Fred Kelsey
Acting
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.
Born: August 20, 1884
Place of Birth: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Known For
Rough Necking
The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks him into the house disguised as a woman. One of her father's friends, however, falls in love with the mysterious young "woman".
Strangers on a Train
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Mildred Pierce
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
A Gem of a Jam
The stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Harts, Burns and Belcher. Some crooks arrive seeking medical attention after their boss has been wounded in a shoot out with the cops. Mistaken for doctors, the boys are forced to operate on the wounded crook, but instead they accidentally dump him out the window into a passing police car. The rest of the gang chases them into a store room filled with dummies where the cops finally catch the bad guys.
To Catch a Thief
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
Gentleman Jim
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
A Star Is Born
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
The Enforcer
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
Action in the North Atlantic
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Crime Wave
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
Filmography
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Silversmith (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
as Sergeant-at-Arms
as First Gendarme
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Store Detective
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
as Doc Jones (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Sgt. Wallace
as Guard (uncredited)
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
as Villager (uncredited)
as Deputy
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Officer O'Brien
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator
as Turnkey (uncredited)
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
as Det. Kelsey
as Detective
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
as Detective
as Harper (uncredited)
as Lefert
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
as Turnkey
as Jerry (uncredited)
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
as Police Chief
as Cop (uncredited)
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
as Capt. Beal
as Policeman
as Joe (uncredited)
as Detective Dickens
as Sutro (uncredited)
as Police Officer Martin
as Dickens
as Night Watchman
as Jailer (uncredited)
as Bronson
as "Screw"
as Drunk
as Sam - Policeman
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Police Chief Hansen
as Jailer
as Cop
as Detective (uncredited)
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant
as Wesley Dickens
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Detective Ryan
as Officer McCloskey
as Detective Dickens
as Sgt. Murphy
as Dickens
as Jim - Detective
as Capt. Thompson
as Cop (uncredited)
as Bottles
as Dickens
as Dickens
as Junk Man
as Bailiff
as Hank Fidler
as Pete - Railroad Detective
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
as Policeman
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Landlord
as Agitator
as Judge
as Bit Role
as Cop at Racetrack
as Finnegan
as Hotel Detective
as Cop
as Police Band Leader
as Police Sergeant
as Officer
as Policeman
as Abner Jenkins
as Smitty - Policeman
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Jailer
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
as Oil Man at Well
as Seaman at Auction
as Conductor
as Cop (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Desk Sergeant
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
as Detective Costigan
as Cop (uncredited)
as First Detective
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
as Hank Polk
as Mike - Cop
as Horsley's Secretary
as Police Officer Riley
as Detective O'Brien
as Sheriff Jenks
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
as Bit Part
as Detective
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
as Dugan
as Police Sgt. Murphy
as Train Detective (uncredited)
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
as Sergeant at Border
as Detective
as Bloodgood
as Mulvaney
as Detective Blake
as Murphy
as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
as Cop
as Cop (uncredited)
as Police Guard (uncredited)
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
as Corcoran
as Process Server
as Detective Duffy
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective Duffy
as Cop (uncredited)
as Delaney
as Sheriff Hornsby
as Collins
as Detective Kearney
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
as Policeman (uncredited)
as The Conductor
as Murphy (uncredited)
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
as Murphy
as Self - Tour Guide
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
as Casey
as Policeman
as Detective
as Ryan
as Police Captain
as County Fair Manager
as Carney
as Police Detective
as Inspector
as Dugan
as Detective (uncredited)
as Clerk
as M. T. Flatt
as Mr. Lovewell
as Detective
as Detective Simpson
as Detective in Shadow Box
as Mulligan
as The Detective
as Det. Shaw
as The Police
as Rent Collector
as Detective
as Police Sergeant
as Store Detective (uncredited)
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
as Detective
as The Detective (uncredited)
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Cop
as Policeman
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Tom Horan
as Confederate
as George Ketchem
as Red Mullin
as Agent John J. Doyle
as Decker
as Fred
as The Submarine Commander
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
as Detective Hahn
as Gomez
as The Other Man
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
as Police Officer
as Karl Swartz
as Starnes
as Police Inspector
as Dugall
as Detective
as Detective (uncredited)
as Sailor
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Brody
as Sgt. Powers
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
as Captain Eric von Prohme
as Max Kummich
as JIm Cox
as The Detective