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.
Acting
Movie
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951
Movie
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Movie
Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945
Movie
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
Movie
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
1945
Movie
The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949
Movie
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1958
Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Enforcer
1951
Movie
Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
1934
Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
1950
Movie
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953
Movie
Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949
Movie
Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme
1952
Movie
Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944
Movie
The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
1950
Movie
Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1949
Movie
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
1930
Movie
A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
1946
Movie
The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
1949
Crew
Movie
The Drifter
Director
1917
Movie
The Black Terror
Director
1916
Movie
Brothers Equal
Director
1916
Movie
Her Buried Past
Director
1915
Movie
The Fugitive
Director
1917
Movie
Over the Ledge
Director
1914
Movie
The Exposure
Director
1914
Movie
Station Content
Director
1915
Movie
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Writer
1917
Movie
The Outlaw and the Lady
Scenario Writer
1917
Movie
Goin' Straight
Scenario Writer
1917
Movie
Hair-Trigger Burke
Scenario Writer
1917