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.
Filmography
all 324
Movies 323
Director 21
TV Shows 1
Townsman (uncredited)

Westbound (1959)
Movie
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

Auntie Mame (1958)
Movie
Club Patron (uncredited)

The Opposite Sex (1956)
Movie
Opera Attendee (uncredited)

Serenade (1956)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Illegal (1955)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Movie
5
Townsman (uncredited)

Tall Man Riding (1955)
Movie
Colisseum Spectator

So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)
Movie
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Outlaw's Son (1954)
Movie
Silversmith (uncredited)

The Silver Chalice (1954)
Movie
Mr. Watson (uncredited)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
Movie
Racetrack Spectator

So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)
Movie
Audience Member (uncredited)

A Star Is Born (1954)
Movie
Bank Guard

So You Want to Be a Banker (1954)
Movie
Passerby on Street (uncredited)

Lucky Me (1954)
Movie
Restaurant Customer

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954)
Movie
Sleeping Patient in Waiting Room

So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953)
Movie
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

Crime Wave (1953)
Movie
Uninvited Guest

So You Want a Television Set (1953)
Movie
Restaurant Diner

So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
Movie
First Gendarme

Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Movie
Pierpont Alloy

Strop, Look and Listen (1952)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)

Springfield Rifle (1952)
Movie
Mr. Schultz (segment 'The Gift of the Magi')

O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Movie
6.75
Policeman

A Blissful Blunder (1952)
Movie
Boat Salesman

So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
Movie
Store Detective

My Six Convicts (1952)
Movie
Wedding Guest

So You Want to Be a Bachelor (1951)
Movie
Mac - Used Car Lot Owner

So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)
Movie
Party Guest (Uncredited)

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Movie
Doc Jones (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
TV
Townsman (uncredited)

Storm Warning (1951)
Movie
Sgt. Wallace

Revenue Agent (1950)
Movie
One of Joe's Co-Workers

So You Want a Raise (1950)
Movie
Guard (uncredited)

The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Movie
Lamb - Curry's Partner

So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950)
Movie
Man on Dock (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Movie
Police Turnkey

So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
Movie
Mr. Rublemeyer

So You Want to Throw a Party (1950)
Movie
Fight Fan (uncredited)

Backfire (1950)
Movie
Villager (uncredited)

The Inspector General (1949)
Movie
Counter Man

So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)
Movie
Delivery Man

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949)
Movie
Old Watchman (uncredited)

The Fountainhead (1949)
Movie
(uncredited)

Colorado Territory (1949)
Movie
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Flamingo Road (1949)
Movie
Officer O'Brien

Homicide (1949)
Movie
Senator Backtrack

So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)
Movie
The Bartender

So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Movie
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Man on Telephone

So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)
Movie
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy

So You Want an Apartment (1948)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator

The Unfaithful (1947)
Movie
2
Man in Audience

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947)
Movie
Fred (Prison Guard)

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)
Movie
Policeman

Andy Plays Hookey (1946)
Movie
Leo - Barber

So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Movie
Smiling Sam McGann

Monkey Businessmen (1946)
Movie
Andy's Neighbor

You Can't Fool a Fool (1946)
Movie
Bartender (uncredited)

A Stolen Life (1946)
Movie
Policeman

Hiss and Yell (1946)
Movie
Man on the Street / Man in Pub

Three Strangers (1946)
Movie
Detective Kelsey

Detour to Danger (1946)
Movie
Detective

How DOooo You Do (1945)
Movie
Mayor Stone (uncredited)

Frontier Days (1945)
Movie
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Movie
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce (1945)
Movie
3.88
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

Come Out Fighting (1945)
Movie
Detective Clancy

If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
Movie
Harper (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Movie
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Detective Lefert

The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
Movie
McGuire

Bowery Champs (1944)
Movie
Dad Martin (uncredited)

Crime by Night (1944)
Movie
Jerry (uncredited)

Trial by Trigger (1944)
Movie
Cop in Raid (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Movie
Pastry Vendor

Busy Buddies (1944)
Movie
Police Chief

A Gem of a Jam (1943)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)

True to Life (1943)
Movie
House Detective

Who's Hugh? (1943)
Movie
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

Old Acquaintance (1943)
Movie
Man in Audience

Food and Magic (1943)
Movie
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Northern Pursuit (1943)
Movie
6
Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Movie
Capt. Beal

Murder on the Waterfront (1943)
Movie
Policeman

Here Comes Mr. Zerk (1943)
Movie
Joe (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Movie
Detective Dickens

One Dangerous Night (1943)
Movie
Sutro (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim (1942)
Movie
Police Officer Martin

X Marks the Spot (1942)
Movie
2.25
Policeman

Dear! Deer! (1942)
Movie
Detective Wesley Dickens

Counter-Espionage (1942)
Movie
6
Night Watchman

Spy Ship (1942)
Movie
Jailer (uncredited)

In This Our Life (1942)
Movie
6
Bronson

Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Movie
Sam - Policeman

My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)

Lady Gangster (1942)
Movie
Police Chief Hansen

Bullet Scars (1942)
Movie
Detective (uncredited)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
Movie
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Movie
Police Sergeant

At the Stroke of Twelve (1941)
Movie
Police Sergeant Dickens

Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
Movie
Train Conductor (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Movie
Detective Ryan

Invisible Ghost (1941)
Movie
Officer McCloskey

Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Movie
Policeman Clancy

Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
Movie
Sgt. Murphy

Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
Movie
Policeman

A Bundle of Bliss (1940)
Movie
Jim - Detective

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
Movie
Capt. Thompson

The Green Archer (1940)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing (1940)
Movie
Bottles

Deadwood Dick (1940)
Movie
Policeman

Mutiny in the County (1940)
Movie
Junk Man

High School (1940)
Movie
Hank Fidler

Too Busy to Work (1939)
Movie
Pete - Railroad Detective

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
Movie
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Movie
3.86
Policeman

Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
Movie
Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Movie
3.5
Policeman at School (uncredited)

Tell No Tales (1939)
Movie
Police Officer

Moving Vanities (1939)
Movie
Landlord

Clock Wise (1939)
Movie
The Judge

Tiny Troubles (1939)
Movie
Bit Role

Down on the Farm (1938)
Movie
Cop at Racetrack

Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Movie
Finnegan

Many Sappy Returns (1938)
Movie
Hotel Detective

Josette (1938)
Movie
Train Conductor

Berth Quakes (1938)
Movie
Police Band Leader

Night Spot (1938)
Movie
Police Sergeant

Everybody's Doing It (1938)
Movie
Officer

Love and Hisses (1937)
Movie
Policeman

Borrowing Trouble (1937)
Movie
Abner Jenkins

That I May Live (1937)
Movie
Smitty - Policeman

One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Movie
Man on telephone (uncredited)

The Lady Escapes (1937)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)

Wild and Woolly (1937)
Movie
Jailer

Super-Sleuth (1937)
Movie
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

She Had to Eat (1937)
Movie
Oil Man at Well

Big Business (1937)
Movie
Seaman at Auction

Slave Ship (1937)
Movie
Conductor

Angel's Holiday (1937)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)

Love Is News (1937)
Movie
Policeman

Time Out for Romance (1937)
Movie
Centurion Murphius

No Place like Rome (1936)
Movie
Desk Sergeant

High Tension (1936)
Movie
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

Private Number (1936)
Movie
Detective Costigan

The Witness Chair (1936)
Movie
First Detective

The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
Movie
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Movie
4.5
Hank Polk

The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935)
Movie
Police Officer Kelsey

Hot Money (1935)
Movie
Mike - Cop

The Public Menace (1935)
Movie
Horsley's Secretary

Diamond Jim (1935)
Movie
Police Officer Riley

Atlantic Adventure (1935)
Movie
Detective O'Brien

Danger Ahead (1935)
Movie
Sheriff Jenks

One Frightened Night (1935)
Movie
Police Lieutenant O'Brien

Death Flies East (1935)
Movie
Bit Part

Carnival (1935)
Movie
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

Horses' Collars (1935)
Movie
Police Sgt. Murphy

Among the Missing (1934)
Movie
Insurance Adjustor

I'll Be Suing You (1934)
Movie
Train Detective (uncredited)

Twentieth Century (1934)
Movie
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

Rough Necking (1934)
Movie
Sergeant at Border

I'll Tell the World (1934)
Movie
Policeman

Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934)
Movie
Detective

School for Girls (1934)
Movie
Bloodgood

The Crime Doctor (1934)
Movie
Mulvaney

Beloved (1934)
Movie
Detective Blake

The Moth (1934)
Movie
Train Conductor

Quiet Please! (1933)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)

King of the Jungle (1933)
Movie
Judge's Assistant

The Trial of Vince Barnett (1933)
Movie
Prison Jailer (uncredited)

If I Had a Million (1932)
Movie
Detective Corcoran

Red Haired Alibi (1932)
Movie
Detective

Yoo-Hoo (1932)
Movie
Police Sergeant

The Iceman's Ball (1932)
Movie
Detective Duffy

Guilty as Hell (1932)
Movie
Max, Manager of Blue Sox

The Loud Mouth (1932)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)

Huddle (1932)
Movie
Detective Duffy

Love in High Gear (1932)
Movie
Det. Dugan

Shopping with Wifie (1932)
Movie
Sgt. Delaney

Discarded Lovers (1932)
Movie
Sheriff Hornsby

Side Show (1931)
Movie
Detective Kearney

Subway Express (1931)
Movie
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

Scandal Sheet (1931)
Movie
The Conductor

Going Wild (1930)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)

The Naughty Flirt (1930)
Movie
Jeff - Deputy Sheriff

Men Without Law (1930)
Movie
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
Movie
9
Police Officer Casey

Road to Paradise (1930)
Movie
Policeman

The Girl Said No (1930)
Movie
Detective

Wide Open (1930)
Movie
Police Captain

The Woman Racket (1930)
Movie
County Fair Manager

Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
Movie
Police Detective

The Faker (1929)
Movie
Inspector

The Last Warning (1928)
Movie
Dugan - Private Detective

Naughty Baby (1928)
Movie
Detective (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Movie
6
Clerk

On Trial (1928)
Movie
M.T. Flatt

The Wright Idea (1928)
Movie
Mr. Lovewell

Harold Teen (1928)
Movie
Detective Simpson

Tenderloin (1928)
Movie
Detective in Shadow Box

While the City Sleeps (1928)
Movie
2
Mulligan

The Gorilla (1927)
Movie
The Detective

The 13th Juror (1927)
Movie
Detective Shaw

The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
Movie
The Police

Soft Cushions (1927)
Movie
Rent Collector

Jewish Prudence (1927)
Movie
Store Detective (uncredited)

There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
Movie
Unsympathetic Sergeant

Corporal Kate (1926)
Movie
Assistant Chief of Detectives

The Third Degree (1926)
Movie
Detective

Atta Boy (1926)
Movie
The Detective

Bromo and Juliet (1926)
Movie
Man with Badge on Train

Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
Movie
Policeman

Say It with Babies (1926)
Movie
Chief of Police

The Social Highwayman (1926)
Movie
Skipper Larsen

The Mystery Pilot (1926)
Movie
A Cop

Dog Shy (1926)
Movie
Prohibition Officer

Starvation Blues (1925)
Movie
The Private Detective

The Uneasy Three (1925)
Movie
Policeman

Seven Sinners (1925)
Movie
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Movie
Tom Horan

The Lawful Cheater (1925)
Movie
Confederate

Paths to Paradise (1925)
Movie
George Ketchem

Excuse Me (1925)
Movie
Casey

Cornered (1924)
Movie
Tim Tracy

Traffic in Hearts (1924)
Movie
Agent John J. Doyle

The Yankee Consul (1924)
Movie
Decker

Lights Out (1923)
Movie
The Submarine Commander

The Eleventh Hour (1923)
Movie
Detective Quinn (uncredited)

Souls for Sale (1923)
Movie
Detective Hahn

Lovebound (1923)
Movie
Mart Stoneman

The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923)
Movie
The Other Man

Deserted at the Altar (1922)
Movie
Member of the Jury (uncredited)

Manslaughter (1922)
Movie
Police Officer

Don't Shoot (1922)
Movie
Starnes

One Clear Call (1922)
Movie
Police Inspector

The Song of Life (1922)
Movie
Detective

The Last Card (1921)
Movie
Sgt. Powers

The Fire Flingers (1919)
Movie
Capt. von Hoffmeier

The Silk Lined Burglar (1919)
Movie
Captain Eric von Prohme

The Light of Victory (1919)
Movie
Max Kummich

The Yellow Dog (1918)
Movie
The Detective

The Empty Cab (1918)
Movie
Director

Six-Shooter Justice (1917)
Movie
Director

The Wrong Man (1917)
Movie
Director

The Golden Bullet (1917)
Movie
Director

The Almost Good Man (1917)
Movie
Director

A 44-Calibre Mystery (1917)
Movie
The Deputy

The Honor of an Outlaw (1917)
Movie
Director

Hair-Trigger Burke (1917)
Movie
Director

The Fighting Gringo (1917)
Movie
Director

Goin' Straight (1917)
Movie
Director

The Drifter (1917)
Movie
Director

Blood Money (1917)
Movie
Director

The Black Terror (1916)
Movie
Director

Brothers Equal (1916)
Movie
Director

The Nymph (1916)
Movie
Director

The Pretender (1915)
Movie
Director

Station Content (1915)
Movie
Director

The Exposure (1914)
Movie
Director

Over the Ledge (1914)
Movie
Silent Sandy

Silent Sandy (1914)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1884-08-20
Deathday1961-09-02 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceSandusky, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsFred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey , Fred A. Kelsey , Fred. A. Kelsey , H. Kelsley, Frederick Alvin Kelsey
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