Fred Kelsey
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Strangers on a Train
1951
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
1955
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
1958
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Deputy
The Fountainhead
1949
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
Crime Wave
1953
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Illegal
1955
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
as Guard (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Harper (uncredited)
Night and Day
1946
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
The Enforcer
1951
Colorado Territory
1949
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Joe (uncredited)
Silver River
1948
as Townsman (uncredited)