Birthday
1884/08/20
Day of death
1961/09/02 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Fred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey , Fred A. Kelsey , Fred. A. Kelsey , H. Kelsley, Frederick Alvin 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 was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood, California, aged 77.
(1930) She Got What She Wanted
as ---
(1942) The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1950) Revenue Agent
as Sgt. Wallace
(1937) Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)
(1926) That's My Baby
as Murphy
(1934) Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
(1927) Soft Cushions
as The Police
(1924) The Yankee Consul
as Agent John J. Doyle
(1949) Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1931) Subway Express
as Detective Kearney
(1929) The Donovan Affair
as Carney
(1923) Lights Out
as Decker
(1935) One Frightened Night
as Sheriff Jenks
(1939) Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1920) Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1918) The Empty Cab
as The Detective
(1925) Friendly Enemies
as ---
(1932) The Iceman's Ball
as Police Sergeant
(1945) Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
(1922) Deserted at the Altar
as The Other Man
(1952) Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme
(1922) One Clear Call
as Starnes
(1923) Lovebound
as Detective Hahn
(1927) Jewish Prudence
as Rent Collector
(1934) The Crime Doctor
as Bloodgood
(1942) Counter-Espionage
as Dickens
(1950) So You Want a Raise
as ---
(1944) Roaring Guns
as ---
(1944) Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)
(1951) Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1946) Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1941) The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective Dickens
(1955) Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1943) Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1952) Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1954) The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
(1945) Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1922) Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
(1949) Colorado Territory
as (uncredited)
(1921) The Last Card
as Detective (uncredited)
(1917) The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Deputy
(1950) So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
(1945) If a Body Meets a Body
as Detective
(1932) If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
(1932) Discarded Lovers
as Delaney
(1942) Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"
(1941) Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley Dickens
(1925) Seven Keys to Baldpate
as ---
(1937) Super-Sleuth
as Jailer
(1937) That I May Live
as Abner Jenkins
(1935) Danger Ahead
as Detective O'Brien
(1930) Scarlet Pages
as Murphy
(1934) The Moth
as Detective Blake
(1934) Lightning Strikes Twice
as Dugan
(1914) Arms and the Gringo
as ---
(1943) Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. Beal
(1955) To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1954) Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
(1945) Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
(1936) The Little Red Schoolhouse
as First Detective
(1926) Say It with Babies
as Policeman
(1928) The Wright Idea
as M. T. Flatt
(1950) Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
(1955) Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1931) Side Show
as Sheriff Hornsby
(1933) The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)
(1932) Love in High Gear
as Detective Duffy
(1935) Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer Riley
(1934) Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as Policeman
(1928) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Detective
(1930) The Woman Racket
as Police Captain
(1942) My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - Policeman
(1935) A Notorious Gentleman
as ---
(1943) A Gem of a Jam
as Police Chief
(1930) Wide Open
as Detective
(1930) Road to Paradise
as Casey
(1930) The Girl Said No
as Policeman
(1932) Guilty as Hell
as Detective Duffy
(1922) Don't Shoot
as Police Officer
(1959) Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1914) Silent Sandy
as Silent Sandy
(1935) Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
(1946) Andy Plays Hookey
as Policeman
(1942) Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1939) Tiny Troubles
as Judge
(1919) The Silk Lined Burglar
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
(1942) Larceny, Inc.
as Bronson
(1921) There Are No Villains
as Dugall
(1918) The Yellow Dog
as Max Kummich
(1942) Bullet Scars
as Police Chief Hansen
(1929) The Faker
as Police Detective
(1928) Tenderloin
as Detective Simpson
(1935) Hot Money
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
(1928) Harold Teen
as Mr. Lovewell
(1942) X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer Martin
(1936) At Sea Ashore
as Cop (uncredited)
(1923) Souls for Sale
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
(1932) Red Haired Alibi
as Corcoran
(1946) Detour to Danger
as Det. Kelsey
(1952) Room for One More
as ---
(1924) The Night Hawk
as ---
(1934) I'll Be Suing You
as Insurance Adjustor
(1937) Love and Hisses
as Officer
(1938) Josette
as Hotel Detective
(1938) Night Spot
as Police Band Leader
(1934) I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at Border
(1928) While the City Sleeps
as Detective in Shadow Box
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
(1938) Everybody's Doing It
as Police Sergeant
(1951) The Enforcer
as ---
(1931) Scandal Sheet
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
(1930) Going Wild
as The Conductor
(1922) Captain Fly-by-Night
as Gomez
(1927) The Gorilla
as Mulligan
(1954) A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1930) The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
(1930) Only Saps Work
as Murphy (uncredited)
(1933) King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)
(1923) The Eleventh Hour
as The Submarine Commander
(1939) Rough Riders' Round-up
as Agitator
(1939) Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1937) The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
(1939) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad Detective
(1939) Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
(1939) Chicken Wagon Family
as Policeman
(1933) Quiet Please!
as Train Conductor
(1925) The Uneasy Three
as ---
(1952) O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
(1946) A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1940) The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Dickens
(1940) The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Dickens
(1940) The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Dickens
(1940) Mutiny in the County
as Policeman
(1954) Outlaw's Son
as ---
(1940) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Bailiff
(1953) Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
(1943) Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Policeman
(1925) Little Annie Rooney
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1945) Snooper Service
as ---
(1944) Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
(1933) Sailor's Luck
as Cop
(1936) High Tension
as Desk Sergeant
(1937) Time Out for Romance
as Policeman
(1934) Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
(1926) Atta Boy
as Detective
(1929) Wrong Again
as ---
(1940) Deadwood Dick
as Bottles
(1958) Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
(1932) Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940) Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. Murphy
(1935) Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
(1937) One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - Policeman
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
(1944) Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
(1940) The Green Archer
as Capt. Thompson
(1941) At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police Sergeant
(1950) So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
(1932) Yoo-Hoo
as Detective
(1925) Paths to Paradise
as Confederate
(1950) The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
(1946) Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1937) Big Business
as Oil Man at Well
(1935) Diamond Jim
as Horsley's Secretary
(1936) The Witness Chair
as Detective Costigan
(1925) Seven Sinners
as Policeman
(1941) Invisible Ghost
as Detective Ryan
(1926) Bromo and Juliet
as The Detective (uncredited)
(1935) Carnival
as Bit Part
(1926) Crazy Like a Fox
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jailer
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
(1928) On Trial
as Clerk
(1928) Naughty Baby
as Dugan
(1945) How DOooo You Do
as Detective
(1943) Food and Magic
as ---
(1937) Slave Ship
as Seaman at Auction
(1938) Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at Racetrack
(1940) Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - Detective
(1937) Angel's Holiday
as Conductor
(1939) Clock Wise
as Landlord
(1941) Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskey
(1941) Pacific Blackout
as Cop
(1940) High School
as Junk Man
(1942) Spy Ship
as Night Watchman
(1942) I Was Framed
as Drunk
(1928) The Last Warning
as Inspector
(1931) Young Donovan's Kid
as Collins
(1938) Berth Quakes
as Train Conductor
(1942) Dear! Deer!
as Policeman
(1943) One Dangerous Night
as Detective Dickens
(1943) Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
(1946) So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
as Fred
(1928) A Woman of Affairs
as Detective (uncredited)
(1937) Borrowing Trouble
as Policeman
(1938) Safety in Numbers
as Cop
(1938) Down on the Farm
as Bit Role
(1939) Too Busy to Work
as Hank Fidler
(1943) True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)
(1943) Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
(1947) The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
(1946) Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub
(1956) The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
(1932) Boys Will Be Boys
as Doorman
(1918) A Society Sensation
as JIm Cox
(1949) The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
(1946) So You Want to Play the Horses
as Detective (uncredited)
(1934) Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. Murphy
(1944) Make Your Own Bed
as Turnkey
(1926) The Third Degree
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
(1949) Dancing in the Dark
as Deputy
(1927) The Thirteenth Hour
as Det. Shaw
(1949) Homicide
as Officer O'Brien
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
(1922) The Song of Life
as Police Inspector
(1952) My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
(1930) The Naughty Flirt
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1937) She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
(1948) The Noose Hangs High
as Cop (uncredited)
(1927) The 13th Juror
as The Detective
(1941) The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
(1956) Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
(1921) Puppets of Fate
as Bobs
(1954) So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
(1934) School for Girls
as Detective
(1919) The Light of Victory
as Captain Eric von Prohme
(1951) Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
(1942) In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1950) The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
(1932) Shopping with Wifie
as Det. Dugan
(1952) So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
(1936) Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1937) Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1948) So You Want an Apartment
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
(1945) Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
(1936) The Garden Murder Case
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
(1930) Men Without Law
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
(1925) Excuse Me
as George Ketchem
(1934) Beloved
as Mulvaney
(1911) A Left Hook
as ---
(1925) The Lawful Cheater
as Tom Horan
(1935) The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank Polk
(1935) The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop
(1945) The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Lefert
(1938) Many Sappy Returns
as Finnegan
(1941) One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1926) Dog Shy
as Cop
(1919) The Fire Flingers
as Sgt. Powers
(1930) Murder on the Roof
as Ryan
(1926) The Mystery Pilot
as Skipper Larsen
(1923) Bag and Baggage
as Fred
(1929) Smiling Irish Eyes
as County Fair Manager
(1926) There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Store Detective (uncredited)
(1947) Nora Prentiss
as Turnkey (uncredited)
(1946) Night and Day
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
(1949) So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
as Delivery Man
(1953) Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Doc Jones (uncredited)