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
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
As Policeman (uncredited)
Revenue Agent
As Sgt. Wallace
Love Is News
As Cop (uncredited)
That's My Baby
As Murphy
Twentieth Century
As Train Detective (uncredited)
Soft Cushions
As The Police
The Yankee Consul
As Agent John J. Doyle
Flamingo Road
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
Subway Express
As Detective Kearney
The Donovan Affair
As Carney
Lights Out
As Decker
One Frightened Night
As Sheriff Jenks
Moving Vanities
As Police Officer (uncredited)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
As Bit Part (uncredited)
The Empty Cab
As The Detective
Friendly Enemies
The Iceman's Ball
As Police Sergeant
Frontier Days
As Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Deserted at the Altar
As The Other Man
Hans Christian Andersen
As First Gendarme
One Clear Call
As Starnes
Lovebound
As Detective Hahn
Jewish Prudence
As Rent Collector
The Crime Doctor
As Bloodgood
Counter-Espionage
As Dickens
So You Want a Raise
Roaring Guns
Trial by Trigger
As Jerry (uncredited)
Storm Warning
As Townsman (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
As Policeman (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
As Detective Dickens
Tall Man Riding
As Townsman (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
Springfield Rifle
As Barfly (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
As Silversmith (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
Manslaughter
As Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
As (uncredited)
The Last Card
As Detective (uncredited)
The Honor of an Outlaw
As The Deputy
So You Think You're Not Guilty
As Police Turnkey (uncredited)
If a Body Meets a Body
As Detective
If I Had a Million
As Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Discarded Lovers
As Delaney
Murder in the Big House
As "Screw"
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
As Wesley Dickens
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Super-Sleuth
As Jailer
That I May Live
As Abner Jenkins
Danger Ahead
As Detective O'Brien
Scarlet Pages
As Murphy
The Moth
As Detective Blake
Lightning Strikes Twice
As Dugan
Arms and the Gringo
Murder on the Waterfront
As Capt. Beal
To Catch a Thief
As Party Guest (uncredited)
Lucky Me
As Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
As Harper (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
As First Detective
Say It with Babies
As Policeman
The Wright Idea
As M. T. Flatt
Backfire
As Fight Fan (uncredited)
Illegal
As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Side Show
As Sheriff Hornsby
The Crime of the Century
As Police Guard (uncredited)
Love in High Gear
As Detective Duffy
Atlantic Adventure
As Police Officer Riley
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
As Policeman
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
As Detective
The Woman Racket
As Police Captain
My Favorite Blonde
As Sam - Policeman
A Notorious Gentleman
A Gem of a Jam
As Police Chief
Wide Open
As Detective
Road to Paradise
As Police Officer Casey
The Girl Said No
As Policeman
Guilty as Hell
As Detective Duffy
Don't Shoot
As Police Officer
Westbound
As Townsman (uncredited)
Silent Sandy
As Silent Sandy
Death Flies East
As Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Andy Plays Hookey
As Policeman
Lady Gangster
As Policeman (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
As Judge
The Silk Lined Burglar
As Capt. von Hoffmeier
Larceny, Inc.
As Bronson
There Are No Villains
As Dugall
The Yellow Dog
As Max Kummich
Bullet Scars
As Police Chief Hansen
The Faker
As Police Detective
Tenderloin
As Detective Simpson
Hot Money
As Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Harold Teen
As Mr. Lovewell
X Marks the Spot
As Police Officer Martin
At Sea Ashore
As Cop (uncredited)
Souls for Sale
As Detective Quinn (uncredited)
Red Haired Alibi
As Corcoran
Detour to Danger
As Det. Kelsey
Room for One More
The Night Hawk
I'll Be Suing You
As Insurance Adjustor
Love and Hisses
As Officer
Josette
As Hotel Detective
Night Spot
As Police Band Leader
I'll Tell the World
As Sergeant at Border
While the City Sleeps
As Detective in Shadow Box
Tell No Tales
As Policeman at School (uncredited)
Everybody's Doing It
As Police Sergeant
The Enforcer
Scandal Sheet
As Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Going Wild
As The Conductor
Captain Fly-by-Night
As Gomez
The Gorilla
As Mulligan
A Star Is Born
As Audience Member (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
As Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
As Murphy
King of the Jungle
As Cop (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour
As The Submarine Commander
Rough Riders' Round-up
As Agitator
Charlie Chan in Reno
As Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes
As Man on telephone (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
As Pete - Railroad Detective
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
As Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Chicken Wagon Family
As Policeman
Quiet Please!
As Train Conductor
The Uneasy Three
O. Henry's Full House
As Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
A Stolen Life
As Bartender (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
As Dickens
The Lone Wolf Strikes
As Dickens
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
As Dickens
Mutiny in the County
As Policeman
Outlaw's Son
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
As Bailiff
Crime Wave
As Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
As Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
As Policeman
Little Annie Rooney
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Snooper Service
Crime by Night
As Dad Martin (uncredited)
Sailor's Luck
As Cop
High Tension
As Desk Sergeant
Time Out for Romance
As Policeman
Rough Necking
As Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Atta Boy
As Detective
Wrong Again
Deadwood Dick
As Bottles
Auntie Mame
As Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Huddle
As Policeman (uncredited)
Misbehaving Husbands
As Sgt. Murphy
Horses' Collars
As Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven
As Smitty - Policeman
Gentleman Jim
As Sutro (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
As Cop (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
As Cop in Raid (uncredited)
The Green Archer
As Capt. Thompson
At the Stroke of Twelve
As Police Sergeant
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
As Lamb - Curry's Partner
Thank Your Lucky Stars
As Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Yoo-Hoo
As Detective
Paths to Paradise
As Confederate
The Damned Don't Cry
As Man on Dock (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
As Policeman (uncredited)
Big Business
As Oil Man at Well
Diamond Jim
As Horsley's Secretary
The Witness Chair
As Detective Costigan
Seven Sinners
As Policeman
Invisible Ghost
As Detective Ryan
Bromo and Juliet
As The Detective (uncredited)
Carnival
As Bit Part
Crazy Like a Fox
As Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
As Jailer
They Died with Their Boots On
As Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
On Trial
As Clerk
Naughty Baby
As Dugan
How DOooo You Do
As Detective
Food and Magic
Slave Ship
As Seaman at Auction
Straight, Place and Show
As Cop at Racetrack
Mexican Spitfire Out West
As Jim - Detective
Angel's Holiday
As Conductor
Clock Wise
As Landlord
Mr. District Attorney
As Officer McCloskey
Pacific Blackout
As Cop
High School
As Junk Man
Spy Ship
As Night Watchman
I Was Framed
As Drunk
The Last Warning
As Inspector
Young Donovan's Kid
As Collins
Berth Quakes
As Train Conductor
Dear! Deer!
As Policeman
One Dangerous Night
As Detective Dickens
Action in the North Atlantic
As Joe (uncredited)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
As Fred
A Woman of Affairs
As Detective (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
As Policeman
Safety in Numbers
As Cop
Down on the Farm
As Bit Role
Too Busy to Work
As Hank Fidler
True to Life
As Cop (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
As Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
As Courtroom Spectator
Three Strangers
As Man on the Street / Man in Pub
The Opposite Sex
As Club Patron (uncredited)
Boys Will Be Boys
As Doorman
A Society Sensation
As JIm Cox
The Inspector General
As Villager (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
As Detective (uncredited)
Among the Missing
As Police Sgt. Murphy
Make Your Own Bed
As Turnkey
The Third Degree
As Assistant Chief of Detectives
Dancing in the Dark
As Deputy
The Thirteenth Hour
As Det. Shaw
Homicide
As Officer O'Brien
The Fountainhead
As Old Watchman (uncredited)
The Song of Life
As Police Inspector
My Six Convicts
As Store Detective
The Naughty Flirt
As Policeman (uncredited)
She Had to Eat
As Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
As Cop (uncredited)
The 13th Juror
As The Detective
The Man Who Came to Dinner
As Detective (uncredited)
Serenade
As Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Puppets of Fate
As Bobs
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
As Mr. Watson (uncredited)
School for Girls
As Detective
The Light of Victory
As Captain Eric von Prohme
Goodbye, My Fancy
As Party Guest (Uncredited)
In This Our Life
As Jailer (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
As Guard (uncredited)
Shopping with Wifie
As Det. Dugan
So You Want to Enjoy Life
As Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Private Number
As Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
As Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
As Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Come Out Fighting
As Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
The Garden Murder Case
As Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
Men Without Law
As Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Excuse Me
As George Ketchem
Beloved
As Mulvaney
A Left Hook
The Lawful Cheater
As Tom Horan
The Sagebrush Troubadour
As Hank Polk
The Public Menace
As Mike - Cop
The Strange Mr. Gregory
As Lefert
Many Sappy Returns
As Finnegan
One Foot in Heaven
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
Dog Shy
As Cop
The Fire Flingers
As Sgt. Powers
Murder on the Roof
As Ryan
The Mystery Pilot
As Skipper Larsen
Bag and Baggage
As Fred
Smiling Irish Eyes
As County Fair Manager
There Ain't No Santa Claus
As Store Detective (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
As Doc Jones (uncredited)