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