Fred Kelsey
Acting
- Born:
- 1884-08-20
- Died:
- 1961-09-02
- Place of birth:
- Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Westbound
Auntie Mame
The Helen Morgan Story
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
The Opposite Sex
Serenade
Illegal
To Catch a Thief
Tall Man Riding
Outlaw's Son
The Silver Chalice
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
A Star Is Born
Lucky Me
Riding Shotgun
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Racing Blood
So You Think You Can't Sleep
Crime Wave
Murder Without Tears
So You Want to Be a Musician
Hans Christian Andersen
Strop, Look and Listen
Springfield Rifle
O. Henry's Full House
Carson City
So You Want to Enjoy Life
My Six Convicts
Room for One More
Strangers on a Train
Goodbye, My Fancy
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Enforcer
Storm Warning
Revenue Agent
So You Want a Raise
The Flame and the Arrow
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
The Damned Don't Cry
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Backfire
The Inspector General
So You Want to Be an Actor
Dancing in the Dark
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
The Fountainhead
Colorado Territory
Flamingo Road
Homicide
Silver River
The Noose Hangs High
So You Want an Apartment
The Unfaithful
Nora Prentiss
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
The Man I Love
Andy Plays Hookey
The People's Choice
Never Say Goodbye
So You Want to Play the Horses
Night and Day
Monkey Businessmen
A Stolen Life
Hiss and Yell
Three Strangers
Detour to Danger
How DOooo You Do
Frontier Days
Saratoga Trunk
Mildred Pierce
Come Out Fighting
If a Body Meets a Body
Christmas in Connecticut
Snooper Service
The Strange Mr. Gregory
Crime by Night
Make Your Own Bed
Trial by Trigger
Mr. Skeffington
Shine on Harvest Moon
Roaring Guns
A Gem of a Jam
True to Life
Old Acquaintance
Food and Magic
Northern Pursuit
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Murder on the Waterfront
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Action in the North Atlantic
One Dangerous Night
Gentleman Jim
X Marks the Spot
Dear! Deer!
Counter-Espionage
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Spy Ship
In This Our Life
Larceny, Inc.
Murder in the Big House
I Was Framed
My Favorite Blonde
Lady Gangster
Bullet Scars
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Pacific Blackout
The Man Who Came to Dinner
They Died with Their Boots On
At the Stroke of Twelve
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
One Foot in Heaven
Invisible Ghost
Mr. District Attorney
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Misbehaving Husbands
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Mexican Spitfire Out West
The Green Archer
The Golden Fleecing
Deadwood Dick
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Mutiny in the County
The Lone Wolf Strikes
High School
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Too Busy to Work
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Chicken Wagon Family
Charlie Chan in Reno
Tell No Tales
Moving Vanities
Clock Wise
Rough Riders' Round-up
Tiny Troubles
Down on the Farm
Straight, Place and Show
Many Sappy Returns
Josette
Safety in Numbers
Berth Quakes
Night Spot
Everybody's Doing It
Love and Hisses
Borrowing Trouble
That I May Live
One Mile from Heaven
The Lady Escapes
Wild and Woolly
Super-Sleuth
She Had to Eat
Big Business
Slave Ship
Angel's Holiday
Love Is News
Time Out for Romance
High Tension
Private Number
The Witness Chair
At Sea Ashore
The Little Red Schoolhouse
The Garden Murder Case
The Sagebrush Troubadour
Hot Money
The Public Menace
Diamond Jim
Atlantic Adventure
Danger Ahead
One Frightened Night
Death Flies East
Carnival
A Notorious Gentleman
Horses' Collars
Lightning Strikes Twice
Among the Missing
I'll Be Suing You
Twentieth Century
Rough Necking
I'll Tell the World
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
School for Girls
The Crime Doctor
Beloved
The Moth
Shadows of Sing Sing
The Bowery
Quiet Please!
Gold Diggers of 1933
Sailor's Luck
King of the Jungle
The Crime of the Century
Boys Will Be Boys
If I Had a Million
Red Haired Alibi
Yoo-Hoo
Speak Easily
The Iceman's Ball
Guilty as Hell
Huddle
Love in High Gear
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Shopping with Wifie
Discarded Lovers
Side Show
Young Donovan's Kid
Subway Express
Scandal Sheet
Naughty Flirt
Going Wild
Only Saps Work
She Got What She Wanted
Men Without Law
Scarlet Pages
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Road to Paradise
The Girl Said No
Wide Open
Murder on the Roof
The Woman Racket
Smiling Irish Eyes
The Donovan Affair
Wrong Again
The Faker
The Last Warning
Naughty Baby
A Woman of Affairs
On Trial
Plastered in Paris
The Wright Idea
A Midnight Adventure
Harold Teen
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Tenderloin
While the City Sleeps
The Gorilla
The 13th Juror
The Thirteenth Hour
Soft Cushions
Jewish Prudence
Held by the Law
Orchids and Ermine
There Ain't No Santa Claus
The Third Degree
Atta Boy
Bromo and Juliet
Crazy Like a Fox
Say It with Babies
The Social Highwayman
The Mystery Pilot
That's My Baby
Dog Shy
The Uneasy Three
Seven Sinners
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Little Annie Rooney
The Lawful Cheater
Paths to Paradise
Smooth as Satin
Friendly Enemies
Excuse Me
Youth and Adventure
Traffic in Hearts
The Yankee Consul
The Night Hawk
Lights Out
Bag and Baggage
The Eleventh Hour
Souls for Sale
Lovebound
Captain Fly-by-Night
Deserted at the Altar
Manslaughter
Don't Shoot
South of Suva
One Clear Call
The Song of Life
There Are No Villains
The Match-Breaker
The Last Card
Puppets of Fate
The Off-Shore Pirate
Alias Jimmy Valentine
The Third Generation
The Fire Flingers
The Silk Lined Burglar
The Light of Victory
The Yellow Dog
A Society Sensation
The Empty Cab
The Honor of an Outlaw
Arms and the Gringo
Silent Sandy
A Left Hook