Actor
Fred Kelsey
August 20, 1884 · Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Joan Crawford
3 titles together
Mildred Pierce, The Damned Don't Cry, Flamingo Road
Jack Carson
3 titles together
Mildred Pierce, A Star Is Born, Gentleman Jim
Leah Baird
3 titles together
Mildred Pierce, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Action in the North Atlantic
Irving Bacon
3 titles together
A Star Is Born, They Died with Their Boots On, Action in the North Atlantic
Sydney Greenstreet
3 titles together
Christmas in Connecticut, They Died with Their Boots On, Flamingo Road
Morris Ankrum
3 titles together
The Fountainhead, Colorado Territory, The Damned Don't Cry
Full filmography · 150
Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
19596.4
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
19587
The Helen Morgan Story
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Barfly (uncredited)
1957
The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
19565.4
Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
19565.6
Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
19556.5
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
19557.3
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Outlaw's Son
cast
1954
The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
19544.4So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1954