
Fred Kelsey
Where to watch Fred Kelsey in United States. On screen since 1911. Licensed apps only — 24 titles we track below.
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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Strangers on a Train
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited) · 1951

To Catch a Thief
Party Guest (uncredited) · 1955

Mildred Pierce
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) · 1945

A Star Is Born
Audience Member (uncredited) · 1954

Gold Diggers of 1933
Detective Jones (uncredited) · 1933

Christmas in Connecticut
Harper (uncredited) · 1945

The Fountainhead
Old Watchman (uncredited) · 1949

Auntie Mame
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited) · 1958

They Died with Their Boots On
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited) · 1941

The Enforcer
1951

Twentieth Century
Train Detective (uncredited) · 1934

The Man Who Came to Dinner
Detective (uncredited) · 1941

The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited) · 1950

Crime Wave
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited) · 1953

Colorado Territory
Train Engineer (uncredited) · 1949

Hans Christian Andersen
Gendarme #1 · 1952

Mr. Skeffington
Cop in Raid (uncredited) · 1944

Gentleman Jim
Sutro (uncredited) · 1942

Action in the North Atlantic
Joe (uncredited) · 1943

The Damned Don't Cry
Man on Dock (uncredited) · 1950

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Chief of Detectives (uncredited) · 1930

Flamingo Road
Train Conductor (uncredited) · 1949

In This Our Life
Jailer (uncredited) · 1942

The Inspector General
Villager (uncredited) · 1949