Fred Kelsey

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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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1959
Westbound
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1958
Auntie Mame
Movie Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1957
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
1956
The Opposite Sex
Movie Club Patron (uncredited)
1956
Serenade
Movie Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1955
Illegal
Movie Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955
To Catch a Thief
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Tall Man Riding
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Outlaw's Son
Movie
1954
The Silver Chalice
Movie Silversmith (uncredited)
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Movie Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born
Movie Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
Lucky Me
Movie Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1954
Riding Shotgun
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

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1954
Racing Blood
Movie Smithy
1953
So You Think You Can't Sleep
Movie Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953
Crime Wave
Movie Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953
Murder Without Tears
Movie Sergeant-at-Arms
1953
So You Want to Be a Musician
Movie Restaurant diner
1952
Hans Christian Andersen
Movie Gendarme #1
1952
Strop, Look and Listen
Movie Pierpont Alloy
1952
Springfield Rifle
Movie Barfly (uncredited)
1952
O. Henry's Full House
Movie Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952
Carson City
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Movie Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
1952
My Six Convicts
Movie Store Detective
1952
Room for One More
Movie
1951
Strangers on a Train
Movie Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie Party Guest (Uncredited)
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV show Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951
The Enforcer
Movie
1951
Storm Warning
Movie Townsman (uncredited)
1950
Revenue Agent
Movie Sgt. Wallace
1950
So You Want a Raise
Movie
1950
The Flame and the Arrow
Movie Guard (uncredited)
1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Movie Lamb - Curry's Partner
1950
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie Man on Dock (uncredited)
1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Movie Police Turnkey (uncredited)