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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• 1959Westbound — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1958Auntie Mame — Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
• 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend — Barfly (uncredited)
• 1957The Helen Morgan Story — Night Club Patron (uncredited)
• 1956Serenade — Opera Attendee (uncredited)
• 1956The Opposite Sex — Club Patron (uncredited)
• 1955Illegal — Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• 1955Tall Man Riding — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1955Спіймати злодія — Party Guest (uncredited)
• 1954Lucky Me — Passerby on Street (uncredited)
• 1954Outlaw's Son
• 1954Phantom of the Rue Morgue — Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
• 1954Racing Blood — Smithy
• 1954Riding Shotgun — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1954So You Want to Know Your Relatives — Mr. Watson (uncredited)
• 1954The Silver Chalice — Silversmith (uncredited)
• 1954Зірка народилася — Audience Member (uncredited)
• 1953Crime Wave — Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
• 1953Murder Without Tears — Sergeant-at-Arms
• 1953So You Think You Can't Sleep — Sleeping patient in waiting room
• 1953So You Want to Be a Musician — Restaurant diner
• 1952Carson City — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1952Hans Christian Andersen — Gendarme #1
• 1952My Six Convicts — Store Detective
• 1952O. Henry's Full House — Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
• 1952Room for One More
• 1952So You Want to Enjoy Life — Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
• 1952Springfield Rifle — Barfly (uncredited)
• 1952Strop, Look and Listen — Pierpont Alloy
• 1951Goodbye, My Fancy — Party Guest (Uncredited)
• 1951Storm Warning — Townsman (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Doc Jones (uncredited)
• 1951The Enforcer
• 1951Незнайомці в потягу — Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
• 1950Backfire — Fight Fan (uncredited)
• 1950Revenue Agent — Sgt. Wallace
• 1950So You Think You're Not Guilty — Police Turnkey (uncredited)
• 1950So You Want a Raise
• 1950So You Want to Hold Your Husband — Lamb - Curry's Partner
• 1950The Damned Don't Cry — Man on Dock (uncredited)
• 1950The Flame and the Arrow — Guard (uncredited)
• 1949Colorado Territory — Train Engineer (uncredited)
• 1949Dancing in the Dark — Deputy
• 1949Flamingo Road — Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1949Homicide — Officer O'Brien
• 1949So You Want to Be a Muscle Man — Delivery Man
• 1949So You Want to Be an Actor — Counter Man
• 1949The Fountainhead — Old Watchman (uncredited)
• 1949The Inspector General — Villager (uncredited)
• 1948Silver River — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1948So You Want an Apartment — Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
• 1948The Noose Hangs High — Cop (uncredited)
• 1947Nora Prentiss — Turnkey (uncredited)
• 1947The Unfaithful — Courtroom Spectator
• 1946A Stolen Life — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1946Andy Plays Hookey — Policeman
• 1946Detour to Danger — Det. Kelsey
• 1946Hiss and Yell — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1946Monkey Businessmen — Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
• 1946Never Say Goodbye — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1946Night and Day — First-Nighter (uncredited)
• 1946So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck — Fred
• 1946So You Want to Play the Horses — Detective (uncredited)
• 1946The Man I Love — Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
• 1946The People's Choice
• 1946Three Strangers — Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
• 1945Christmas in Connecticut — Harper (uncredited)
• 1945Come Out Fighting — Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
• 1945Frontier Days — Mayor Stone (uncredited)
• 1945How DOooo You Do — Detective
• 1945If a Body Meets a Body — Detective
• 1945Saratoga Trunk — Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1945Snooper Service
• 1945The Strange Mr. Gregory — Lefert
• 1945Мілдред Пірс — Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
• 1944Crime by Night — Dad Martin (uncredited)
• 1944Make Your Own Bed — Turnkey
• 1944Mr. Skeffington — Cop in Raid (uncredited)
• 1944Roaring Guns
• 1944Shine on Harvest Moon — Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
• 1944Trial by Trigger — Jerry (uncredited)
• 1943A Gem of a Jam — Police Chief
• 1943Action in the North Atlantic — Joe (uncredited)
• 1943Food and Magic
• 1943Here Comes Mr. Zerk — Policeman
• 1943Murder on the Waterfront — Capt. Beal
• 1943Northern Pursuit — Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1943Old Acquaintance — Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
• 1943One Dangerous Night — Detective Dickens
• 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars — Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
• 1943True to Life — Cop (uncredited)
• 1942Bullet Scars — Police Chief Hansen
• 1942Counter-Espionage — Dickens
• 1942Dear! Deer! — Policeman
• 1942Gentleman Jim — Sutro (uncredited)
• 1942I Was Framed — Drunk
• 1942In This Our Life — Jailer (uncredited)
• 1942Lady Gangster — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1942Larceny, Inc. — Bronson
• 1942Murder in the Big House — "Screw"
• 1942My Favorite Blonde — Sam - Policeman
• 1942Spy Ship — Night Watchman
• 1942The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides — Jailer
• 1942X Marks the Spot — Police Officer Martin
• 1941At the Stroke of Twelve — Police Sergeant
• 1941Invisible Ghost — Detective Ryan
• 1941Mr. District Attorney — Officer McCloskey
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Train Conductor (uncredited)
• 1941Pacific Blackout — Cop
• 1941Secrets of the Lone Wolf — Wesley Dickens
• 1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance — Detective Dickens
• 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner — Detective (uncredited)
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
• 1940Deadwood Dick — Bottles
• 1940High School — Junk Man
• 1940Mexican Spitfire Out West — Jim - Detective
• 1940Misbehaving Husbands — Sgt. Murphy
• 1940Mutiny in the County — Policeman
• 1940The Golden Fleecing — Cop (uncredited)
• 1940The Green Archer — Capt. Thompson
• 1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date — Dickens
• 1940The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady — Dickens
• 1940The Lone Wolf Strikes — Dickens
• 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Bailiff
• 1939Charlie Chan at Treasure Island — Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
• 1939Charlie Chan in Reno — Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1939Chicken Wagon Family — Policeman
• 1939Clock Wise — Landlord
• 1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence — Pete - Railroad Detective
• 1939Moving Vanities — Police Officer (uncredited)
• 1939Rough Riders' Round-up — Agitator
• 1939Tell No Tales — Policeman at School (uncredited)
• 1939Tiny Troubles — Judge
• 1939Too Busy to Work — Hank Fidler
• 1938Berth Quakes — Train Conductor
• 1938Down on the Farm — Bit Role
• 1938Everybody's Doing It — Police Sergeant
• 1938Josette — Hotel Detective
• 1938Many Sappy Returns — Finnegan
• 1938Night Spot — Police Band Leader
• 1938Safety in Numbers — Cop
• 1938Straight, Place and Show — Cop at Racetrack
• 1937Angel's Holiday — Conductor
• 1937Big Business — Oil Man at Well
• 1937Borrowing Trouble — Policeman
• 1937Love Is News — Cop (uncredited)
• 1937Love and Hisses — Officer
• 1937One Mile from Heaven — Smitty - Policeman
• 1937She Had to Eat — Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
• 1937Slave Ship — Seaman at Auction
• 1937Super-Sleuth — Jailer
• 1937That I May Live — Abner Jenkins
• 1937The Lady Escapes — Man on telephone (uncredited)
• 1937Time Out for Romance — Policeman
• 1937Wild and Woolly — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1936At Sea Ashore — Cop (uncredited)
• 1936High Tension — Desk Sergeant
• 1936Private Number — Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
• 1936The Garden Murder Case — Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
• 1936The Little Red Schoolhouse — First Detective
• 1936The Witness Chair — Detective Costigan
• 1935A Notorious Gentleman — Detective
• 1935Atlantic Adventure — Police Officer Riley
• 1935Carnival — Bit Part
• 1935Danger Ahead — Detective O'Brien
• 1935Death Flies East — Police Lieutenant O'Brien
• 1935Diamond Jim — Horsley's Secretary
• 1935Horses' Collars — Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
• 1935Hot Money — Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
• 1935One Frightened Night — Sheriff Jenks
• 1935The Public Menace — Mike - Cop
• 1935The Sagebrush Troubadour — Hank Polk
• 1934Among the Missing — Police Sgt. Murphy
• 1934Beloved — Mulvaney
• 1934I'll Be Suing You — Insurance Adjustor
• 1934I'll Tell the World — Sergeant at Border
• 1934Lightning Strikes Twice — Dugan
• 1934Rough Necking — Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
• 1934School for Girls — Detective
• 1934Strictly Fresh Yeggs — Policeman
• 1934The Crime Doctor — Bloodgood
• 1934The Moth — Detective Blake
• 1934Twentieth Century — Train Detective (uncredited)
• 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 — Detective Jones (uncredited)
• 1933King of the Jungle — Cop (uncredited)
• 1933Quiet Please! — Train Conductor
• 1933Sailor's Luck — Cop
• 1933Shadows of Sing Sing — Murphy
• 1933The Bowery — Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
• 1933The Crime of the Century — Police Guard (uncredited)
• 1932Boys Will Be Boys — Doorman
• 1932Discarded Lovers — Delaney
• 1932Guilty as Hell — Detective Duffy
• 1932Huddle — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1932If I Had a Million — Prison Jailer (uncredited)
• 1932Love in High Gear — Detective Duffy
• 1932Red Haired Alibi — Corcoran
• 1932Shopping with Wifie — Det. Dugan
• 1932Speak Easily — Process Server
• 1932The Iceman's Ball — Police Sergeant
• 1932The Trial of Vivienne Ware — Cop (uncredited)
• 1932Yoo-Hoo — Detective
• 1931Scandal Sheet — Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
• 1931Side Show — Sheriff Hornsby
• 1931Subway Express — Detective Kearney
• 1931The Naughty Flirt — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1931Young Donovan's Kid — Collins
• 1930Going Wild — The Conductor
• 1930Men Without Law — Deputy Sheriff Jeff
• 1930Murder on the Roof — Ryan
• 1930Only Saps Work — Murphy (uncredited)
• 1930Road to Paradise — Casey
• 1930Scarlet Pages — Murphy
• 1930She Got What She Wanted
• 1930The Girl Said No — Policeman
• 1930The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case — Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
• 1930The Woman Racket — Police Captain
• 1930Wide Open — Detective
• 1929Smiling Irish Eyes — County Fair Manager
• 1929The Donovan Affair — Carney
• 1929The Faker — Police Detective
• 1929Wrong Again
• 1928A Midnight Adventure — Cassidy
• 1928A Woman of Affairs — Detective (uncredited)
• 1928Harold Teen — Mr. Lovewell
• 1928Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath — Detective
• 1928Naughty Baby — Dugan
• 1928On Trial — Clerk
• 1928Plastered in Paris
• 1928Tenderloin — Detective Simpson
• 1928The Last Warning — Inspector
• 1928The Wright Idea — M. T. Flatt
• 1928While the City Sleeps — Detective in Shadow Box
• 1927Held by the Law — Detective
• 1927Jewish Prudence — Rent Collector
• 1927Orchids and Ermine — Police Sergeant
• 1927Soft Cushions — The Police
• 1927The 13th Juror — The Detective
• 1927The Gorilla — Mulligan
• 1927The Thirteenth Hour — Det. Shaw
• 1926Atta Boy — Detective
• 1926Bromo and Juliet — The Detective (uncredited)
• 1926Crazy Like a Fox — Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
• 1926Dog Shy — Cop
• 1926Say It with Babies — Policeman
• 1926That's My Baby — Murphy
• 1926The Mystery Pilot — Skipper Larsen
• 1926The Social Highwayman — Chief of Police
• 1926The Third Degree — Assistant Chief of Detectives
• 1926There Ain't No Santa Claus — Store Detective (uncredited)
• 1925Excuse Me — George Ketchem
• 1925Friendly Enemies
• 1925Little Annie Rooney — Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1925Paths to Paradise — Confederate
• 1925Seven Keys to Baldpate
• 1925Seven Sinners — Policeman
• 1925Smooth as Satin — Kersey
• 1925The Lawful Cheater — Tom Horan
• 1925The Uneasy Three
• 1925Youth and Adventure — Red Mullin
• 1924The Night Hawk
• 1924The Yankee Consul — Agent John J. Doyle
• 1924Traffic in Hearts — Tim Tracy
• 1923Bag and Baggage — Fred
• 1923Lights Out — Decker
• 1923Lovebound — Detective Hahn
• 1923Souls for Sale — Detective Quinn (uncredited)
• 1923The Eleventh Hour — The Submarine Commander
• 1922Captain Fly-by-Night — Gomez
• 1922Deserted at the Altar — The Other Man
• 1922Don't Shoot — Police Officer
• 1922Manslaughter — Member of the Jury (uncredited)
• 1922One Clear Call — Starnes
• 1922South of Suva — Karl Swartz
• 1922The Song of Life — Police Inspector
• 1921Puppets of Fate — Bobs
• 1921The Last Card — Detective (uncredited)
• 1921The Match-Breaker — Detective
• 1921The Off-Shore Pirate — Sailor
• 1921There Are No Villains — Dugall
• 1920Alias Jimmy Valentine — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1920The Third Generation — Brody
• 1919The Fire Flingers — Sgt. Powers
• 1919The Light of Victory — Captain Eric von Prohme
• 1919The Silk Lined Burglar — Capt. von Hoffmeier
• 1918A Society Sensation — JIm Cox
• 1918The Empty Cab — The Detective
• 1918The Purple Lily — Director
• 1918The Yellow Dog — Max Kummich
• 1917A 44-Calibre Mystery — Director
• 1917Blood Money — Director
• 1917Goin' Straight — Director, Scenario Writer
• 1917Hair-Trigger Burke — Scenario Writer
• 1917Six-Shooter Justice — Director
• 1917The Almost Good Man — Director
• 1917The Bad Man of Cheyenne — Director, Writer
• 1917The Drifter — Director
• 1917The Fighting Gringo — Director
• 1917The Fugitive — Director, Producer
• 1917The Golden Bullet — Director
• 1917The Honor of an Outlaw — The Deputy, Director, Scenario Writer
• 1917The Mysterious Outlaw — Director
• 1917The Outlaw and the Lady — Director, Scenario Writer
• 1917The Wrong Man — Director
• 1916Brothers Equal — Director
• 1916The Black Terror — Director
• 1916The Nymph — Director
• 1915Her Buried Past — Director
• 1915Station Content — Director
• 1915The Pretender — Director
• 1914Arms and the Gringo
• 1914Over the Ledge — Director
• 1914Silent Sandy — Silent Sandy
• 1914The Exposure — Director
• 1911A Left Hook

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• 1930Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 — Self - Tour Guide