeier)

Tiny Troubles

(Judge)

Larceny, Inc.

(Bronson)

There Are No Villains

(Dugall)

The Yellow Dog

(Max Kummich)

Bullet Scars

(Police Chief Hansen)

The Faker

(Police Detective)

Tenderloin

(Detective Simpson)

Hot Money

(Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey))

Harold Teen

(Mr. Lovewell)

X Marks the Spot

(Police Officer Martin)

At Sea Ashore

(Cop (uncredited))

Souls for Sale

(Detective Quinn (uncredited))

Red Haired Alibi

(Corcoran)

Detour to Danger

(Det. Kelsey)

Room for One More

The Night Hawk

I'll Be Suing You

(Insurance Adjustor)

Love and Hisses

(Officer)

Josette

(Hotel Detective)

I'll Tell the World

(Sergeant at Border)

Night Spot

(Police Band Leader)

While the City Sleeps

(Detective in Shadow Box)

Tell No Tales

(Policeman at School (uncredited))

Everybody's Doing It

(Police Sergeant)

The Enforcer

Scandal Sheet

(Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy)

Going Wild

(The Conductor)

Captain Fly-by-Night

(Gomez)

The Gorilla

(Mulligan)

A Star Is Born

(Audience Member (uncredited))

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

(Chief of Detectives (uncredited))

Only Saps Work

(Murphy (uncredited))

King of the Jungle

(Cop (uncredited))

The Eleventh Hour

(The Submarine Commander)

Rough Riders' Round-up

(Agitator)

Charlie Chan in Reno

(Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

The Lady Escapes

(Man on telephone (uncredited))

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

(Pete - Railroad Detective)

Chicken Wagon Family

(Policeman)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

(Detective - in Cab and at Theatre)

Quiet Please!

(Train Conductor)

The Uneasy Three

O. Henry's Full House

(Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi"))

A Stolen Life

(Bartender (uncredited))

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

(Dickens)

The Lone Wolf Strikes

(Dickens)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

(Dickens)

Mutiny in the County

(Policeman)

Outlaw's Son

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

(Bailiff)

Crime Wave

(Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited))

Mildred Pierce

(Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited))

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

(Policeman)

Little Annie Rooney

(Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

Snooper Service

Crime by Night

(Dad Martin (uncredited))

Sailor's Luck

(Cop)

High Tension

(Desk Sergeant)

Time Out for Romance

(Policeman)

Rough Necking

(Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.)

Atta Boy

(Detective)

Wrong Again

Deadwood Dick

(Bottles)

Auntie Mame

(Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited))

Huddle

(Policeman (uncredited))

Misbehaving Husbands

(Sgt. Murphy)

Horses' Collars

(Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited))

One Mile from Heaven

(Smitty - Policeman)

Gentleman Jim

(Sutro (uncredited))

The Golden Fleecing

(Cop (uncredited))

Mr. Skeffington

(Cop in Raid (uncredited))

The Green Archer

(Capt. Thompson)

At the Stroke of Twelve

(Police Sergeant)

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

(Lamb - Curry's Partner)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

(Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited))

Yoo-Hoo

(Detective)

Paths to Paradise

(Confederate)

The Damned Don't Cry

(Man on Dock (uncredited))

Never Say Goodbye

(Policeman (uncredited))

Big Business

(Oil Man at Well)

Diamond Jim

(Horsley's Secretary)

The Witness Chair

(Detective Costigan)

Seven Sinners

(Policeman)

Invisible Ghost

(Detective Ryan)

Bromo and Juliet

(The Detective (uncredited))

Carnival

(Bit Part)

Crazy Like a Fox

(Man with Badge on Train (uncredited))

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

(Jailer)

They Died with Their Boots On

(Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited))

On Trial

(Clerk)

Naughty Baby

(Dugan)

How DOooo You Do

(Detective)

Food and Magic

Slave Ship

(Seaman at Auction)

Straight, Place and Show

(Cop at Racetrack)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

(Jim - Detective)

Angel's Holiday

(Conductor)

Clock Wise

(Landlord)

Mr. District Attorney

(Officer McCloskey)

Pacific Blackout

(Cop)

High School

(Junk Man)

Spy Ship

(Night Watchman)

I Was Framed

(Drunk)

The Last Warning

(Inspector)

Young Donovan's Kid

(Collins)

Berth Quakes

(Train Conductor)

Dear! Deer!

(Policeman)

One Dangerous Night

(Detective Dickens)

Action in the North Atlantic

(Joe (uncredited))

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

(Fred)

A Woman of Affairs

(Detective (uncredited))

Borrowing Trouble

(Policeman)

Safety in Numbers

(Cop)

Down on the Farm

(Bit Role)

Too Busy to Work

(Hank Fidler)

True to Life

(Cop (uncredited))

Old Acquaintance

(Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited))

The Unfaithful

(Courtroom Spectator)

Three Strangers

(Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited))

The Opposite Sex

(Club Patron (uncredited))

Boys Will Be Boys

(Doorman)

A Society Sensation

(JIm Cox)

The Inspector General

(Villager (uncredited))

So You Want to Play the Horses

(Detective (uncredited))

Among the Missing

(Police Sgt. Murphy)

Make Your Own Bed

(Turnkey)

The Third Degree

(Assistant Chief of Detectives)

Dancing in the Dark

(Deputy)

The Thirteenth Hour

(Det. Shaw)

Homicide

(Officer O'Brien)

The Fountainhead

(Old Watchman (uncredited))

The Song of Life

(Police Inspector)

My Six Convicts

(Store Detective)

The Naughty Flirt

(Policeman (uncredited))

She Had to Eat

(Police Officer Tracy (uncredited))

The Noose Hangs High

(Cop (uncredited))

The 13th Juror

(The Detective)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

(Detective (uncredited))

Serenade

(Opera Attendee (uncredited))

Puppets of Fate

(Bobs)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

(Mr. Watson (uncredited))

School for Girls

(Detective)

The Light of Victory

(Captain Eric von Prohme)

Goodbye, My Fancy

(Party Guest (Uncredited))

In This Our Life

(Jailer (uncredited))

The Flame and the Arrow

(Guard (uncredited))

Shopping with Wifie

(Det. Dugan)

So You Want to Enjoy Life

(Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited))

Private Number

(Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited))

Wild and Woolly

(Policeman (uncredited))

So You Want an Apartment

(Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited))

Come Out Fighting

(Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy))

The Garden Murder Case

(Heath's Assistant (Uncredited))

Men Without Law

(Deputy Sheriff Jeff)

Excuse Me

(George Ketchem)

Beloved

(Mulvaney)

A Left Hook

The Lawful Cheater

(Tom Horan)

The Sagebrush Troubadour

(Hank Polk)

The Public Menace

(Mike - Cop)

The Strange Mr. Gregory

(Lefert)

Many Sappy Returns

(Finnegan)

One Foot in Heaven

(Train Conductor (uncredited))

Dog Shy

(Cop)

The Fire Flingers

(Sgt. Powers)

Murder on the Roof

(Ryan)

The Mystery Pilot

(Skipper Larsen)

Bag and Baggage

(Fred)

Smiling Irish Eyes

(County Fair Manager)

There Ain't No Santa Claus

(Store Detective (uncredited))

Nora Prentiss

(Turnkey (uncredited))

Night and Day

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

(Delivery Man)

Murder Without Tears

(Sergeant-at-Arms)

So You Want to Be an Actor

(Counter Man)

The Man I Love

(Mac the Doorman (uncredited))

So You Think You Can't Sleep

(Sleeping patient in waiting room)

So You Want to Be a Musician

(Restaurant diner)

Strangers on a Train

(Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited))

Speak Easily

(Process Server)

Orchids and Ermine

(Police Sergeant)

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

(Self - Tour Guide)

South of Suva

(Karl Swartz)

Plastered in Paris

Shine on Harvest Moon

(Policeman in patrol car (uncredited))

Youth and Adventure

(Red Mullin)

Carson City

(Townsman (uncredited))

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

(Barfly (uncredited))

Riding Shotgun

(Townsman (uncredited))

Held by the Law

Silver River

(Townsman (uncredited))

The Bowery

(Detective Kelsey (uncredited))

The Helen Morgan Story

(Night Club Patron (uncredited))

The Off-Shore Pirate

(Sailor)

The Match-Breaker

(Detective)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

(Doc Jones (uncredited))