Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey
Kelsey in Danger Ahead, 1935
Born	Frederick Alvin Kelsey (1884-08-20)August 20, 1884 Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 2, 1961(1961-09-02) (aged 77) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director screenwriter
Years active	1911–1958

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.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1917	Blood Money	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Bad Man of Cheyenne	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Outlaw and the Lady	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Drifter	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	Goin' Straight	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Fighting Gringo	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	Hair-Trigger Burke	-	Scenario Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Honor of an Outlaw		Director, scenario Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	A 44-Calibre Mystery	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Almost Good Man	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Mysterious Outlaw	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Golden Bullet	-	Director
	The Wrong Man	-	Director
	Six-Shooter Justice	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Texas Sphinx	-	Director
1918	The Purple Lily		Director
1924	The Night Hawk	-	Director Credited as Fred A. Kelsey
	The Yankee Consul	as Agent John J. Doyle
1925	Smooth as Satin
1926	Cruise of the Jasper B	Bailiff	Uncredited
	Atta Boy	Detective
1927	Soft Cushions	The Police
	The Gorilla
1928	Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath	Detective
1929	Wrong Again
	The Fall of Eve
	The Faker
1930	The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case	Chief of Detectives
	Murder on the Roof
	Men Without Law	Deputy Sheriff Jeff
1931	Young Donovan's Kid	Collins	Alternative title: Donovan's Kid
1932	The Loud Mouth	Max, Manager of Blue Sox
1933	Shadows of Sing Sing	Murphy
1934	The Moth	Detective Blake
1935	One Frightened Night	Sheriff Jenks
	Horses' Collars	Detective Hyden Zeke	Three Stooges short - Uncredited
	School for Girls	Detective
1937	The Jones Family in Big Business	Oil man at well
1939	Tiny Troubles	The Judge
1940	The Lone Wolf Strikes
	The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1941	Dutiful But Dumb	Vulgarian Colonel
	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance	Dickens
1942	My Favorite Blonde	Sam - Policeman
	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Irish Cop in "Peck's Bad Boy"	Uncredited
1943	A Gem of a Jam	Policeman
1945	Micro-Phonies	Boss	Uncredited
	If a Body Meets a Body	Detective
	San Antonio	Bartender	Uncredited
1946	Monkey Businessmen	Smiling Sam McGann	Uncredited
	The Strange Mr. Gregory	Detective Lefert
1951	Havana Rose	Policeman
1952	Hans Christian Andersen	First Gendarme
	O. Henry's Full House	Mr. Schultz/Santa Claus
1953	Pardon My Backfire	Father	Uncredited
1955	The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell	Courtroom Extra	Uncredited
1958	Auntie Mame	Front Row Audience at Play	Uncredited
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952–1955	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Various roles	4 episodes
1958	Perry Mason	Courtroom Spectator	1 episode, uncredited

External links

• Fred Kelsey at IMDb
• Fred Kelsey at Find a Grave