Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

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...

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She Got What She Wanted

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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

As Policeman (uncredited)

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Revenue Agent

As Sgt. Wallace

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Love Is News

As Cop (uncredited)

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That's My Baby

As Murphy

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Twentieth Century

As Train Detective (uncredited)

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Soft Cushions

As The Police

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The Yankee Consul

As Agent John J. Doyle

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Flamingo Road

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Subway Express

As Detective Kearney

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The Donovan Affair

As Carney

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Lights Out

As Decker

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One Frightened Night

As Sheriff Jenks

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Moving Vanities

As Police Officer (uncredited)

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Alias Jimmy Valentine

As Bit Part (uncredited)

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The Empty Cab

As The Detective

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Friendly Enemies

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The Iceman's Ball

As Police Sergeant

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Frontier Days

As Mayor Stone (uncredited)

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Deserted at the Altar

As The Other Man

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Hans Christian Andersen

As First Gendarme

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One Clear Call

As Starnes

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Lovebound

As Detective Hahn

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Jewish Prudence

As Rent Collector

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The Crime Doctor

As Bloodgood

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Counter-Espionage

As Dickens

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So You Want a Raise

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Roaring Guns

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Trial by Trigger

As Jerry (uncredited)

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Storm Warning

As Townsman (uncredited)

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Hiss and Yell

As Policeman (uncredited)

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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

As Detective Dickens

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Tall Man Riding

As Townsman (uncredited)

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Northern Pursuit

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Springfield Rifle

As Barfly (uncredited)

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The Silver Chalice

As Silversmith (uncredited)

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Saratoga Trunk

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Manslaughter

As Member of the Jury (uncredited)

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Colorado Territory

As (uncredited)

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The Last Card

As Detective (uncredited)

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The Honor of an Outlaw

As The Deputy

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So You Think You're Not Guilty

As Police Turnkey (uncredited)

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If a Body Meets a Body

As Detective

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If I Had a Million

As Prison Jailer (uncredited)

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Discarded Lovers

As Delaney

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Murder in the Big House

As "Screw"

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Secrets of the Lone Wolf

As Wesley Dickens

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Seven Keys to Baldpate

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Super-Sleuth

As Jailer

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That I May Live

As Abner Jenkins

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Danger Ahead

As Detective O'Brien

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Scarlet Pages

As Murphy

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The Moth

As Detective Blake

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Lightning Strikes Twice

As Dugan

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Arms and the Gringo

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Murder on the Waterfront

As Capt. Beal

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To Catch a Thief

As Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lucky Me

As Passerby on Street (uncredited)

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Christmas in Connecticut

As Harper (uncredited)

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The Little Red Schoolhouse

As First Detective

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Say It with Babies

As Policeman

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The Wright Idea

As M. T. Flatt

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Backfire

As Fight Fan (uncredited)

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Illegal

As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Side Show

As Sheriff Hornsby

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The Crime of the Century

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Love in High Gear

As Detective Duffy

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Atlantic Adventure

As Police Officer Riley

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Strictly Fresh Yeggs

As Policeman

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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

As Detective

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The Woman Racket

As Police Captain

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My Favorite Blonde

As Sam - Policeman

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A Notorious Gentleman

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A Gem of a Jam

As Police Chief

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Wide Open

As Detective

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Road to Paradise

As Police Officer Casey

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The Girl Said No

As Policeman

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Guilty as Hell

As Detective Duffy

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Don't Shoot

As Police Officer

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Westbound

As Townsman (uncredited)

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Silent Sandy

As Silent Sandy

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Death Flies East

As Police Lieutenant O'Brien

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Andy Plays Hookey

As Policeman

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Lady Gangster

As Policeman (uncredited)

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Tiny Troubles

As Judge

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The Silk Lined Burglar

As Capt. von Hoffmeier

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Larceny, Inc.

As Bronson

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There Are No Villains

As Dugall

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The Yellow Dog

As Max Kummich

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Bullet Scars

As Police Chief Hansen

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The Faker

As Police Detective

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Tenderloin

As Detective Simpson

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Hot Money

As Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

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Harold Teen

As Mr. Lovewell

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X Marks the Spot

As Police Officer Martin

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At Sea Ashore

As Cop (uncredited)

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Souls for Sale

As Detective Quinn (uncredited)

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Red Haired Alibi

As Corcoran

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Detour to Danger

As Det. Kelsey

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Room for One More

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The Night Hawk

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I'll Be Suing You

As Insurance Adjustor

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Love and Hisses

As Officer

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Josette

As Hotel Detective

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Night Spot

As Police Band Leader

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I'll Tell the World

As Sergeant at Border

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While the City Sleeps

As Detective in Shadow Box

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Tell No Tales

As Policeman at School (uncredited)

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Everybody's Doing It

As Police Sergeant

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The Enforcer

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Scandal Sheet

As Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

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Going Wild

As The Conductor

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Captain Fly-by-Night

As Gomez

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The Gorilla

As Mulligan

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A Star Is Born

As Audience Member (uncredited)

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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

As Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

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Only Saps Work

As Murphy

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King of the Jungle

As Cop (uncredited)

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The Eleventh Hour

As The Submarine Commander

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Rough Riders' Round-up

As Agitator

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Charlie Chan in Reno

As Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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The Lady Escapes

As Man on telephone (uncredited)

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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

As Pete - Railroad Detective

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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

As Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

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Chicken Wagon Family

As Policeman

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Quiet Please!

As Train Conductor

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The Uneasy Three

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O. Henry's Full House

As Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

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A Stolen Life

As Bartender (uncredited)

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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

As Dickens

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The Lone Wolf Strikes

As Dickens

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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

As Dickens

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Mutiny in the County

As Policeman

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Outlaw's Son

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

As Bailiff

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Crime Wave

As Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

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Mildred Pierce

As Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

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Here Comes Mr. Zerk

As Policeman

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Little Annie Rooney

As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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Snooper Service

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Crime by Night

As Dad Martin (uncredited)

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Sailor's Luck

As Cop

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High Tension

As Desk Sergeant

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Time Out for Romance

As Policeman

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Rough Necking

As Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

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Atta Boy

As Detective

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Wrong Again

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Deadwood Dick

As Bottles

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Auntie Mame

As Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

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Huddle

As Policeman (uncredited)

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Misbehaving Husbands

As Sgt. Murphy

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Horses' Collars

As Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

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One Mile from Heaven

As Smitty - Policeman

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Gentleman Jim

As Sutro (uncredited)

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The Golden Fleecing

As Cop (uncredited)

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Mr. Skeffington

As Cop in Raid (uncredited)

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The Green Archer

As Capt. Thompson

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At the Stroke of Twelve

As Police Sergeant

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So You Want to Hold Your Husband

As Lamb - Curry's Partner

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Thank Your Lucky Stars

As Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

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Yoo-Hoo

As Detective

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Paths to Paradise

As Confederate

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The Damned Don't Cry

As Man on Dock (uncredited)

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Never Say Goodbye

As Policeman (uncredited)

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Big Business

As Oil Man at Well

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Diamond Jim

As Horsley's Secretary

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The Witness Chair

As Detective Costigan

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Seven Sinners

As Policeman

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Invisible Ghost

As Detective Ryan

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Bromo and Juliet

As The Detective (uncredited)

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Carnival

As Bit Part

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Crazy Like a Fox

As Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

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Wild Bill Hickok Rides

As Jailer

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They Died with Their Boots On

As Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

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On Trial

As Clerk

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Naughty Baby

As Dugan

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How DOooo You Do

As Detective

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Food and Magic

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Slave Ship

As Seaman at Auction

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Straight, Place and Show

As Cop at Racetrack

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Mexican Spitfire Out West

As Jim - Detective

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Angel's Holiday

As Conductor

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Clock Wise

As Landlord

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Mr. District Attorney

As Officer McCloskey

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Pacific Blackout

As Cop

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High School

As Junk Man

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Spy Ship

As Night Watchman

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I Was Framed

As Drunk

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The Last Warning

As Inspector

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Young Donovan's Kid

As Collins

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Berth Quakes

As Train Conductor

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Dear! Deer!

As Policeman

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One Dangerous Night

As Detective Dickens

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Action in the North Atlantic

As Joe (uncredited)

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So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

As Fred

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A Woman of Affairs

As Detective (uncredited)

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Borrowing Trouble

As Policeman

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Safety in Numbers

As Cop

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Down on the Farm

As Bit Role

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Too Busy to Work

As Hank Fidler

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True to Life

As Cop (uncredited)

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Old Acquaintance

As Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

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The Unfaithful

As Courtroom Spectator

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Three Strangers

As Man on the Street / Man in Pub

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The Opposite Sex

As Club Patron (uncredited)

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Boys Will Be Boys

As Doorman

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A Society Sensation

As JIm Cox

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The Inspector General

As Villager (uncredited)

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So You Want to Play the Horses

As Detective (uncredited)

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Among the Missing

As Police Sgt. Murphy

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Make Your Own Bed

As Turnkey

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The Third Degree

As Assistant Chief of Detectives

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Dancing in the Dark

As Deputy

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The Thirteenth Hour

As Det. Shaw

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Homicide

As Officer O'Brien

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The Fountainhead

As Old Watchman (uncredited)

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The Song of Life

As Police Inspector

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My Six Convicts

As Store Detective

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The Naughty Flirt

As Policeman (uncredited)

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She Had to Eat

As Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

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The Noose Hangs High

As Cop (uncredited)

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The 13th Juror

As The Detective

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The Man Who Came to Dinner

As Detective (uncredited)

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Serenade

As Opera Attendee (uncredited)

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Puppets of Fate

As Bobs

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So You Want to Know Your Relatives

As Mr. Watson (uncredited)

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School for Girls

As Detective

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The Light of Victory

As Captain Eric von Prohme

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Goodbye, My Fancy

As Party Guest (Uncredited)

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In This Our Life

As Jailer (uncredited)

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The Flame and the Arrow

As Guard (uncredited)

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Shopping with Wifie

As Det. Dugan

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So You Want to Enjoy Life

As Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

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Private Number

As Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

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Wild and Woolly

As Policeman (uncredited)

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So You Want an Apartment

As Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

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Come Out Fighting

As Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

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The Garden Murder Case

As Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

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Men Without Law

As Deputy Sheriff Jeff

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Excuse Me

As George Ketchem

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Beloved

As Mulvaney

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A Left Hook

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The Lawful Cheater

As Tom Horan

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The Sagebrush Troubadour

As Hank Polk

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The Public Menace

As Mike - Cop

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The Strange Mr. Gregory

As Lefert

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Many Sappy Returns

As Finnegan

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One Foot in Heaven

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Dog Shy

As Cop

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The Fire Flingers

As Sgt. Powers

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Murder on the Roof

As Ryan

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The Mystery Pilot

As Skipper Larsen

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Bag and Baggage

As Fred

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Smiling Irish Eyes

As County Fair Manager

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

As Doc Jones (uncredited)