Fred Kelsey
Actor
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.
Filmography
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited) 1951
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited) 1955
Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) 1945
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited) 1954
Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited) 1945
The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited) 1949
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited) 1958
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited) 1941
Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited) 1934
The Enforcer
1951
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited) 1941
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited) 1950
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited) 1953
Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme 1952
Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited) 1949
Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited) 1942
Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited) 1944