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.
294 acting credits · 23 directing credits
Acting · 294
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Strangers on a Train
1951
To Catch a Thief
1955
Mildred Pierce
1945
The Fountainhead
1949
Night and Day
1946
A Star Is Born
1954
Auntie Mame
1958
Riding Shotgun
1954
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
The Opposite Sex
1956
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Room for One More
1952
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Mr. Skeffington
1944
Silver River
1948
The Man I Love
1946
Gentleman Jim
1942
Twentieth Century
1934
The Silver Chalice
1954
Slave Ship
1937
Colorado Territory
1949
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
Backfire
1950
Nora Prentiss
1947
Storm Warning
1951
Crime Wave
1953
The Inspector General
1949
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
Springfield Rifle
1952
Private Number
1936
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
Carson City
1952
Tall Man Riding
1955
If I Had a Million
1932
The Enforcer
1951
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
The Unfaithful
1947
Illegal
1955
Bullet Scars
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
A Stolen Life
1946
Westbound
1959
Old Acquaintance
1943
Three Strangers
1946
Flamingo Road
1949
Josette
1938
Never Say Goodbye
1946
The Bowery
1933
In This Our Life
1942
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Saratoga Trunk
1945
Super-Sleuth
1937
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
Serenade
1956
Northern Pursuit
1943
Deadwood Dick
1940
Scandal Sheet
1931
Homicide
1949
Dancing in the Dark
1949
The Woman Racket
1930
Only Saps Work
1930
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
Pacific Blackout
1941
The Eleventh Hour
1923
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
Carnival
1935
Larceny, Inc.
1942
Scarlet Pages
1930
Lucky Me
1954
Diamond Jim
1935
Lady Gangster
1942
The Golden Fleecing
1940
Love Is News
1937
Souls for Sale
1923
My Six Convicts
1952
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
Subway Express
1931
Little Annie Rooney
1925
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Angel's Holiday
1937
Spy Ship
1942
Lovebound
1923
Atlantic Adventure
1935
Wrong Again
1929
Naughty Baby
1928
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
While the City Sleeps
1928
High School
1940
Huddle
1932
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
Counter-Espionage
1942
Sailor's Luck
1933
The Witness Chair
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
Among the Missing
1934
High Tension
1936
Murder in the Big House
1942
True to Life
1943
Invisible Ghost
1941
One Mile from Heaven
1937
The Crime of the Century
1933
Soft Cushions
1927
Speak Easily
1932
I'll Tell the World
1934
Side Show
1931
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
The Noose Hangs High
1948
Tenderloin
1928
The Garden Murder Case
1936
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
Wide Open
1930
The Gorilla
1927
Beloved
1934
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Seven Sinners
1925
Manslaughter
1922
One Foot in Heaven
1941
Time Out for Romance
1937
Down on the Farm
1938
Roaring Guns
1944
A Woman of Affairs
1928
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
Guilty as Hell
1932
Quiet Please!
1933
Night Spot
1938
Tell No Tales
1939
Tiny Troubles
1939
Lights Out
1923
Jewish Prudence
1927
Excuse Me
1925
The Last Warning
1928
Straight, Place and Show
1938
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
Going Wild
1930
Orchids and Ermine
1927
Wild and Woolly
1937
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
Road to Paradise
1930
On Trial
1928
She Had to Eat
1937
X Marks the Spot
1942
Hot Money
1935
The Empty Cab
1918
Borrowing Trouble
1937
Moving Vanities
1939
One Dangerous Night
1943
Love in High Gear
1932
How DOooo You Do
1945
Love and Hisses
1937
The Night Hawk
1924
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930
Harold Teen
1928
Rough Necking
1934
School for Girls
1934
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
Horses' Collars
1935
The Third Degree
1926
Deserted at the Altar
1922
The Green Archer
1940
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
The Song of Life
1922
Dog Shy
1926
The Third Generation
1920
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946
Trial by Trigger
1944
So You Want an Apartment
1948
Murder on the Roof
1930
The Faker
1929
The Donovan Affair
1929
The Lady Escapes
1937
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
Discarded Lovers
1932
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Men Without Law
1930
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920
Safety in Numbers
1938
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
The 13th Juror
1927
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
Murder on the Waterfront
1943
I Was Framed
1942
Yoo-Hoo
1932
Red Haired Alibi
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Too Busy to Work
1939
The Crime Doctor
1934
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
King of the Jungle
1933
The Naughty Flirt
1931
Bag and Baggage
1923
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Frontier Days
1945
Monkey Businessmen
1946
One Frightened Night
1935
The Yankee Consul
1924
Death Flies East
1935
Food and Magic
1943
Puppets of Fate
1921
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1949
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
Big Business
1937
At Sea Ashore
1936
That's My Baby
1926
Misbehaving Husbands
1940
Clock Wise
1939
So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950
Murder Without Tears
1953
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
Friendly Enemies
1925
Boys Will Be Boys
1932
Danger Ahead
1935
Paths to Paradise
1925
Dear! Deer!
1942
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
Racing Blood
1954
She Got What She Wanted
1930
One Clear Call
1922
So You Want a Raise
1950
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929
Mr. District Attorney
1941
A Midnight Adventure
1928
The Mystery Pilot
1926
A Gem of a Jam
1943
The Off-Shore Pirate
1921
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
The Girl Said No
1930
The Iceman's Ball
1932
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
The Uneasy Three
1925
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
Hiss and Yell
1946
The Moth
1934
Atta Boy
1926
A Society Sensation
1918
That I May Live
1937
Youth and Adventure
1925
Say It with Babies
1926
Crime by Night
1944
Detour to Danger
1946
The Wright Idea
1928
The Social Highwayman
1926
The People's Choice
1946
Silent Sandy
1914
The Last Card
1921
Traffic in Hearts
1924
The Fire Flingers
1919
Berth Quakes
1938
The Lawful Cheater
1925
Come Out Fighting
1945
Don't Shoot
1922
Revenue Agent
1950
The Light of Victory
1919
Arms and the Gringo
1914
The Silk Lined Burglar
1919
Snooper Service
1945
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
Mutiny in the County
1940
The Match-Breaker
1921
The Public Menace
1935
So You Want to Be an Actor
1949
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
Outlaw's Son
1954
South of Suva
1922
Held by the Law
1927
A Left Hook
1911
I'll Be Suing You
1934
Many Sappy Returns
1938
The Yellow Dog
1918
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953
Plastered in Paris
1928
Smooth as Satin
1925
There Are No Villains
1921
Shopping with Wifie
1932
Directing · 23
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917
The Pretender
1915
The Almost Good Man
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
The Outlaw and the Lady
1917
Blood Money
1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
Over the Ledge
1914
Goin' Straight
1917
The Fugitive
1917
The Wrong Man
1917
The Exposure
1914
The Fighting Gringo
1917
The Drifter
1917
The Purple Lily
1918
The Mysterious Outlaw
1917
Six-Shooter Justice
1917
Station Content
1915
The Nymph
1916
Brothers Equal
1916
Her Buried Past
1915
The Golden Bullet
1917
The Black Terror
1916