Acting
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 with Fred Kelsey
Dear! Deer!
1942
To Catch a Thief
1955
Strangers on a Train
1951
Mr. Skeffington
1944
A Star Is Born
1954
Mildred Pierce
1945
Night and Day
1946
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Auntie Mame
1958
The Fountainhead
1949
Racing Blood
1954
Storm Warning
1951
Springfield Rifle
1952
The Enforcer
1951
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Riding Shotgun
1954
The Opposite Sex
1956
Super-Sleuth
1937
A Stolen Life
1946
Huddle
1932
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
Twentieth Century
1934
True to Life
1943
O. Henry's Full House
1952
The Silver Chalice
1954
Gentleman Jim
1942
School for Girls
1934
Crime Wave
1953
Tall Man Riding
1955
The Unfaithful
1947
Colorado Territory
1949
Silver River
1948
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
Flamingo Road
1949
Souls for Sale
1923
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
The Man I Love
1946
The Inspector General
1949
Northern Pursuit
1943
Carson City
1952
Saratoga Trunk
1945
In This Our Life
1942
My Six Convicts
1952
Three Strangers
1946
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
Love and Hisses
1937
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Nora Prentiss
1947
Wild and Woolly
1937
Backfire
1950
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
Illegal
1955
Westbound
1959
The People's Choice
1946
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Soft Cushions
1927
Lucky Me
1954
Harold Teen
1928
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
If I Had a Million
1932
Room for One More
1952
Bullet Scars
1942
The Crime Doctor
1934
Monkey Businessmen
1946
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
I'll Tell the World
1934
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Mr. District Attorney
1941
Love Is News
1937
Pacific Blackout
1941
Old Acquaintance
1943
Diamond Jim
1935
Private Number
1936
Time Out for Romance
1937
Clock Wise
1939
The Bowery
1933
The Last Warning
1928
Tell No Tales
1939
One Foot in Heaven
1941
The Naughty Flirt
1931
Frontier Days
1945
Lady Gangster
1942
Never Say Goodbye
1946
The Witness Chair
1936
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
The Green Archer
1940
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Larceny, Inc.
1942
One Mile from Heaven
1937
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
Night Spot
1938
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920
Speak Easily
1932
Slave Ship
1937
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
Wrong Again
1929
Dog Shy
1926
Invisible Ghost
1941
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Serenade
1956
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
Down on the Farm
1938
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
Scandal Sheet
1931
The Donovan Affair
1929
Death Flies East
1935
Spy Ship
1942
The Noose Hangs High
1948
One Dangerous Night
1943
Counter-Espionage
1942
While the City Sleeps
1928
Deadwood Dick
1940
The Gorilla
1927
Crime by Night
1944
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
High School
1940
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Safety in Numbers
1938
Homicide
1949
A Midnight Adventure
1928
I Was Framed
1942
Revenue Agent
1950
Dancing in the Dark
1949
Roaring Guns
1944
Jewish Prudence
1927
The Garden Murder Case
1936
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
X Marks the Spot
1942
High Tension
1936
Tiny Troubles
1939
The Golden Fleecing
1940
She Had to Eat
1937
Murder in the Big House
1942
One Clear Call
1922
Only Saps Work
1930
Boys Will Be Boys
1932
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
Murder Without Tears
1953
A Woman of Affairs
1928
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940
Horses' Collars
1935
Carnival
1935
Trial by Trigger
1944
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
Side Show
1931
The Off-Shore Pirate
1921
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Scarlet Pages
1930
So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950
King of the Jungle
1933
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
Atlantic Adventure
1935
A Society Sensation
1918
The Social Highwayman
1926
Little Annie Rooney
1925
Paths to Paradise
1925
That's My Baby
1926
The Crime of the Century
1933
Murder on the Roof
1930
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
Angel's Holiday
1937
A Gem of a Jam
1943
Naughty Baby
1928
Manslaughter
1922
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
The Lawful Cheater
1925
Road to Paradise
1930
The Lady Escapes
1937
Going Wild
1930
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
The Girl Said No
1930
The Third Degree
1926
So You Want to Be an Actor
1949
Sailor's Luck
1933
Wide Open
1930
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
How DOooo You Do
1945
Excuse Me
1925
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930
So You Want an Apartment
1948
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
The Woman Racket
1930
The Public Menace
1935
Traffic in Hearts
1924
Among the Missing
1934
There Are No Villains
1921
Say It with Babies
1926
Murder on the Waterfront
1943
The Uneasy Three
1925
Josette
1938
The Eleventh Hour
1923
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
Detour to Danger
1946
Tenderloin
1928
Held by the Law
1927
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Quiet Please!
1933
Misbehaving Husbands
1940
Too Busy to Work
1939
Orchids and Ermine
1927
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1949
Come Out Fighting
1945
The Third Generation
1920
Don't Shoot
1922
Borrowing Trouble
1937
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
A Left Hook
1911
One Frightened Night
1935
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
Youth and Adventure
1925
Straight, Place and Show
1938
The Faker
1929
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
The 13th Juror
1927
The Song of Life
1922
Smooth as Satin
1925
Love in High Gear
1932
Guilty as Hell
1932
Beloved
1934
Deserted at the Altar
1922
Red Haired Alibi
1932
Lovebound
1923
The Match-Breaker
1921
Danger Ahead
1935
Seven Sinners
1925
Rough Necking
1934
That I May Live
1937
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
The Iceman's Ball
1932
Subway Express
1931
Many Sappy Returns
1938
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929
The Wright Idea
1928
Men Without Law
1930
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
The Last Card
1921
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946
Discarded Lovers
1932
On Trial
1928
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
Big Business
1937
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
Puppets of Fate
1921
Food and Magic
1943
The Moth
1934
Yoo-Hoo
1932
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953
So You Want a Raise
1950
Atta Boy
1926
South of Suva
1922
Mutiny in the County
1940
The Night Hawk
1924
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
She Got What She Wanted
1930
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
The Yellow Dog
1918
At Sea Ashore
1936
The Fire Flingers
1919
Outlaw's Son
1954
The Yankee Consul
1924
Moving Vanities
1939
Plastered in Paris
1928
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953
The Silk Lined Burglar
1919
I'll Be Suing You
1934
Lights Out
1923
Hot Money
1935
The Light of Victory
1919
Berth Quakes
1938
Snooper Service
1945
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
Hiss and Yell
1946
The Mystery Pilot
1926
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Friendly Enemies
1925
Bag and Baggage
1923
The Empty Cab
1918
Shopping with Wifie
1932
Silent Sandy
1914
