Acting
Fred Kelsey
Also Known As: Fred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey
Birth Date
August 20, 1884
Death Date
September 2, 1961
(passed away at 77)
Place of Birth
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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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.
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951 • 1 episode
To Catch a Thief
Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Strangers on a Train
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951
A Star Is Born
Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
The Fountainhead
Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949
O. Henry's Full House
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952
Gold Diggers of 1933
Detective Jones (uncredited)
1933
Mildred Pierce
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945
They Died with Their Boots On
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1941
Mr. Skeffington
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944
Night and Day
First-Nighter (uncredited)
1946
The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
1950
Action in the North Atlantic
Joe (uncredited)
1943
The Enforcer
1951
If I Had a Million
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Springfield Rifle
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
In This Our Life
Jailer (uncredited)
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Detective (uncredited)
1941
Room for One More
1952