Fred Kelsey

★ Acting #72,959

1884 - 1961 (age 77) • Acting

Born: 8/20/1884 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Died: 9/2/1961 (age 77)

Known for: Acting

Fred Kelsey

★ Acting #72,959

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.

Known For

So You Think You're Not Guilty

61%

Police Turnkey (uncredited)

1950

One Frightened Night

56%

Sheriff Jenks

1935

Red Haired Alibi

48%

Corcoran

1932

Paths to Paradise

62%

Confederate

1925

Road to Paradise

64%

Casey

1930

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

62%

Dickens

1940

Jewish Prudence

70%

Rent Collector

1927

Counter-Espionage

67%

Dickens

1942

Westbound

64%

Townsman (uncredited)

1959

Auntie Mame

70%

Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

1958

The Helen Morgan Story

53%

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

1957

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

60%

Barfly (uncredited)

1957

The Opposite Sex

54%

Club Patron (uncredited)

1956

Serenade

56%

Opera Attendee (uncredited)

1956

Illegal

65%

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1955

To Catch a Thief

73%

Party Guest (uncredited)

1955

Tall Man Riding

58%

Townsman (uncredited)

1955

Outlaw's Son

100%

1954

The Silver Chalice