Fred Kelsey

Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Strangers on a Train (1951) — Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
2. To Catch a Thief (1955) — Party Guest (uncredited)
3. Mildred Pierce (1945) — Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
4. A Star Is Born (1954) — Audience Member (uncredited)
5. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — Detective Jones (uncredited)
6. Christmas in Connecticut (1945) — Harper (uncredited)
7. The Fountainhead (1949) — Old Watchman (uncredited)
8. Auntie Mame (1958) — Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
9. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
10. The Enforcer (1951)
11. Twentieth Century (1934) — Train Detective (uncredited)
12. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) — Detective (uncredited)
13. The Flame and the Arrow (1950) — Guard (uncredited)
14. Crime Wave (1953) — Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
15. Colorado Territory (1949) — Train Engineer (uncredited)
16. Hans Christian Andersen (1952) — Gendarme #1
17. Mr. Skeffington (1944) — Cop in Raid (uncredited)
18. Gentleman Jim (1942) — Sutro (uncredited)
19. The Damned Don't Cry (1950) — Man on Dock (uncredited)
20. Action in the North Atlantic (1943) — Joe (uncredited)
21. The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) — Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
22. Flamingo Road (1949) — Train Conductor (uncredited)
23. A Stolen Life (1946) — Bartender (uncredited)
24. The Inspector General (1949) — Villager (uncredited)
25. Invisible Ghost (1941) — Detective Ryan
26. In This Our Life (1942) — Jailer (uncredited)
27. Room for One More (1952)
28. Springfield Rifle (1952) — Barfly (uncredited)
29. If I Had a Million (1932) — Prison Jailer (uncredited)
30. Illegal (1955) — Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
31. O. Henry's Full House (1952) — Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
32. Storm Warning (1951) — Townsman (uncredited)
33. The Silver Chalice (1954) — Silversmith (uncredited)
34. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) — Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
35. Old Acquaintance (1943) — Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
36. Three Strangers (1946) — Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
37. Larceny, Inc. (1942) — Bronson
38. Wrong Again (1929)
39. Night and Day (1946) — First-Nighter (uncredited)
40. Silver River (1948) — Townsman (uncredited)

Directed

1. The Drifter (1917) — Director
2. The Black Terror (1916) — Director
3. Brothers Equal (1916) — Director
4. Her Buried Past (1915) — Director
5. The Fugitive (1917) — Director
6. Over the Ledge (1914) — Director
7. The Exposure (1914) — Director
8. Station Content (1915) — Director
9. The Bad Man of Cheyenne (1917) — Director
10. The Outlaw and the Lady (1917) — Director
11. Goin' Straight (1917) — Director
12. The Honor of an Outlaw (1917) — Director
13. A 44-Calibre Mystery (1917) — Director
14. The Almost Good Man (1917) — Director
15. Six-Shooter Justice (1917) — Director
16. Blood Money (1917) — Director
17. The Wrong Man (1917) — Director
18. The Mysterious Outlaw (1917) — Director
19. The Golden Bullet (1917) — Director
20. The Fighting Gringo (1917) — Director
21. The Nymph (1916) — Director
22. The Pretender (1915) — Director
23. The Purple Lily (1918) — Director