Acting credits
261
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Fred Kelsey
Acting
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Movies: 267Series: 1Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 103499
IMDb ID: nm0447043
Known for: Acting
Born: August 20, 1884
Died: September 2, 1961
Age: 77
Place of birth: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1914 - 1959
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.55
Wikidata: Q3086867
Also known as
Fred Kelsy • F. A. Kelsey • F.A. Kelsey • Fred A. Kelsey • Fred. A. Kelsey • H. Kelsley • Frederick Alvin Kelsey
Other jobs
Director (7)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Fred Kelsey.
as Townsman (uncredited)
Westbound
1959 • Movie
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
1958 • Movie
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 • Movie
as Barfly (uncredited)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957 • Movie
as Club Patron (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
1956 • Movie
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Serenade
1956 • Movie
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Illegal
1955 • Movie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
1955 • Movie
as Townsman (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
1955 • Movie
Outlaw's Son
1954 • Movie
as Silversmith (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
1954 • Movie
as Audience Member (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954 • Movie
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Lucky Me
1954 • Movie
as Townsman (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954 • Movie
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 • Movie
as Smithy
Racing Blood
1954 • Movie
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Crime Wave
1953 • Movie
as Sergeant-at-Arms
Murder Without Tears
1953 • Movie
as First Gendarme
Hans Christian Andersen
1952 • Movie
as Barfly (uncredited)
Springfield Rifle
1952 • Movie
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
O. Henry's Full House
1952 • Movie
as Townsman (uncredited)
Carson City
1952 • Movie
as Store Detective
My Six Convicts
1952 • Movie
Room for One More
1952 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fred Kelsey.
