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 277
Movies 276
Director 17
TV Shows 1
Townsman (uncredited)
Westbound (1959)
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
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Townsman (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding (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
Audience Member (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Movie
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Lucky Me (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
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 / Flugleman's Assistant
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
Movie
Store Detective
My Six Convicts (1952)
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
Police Turnkey
So You Think You're Not Guilty (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
Cop (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Movie
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Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment (1948)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator
The Unfaithful (1947)
Movie
2
Policeman
Andy Plays Hookey (1946)
Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Movie
Detective (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses (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 (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell (1946)
Movie
Man on the Street / Man in Pub
Three Strangers (1946)
Movie
Det. 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
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Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
Come Out Fighting (1945)
Movie
Detective
If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
Movie
Harper (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Movie
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Dad Martin (uncredited)
Crime by Night (1944)
Movie
Jerry (uncredited)
Trial by Trigger (1944)
Movie
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Movie
Police Chief
A Gem of a Jam (1943)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)
True to Life (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
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Capt. Beal
Murder on the Waterfront (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
Policeman (uncredited)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1942)
Movie
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
Wesley 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
Detective Dickens
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
Movie
6
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
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
Police Chief
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
Desk Sergeant
High Tension (1936)
Movie
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
Private Number (1936)
Movie
Detective Costigan
The Witness Chair (1936)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)
At Sea Ashore (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
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
If I Had a Million (1932)
Movie
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
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
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Men Without Law (1930)
Movie
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
Movie
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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
Police Detective
The Faker (1929)
Movie
Inspector
The Last Warning (1928)
Movie
Detective (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Movie
6
Clerk
On Trial (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
Assistant Chief of Detectives
The Third Degree (1926)
Movie
The Detective (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet (1926)
Movie
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
Movie
Policeman
Say It with Babies (1926)
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
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 (uncredited)
The Last Card (1921)
Movie
Bit Part (uncredited)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920)
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
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Six-Shooter Justice (1917)
Movie
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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
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Blood Money (1917)
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 of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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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