Fred Kelsey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

286

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-08-20

Day of death

1961-09-02 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Fred Kelsey

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

  • Side Show

    Side Show

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

  • Carnival

    Carnival

  • Carson City

    Carson City

  • Tenderloin

    Tenderloin

  • Snooper Service

    Snooper Service

  • Excuse Me

    Excuse Me

  • Colorado Territory

    Colorado Territory

  • Lady Gangster

    Lady Gangster

  • Soft Cushions

    Soft Cushions

  • King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • Super-Sleuth

    Super-Sleuth

  • Dog Shy

    Dog Shy

  • Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

  • High School

    High School

  • Night and Day

    Night and Day

  • Clock Wise

    Clock Wise

  • Serenade

    Serenade

  • Discarded Lovers

    Discarded Lovers

  • The Donovan Affair

    The Donovan Affair

  • Lovebound

    Lovebound

  • Nora Prentiss

    Nora Prentiss

  • The Public Menace

    The Public Menace

  • Alias Jimmy Valentine

    Alias Jimmy Valentine

  • Subway Express

    Subway Express

  • One Dangerous Night

    One Dangerous Night

  • Captain Fly-by-Night

    Captain Fly-by-Night

  • Goodbye, My Fancy

    Goodbye, My Fancy

  • Charlie Chan in Reno

    Charlie Chan in Reno

  • Westbound

    Westbound

  • The Crime Doctor

    The Crime Doctor

  • Everybody's Doing It

    Everybody's Doing It

  • Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen

  • Rough Necking

    Rough Necking

  • In This Our Life

    In This Our Life

  • Orchids and Ermine

    Orchids and Ermine

  • Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington

  • Love and Hisses

    Love and Hisses

  • Wide Open

    Wide Open

  • Smiling Irish Eyes

    Smiling Irish Eyes

  • Down on the Farm

    Down on the Farm

  • Crazy Like a Fox

    Crazy Like a Fox

  • To Catch a Thief

    To Catch a Thief

  • So You Want to Play the Horses

    So You Want to Play the Horses

  • Huddle

    Huddle

  • Hot Money

    Hot Money

  • Souls for Sale

    Souls for Sale

  • Diamond Jim

    Diamond Jim

  • Lucky Me

    Lucky Me

  • Scarlet Pages

    Scarlet Pages

  • Manslaughter

    Manslaughter

  • Riding Shotgun

    Riding Shotgun

  • Outlaw's Son

    Outlaw's Son

  • School for Girls

    School for Girls

  • I Was Framed

    I Was Framed

  • Time Out for Romance

    Time Out for Romance

  • Atta Boy

    Atta Boy

  • Night Spot

    Night Spot

  • Crime by Night

    Crime by Night

  • Mr. District Attorney

    Mr. District Attorney

  • Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train

  • Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

    Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

  • Illegal

    Illegal

  • A Left Hook

    A Left Hook

  • Wild and Woolly

    Wild and Woolly

  • Tall Man Riding

    Tall Man Riding

  • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

    Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

  • Quiet Please!

    Quiet Please!

  • I'll Tell the World

    I'll Tell the World

  • The Bowery

    The Bowery

  • Bromo and Juliet

    Bromo and Juliet

  • One Clear Call

    One Clear Call

  • Going Wild

    Going Wild

  • Straight, Place and Show

    Straight, Place and Show

  • Harold Teen

    Harold Teen

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

  • Strictly Fresh Yeggs

    Strictly Fresh Yeggs

  • The Fountainhead

    The Fountainhead

  • High Tension

    High Tension

  • Auntie Mame

    Auntie Mame

  • Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pierce

  • That I May Live

    That I May Live

  • Room for One More

    Room for One More

  • Christmas in Connecticut

    Christmas in Connecticut

  • A Stolen Life

    A Stolen Life

  • O. Henry's Full House

    O. Henry's Full House

  • Crime Wave

    Crime Wave

  • Borrowing Trouble

    Borrowing Trouble

  • My Favorite Blonde

    My Favorite Blonde

  • Springfield Rifle

    Springfield Rifle

  • The Opposite Sex

    The Opposite Sex

  • Storm Warning

    Storm Warning

  • Silver River

    Silver River

  • They Died with Their Boots On

    They Died with Their Boots On

  • Safety in Numbers

    Safety in Numbers

  • Big Business

    Big Business

  • Backfire

    Backfire

  • The Naughty Flirt

    The Naughty Flirt

  • Gentleman Jim

    Gentleman Jim

  • I'll Be Suing You

    I'll Be Suing You

  • The Flame and the Arrow

    The Flame and the Arrow

  • The Silver Chalice

    The Silver Chalice

  • The Unfaithful

    The Unfaithful

  • Slave Ship

    Slave Ship

  • Twentieth Century

    Twentieth Century

  • Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

  • The Enforcer

    The Enforcer

  • Northern Pursuit

    Northern Pursuit

  • The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

  • Three Strangers

    Three Strangers

  • Rough Riders' Round-up

    Rough Riders' Round-up

  • Larceny, Inc.

    Larceny, Inc.

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue

    Phantom of the Rue Morgue

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • South of Suva

    South of Suva

  • If I Had a Million

    If I Had a Million

  • Private Number

    Private Number

  • Bullet Scars

    Bullet Scars

  • The Gorilla

    The Gorilla

  • The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry

  • The Golden Fleecing

    The Golden Fleecing

  • True to Life

    True to Life

  • Sailor's Luck

    Sailor's Luck

  • The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road

  • Invisible Ghost

    Invisible Ghost

  • Murder in the Big House

    Murder in the Big House

  • Make Your Own Bed

    Make Your Own Bed

  • Little Annie Rooney

    Little Annie Rooney

  • Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Trunk

  • She Had to Eat

    She Had to Eat

  • My Six Convicts

    My Six Convicts

  • One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

  • A Woman of Affairs

    A Woman of Affairs

  • Love Is News

    Love Is News

  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

  • Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

  • Josette

    Josette

  • The Man I Love

    The Man I Love

  • Pacific Blackout

    Pacific Blackout

  • The Thirteenth Hour

    The Thirteenth Hour

  • The Crime of the Century

    The Crime of the Century

  • The Last Warning

    The Last Warning

  • The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

    The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

  • Shine on Harvest Moon

    Shine on Harvest Moon

  • Atlantic Adventure

    Atlantic Adventure

  • The Noose Hangs High

    The Noose Hangs High

  • Jewish Prudence

    Jewish Prudence

  • Never Say Goodbye

    Never Say Goodbye

  • The Green Archer

    The Green Archer

  • Lightning Strikes Twice

    Lightning Strikes Twice

  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    The Trial of Vivienne Ware

  • Trial by Trigger

    Trial by Trigger

  • The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

    The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

  • The Third Degree

    The Third Degree

  • While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps

  • Revenue Agent

    Revenue Agent

  • The Witness Chair

    The Witness Chair

  • Misbehaving Husbands

    Misbehaving Husbands

  • Here Comes Mr. Zerk

    Here Comes Mr. Zerk

  • Deadwood Dick

    Deadwood Dick

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • Secrets of the Lone Wolf

    Secrets of the Lone Wolf

  • The Woman Racket

    The Woman Racket

  • Death Flies East

    Death Flies East

  • The Lone Wolf Strikes

    The Lone Wolf Strikes

  • A Society Sensation

    A Society Sensation

  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

  • Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

  • Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

  • Murder Without Tears

    Murder Without Tears

  • The Night Hawk

    The Night Hawk

  • Counter-Espionage

    Counter-Espionage

  • Naughty Baby

    Naughty Baby

  • A Notorious Gentleman

    A Notorious Gentleman

  • On Trial

    On Trial

  • Guilty as Hell

    Guilty as Hell

  • So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

    So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

  • One Mile from Heaven

    One Mile from Heaven

  • One Frightened Night

    One Frightened Night

  • A Gem of a Jam

    A Gem of a Jam

  • Roaring Guns

    Roaring Guns

  • Angel's Holiday

    Angel's Holiday

  • Paths to Paradise

    Paths to Paradise

  • Too Busy to Work

    Too Busy to Work

  • Old Acquaintance

    Old Acquaintance

  • Among the Missing

    Among the Missing

  • The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

    The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

  • So You Want to Enjoy Life

    So You Want to Enjoy Life

  • Dancing in the Dark

    Dancing in the Dark

  • Red Haired Alibi

    Red Haired Alibi

  • Boys Will Be Boys

    Boys Will Be Boys

  • Murder on the Waterfront

    Murder on the Waterfront

  • Seven Sinners

    Seven Sinners

  • Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

  • Plastered in Paris

    Plastered in Paris

  • Danger Ahead

    Danger Ahead

  • The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

    The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

  • How DOooo You Do

    How DOooo You Do

  • X Marks the Spot

    X Marks the Spot

  • Frontier Days

    Frontier Days

  • The Garden Murder Case

    The Garden Murder Case

  • Wrong Again

    Wrong Again

  • The Iceman's Ball

    The Iceman's Ball

  • Chicken Wagon Family

    Chicken Wagon Family

  • Seven Keys to Baldpate

    Seven Keys to Baldpate

  • So You Think You're Not Guilty

    So You Think You're Not Guilty

  • Puppets of Fate

    Puppets of Fate

  • Young Donovan's Kid

    Young Donovan's Kid

  • The Lady Escapes

    The Lady Escapes

  • Love in High Gear

    Love in High Gear

  • There Ain't No Santa Claus

    There Ain't No Santa Claus

  • Moving Vanities

    Moving Vanities

  • The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

    The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

  • Come Out Fighting

    Come Out Fighting

  • The Lawful Cheater

    The Lawful Cheater

  • The Yankee Consul

    The Yankee Consul

  • If a Body Meets a Body

    If a Body Meets a Body

  • Bag and Baggage

    Bag and Baggage

  • Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Mexican Spitfire Out West

  • The Wright Idea

    The Wright Idea

  • The 13th Juror

    The 13th Juror

  • Road to Paradise

    Road to Paradise

  • Spy Ship

    Spy Ship

  • Friendly Enemies

    Friendly Enemies

  • At the Stroke of Twelve

    At the Stroke of Twelve

  • Food and Magic

    Food and Magic

  • The Fire Flingers

    The Fire Flingers

  • So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

    So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

  • So You Want an Apartment

    So You Want an Apartment

  • Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

  • The Uneasy Three

    The Uneasy Three

  • The Song of Life

    The Song of Life

  • The People's Choice

    The People's Choice

  • The Girl Said No

    The Girl Said No

  • Men Without Law

    Men Without Law

  • Don't Shoot

    Don't Shoot

  • The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

  • The Strange Mr. Gregory

    The Strange Mr. Gregory

  • So You Want to Be an Actor

    So You Want to Be an Actor

  • At Sea Ashore

    At Sea Ashore

  • The Moth

    The Moth

  • Murder on the Roof

    Murder on the Roof

  • Many Sappy Returns

    Many Sappy Returns

  • She Got What She Wanted

    She Got What She Wanted

  • So You Want to Hold Your Husband

    So You Want to Hold Your Husband

  • Tiny Troubles

    Tiny Troubles

  • Held by the Law

    Held by the Law

  • The Faker

    The Faker

  • The Little Red Schoolhouse

    The Little Red Schoolhouse

  • The Sagebrush Troubadour

    The Sagebrush Troubadour

  • Hiss and Yell

    Hiss and Yell

  • Shopping with Wifie

    Shopping with Wifie

  • Dear! Deer!

    Dear! Deer!

  • There Are No Villains

    There Are No Villains

  • The Off-Shore Pirate

    The Off-Shore Pirate

  • So You Want to Know Your Relatives

    So You Want to Know Your Relatives

  • Berth Quakes

    Berth Quakes

  • Deserted at the Altar

    Deserted at the Altar

  • Horses' Collars

    Horses' Collars

  • So You Want a Raise

    So You Want a Raise

  • The Empty Cab

    The Empty Cab

  • The Match-Breaker

    The Match-Breaker

  • Andy Plays Hookey

    Andy Plays Hookey

  • Yoo-Hoo

    Yoo-Hoo

  • Detour to Danger

    Detour to Danger

  • That's My Baby

    That's My Baby

  • Say It with Babies

    Say It with Babies

  • Mutiny in the County

    Mutiny in the County

  • The Yellow Dog

    The Yellow Dog

  • The Silk Lined Burglar

    The Silk Lined Burglar

  • The Last Card

    The Last Card

  • Silent Sandy

    Silent Sandy

  • Youth and Adventure

    Youth and Adventure

  • The Mystery Pilot

    The Mystery Pilot

  • So You Think You Can't Sleep

    So You Think You Can't Sleep

  • The Honor of an Outlaw

    The Honor of an Outlaw

  • The Third Generation

    The Third Generation

  • So You Want to Be a Musician

    So You Want to Be a Musician

  • Shadows of Sing Sing

    Shadows of Sing Sing

  • Arms and the Gringo

    Arms and the Gringo

  • The Light of Victory

    The Light of Victory