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.
Doc Jones (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Sutro (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Harper (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Villager (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
Old Watchman (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
Joe (uncredited)
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Man on Dock (uncredited)
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Barfly (uncredited)
Man on the Street / Man in Pub
Townsman (uncredited)
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Policeman (uncredited)
Silversmith (uncredited)
First Gendarme
Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Train Engineer (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Courtroom Spectator
Store Detective
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Dickens
Turnkey (uncredited)
Detective Dickens
Officer McCloskey
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Pete - Railroad Detective
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Jerry (uncredited)
Jailer (uncredited)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Detective Duffy
Cop
Police Chief Hansen
Mulligan
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
Train Detective (uncredited)
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Wesley Dickens
Dad Martin (uncredited)
Bronson
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
Deputy
Abner Jenkins
Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Officer O'Brien
Counter Man
Dugall
Sleeping patient in waiting room
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Bit Part
Jailer
Restaurant diner
Jailer
Detective O'Brien
Desk Sergeant
Policeman (uncredited)
Horsley's Secretary
The Detective (uncredited)
Cop
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
Conductor
Detective
Detective Dickens
Detective (uncredited)
Seaman at Auction
Detective Costigan
Junk Man
Mulvaney
Cop (uncredited)
Policeman at School (uncredited)
Bailiff
Sam - Policeman
Detective
Cop (uncredited)
Detective Quinn (uncredited)
Det. Kelsey
Police Sgt. Murphy
Policeman (uncredited)
Capt. Thompson
Cop (uncredited)
Corcoran
Agitator
Decker
Dickens
Turnkey
Police Officer Martin
Police Sergeant
Cop (uncredited)
"Screw"
Police Band Leader
Cop
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Rent Collector
Detective Ryan
Policeman
Sgt. Wallace
The Conductor
Police Detective
Police Guard (uncredited)
Man on telephone (uncredited)
Process Server
Lefert
Policeman
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Hotel Detective
Drunk
Doorman
Cop
Dickens
Night Watchman
Sheriff Hornsby
Cop (uncredited)
Detective Simpson
Sheriff Jenks
Policeman (uncredited)
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Bit Role
Tom Horan
Bloodgood
Sgt. Murphy
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
Bottles
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
George Ketchem
Delaney
Jim - Detective
Detective
Detective (uncredited)
Police Chief
Policeman (uncredited)
Clerk
Detective
Dugan
Cop at Racetrack
Policeman (uncredited)
Casey
Oil Man at Well
Police Sergeant
Police Officer Riley
Sergeant at Border
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Policeman
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Mike - Cop
Gomez
Confederate
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Inspector
Smitty - Policeman
Train Conductor
Max Kummich
Det. Shaw
Policeman
Detective Hahn
Detective Duffy
Officer
Detective in Shadow Box
Bit Part (uncredited)
Mayor Stone (uncredited)
County Fair Manager
Collins
Policeman
JIm Cox
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Murphy
Murphy (uncredited)
Dickens
Hank Polk
First Detective
Insurance Adjustor
Dugan
Police Sergeant
Policeman
Police Captain
Sgt. Powers
The Police
Assistant Chief of Detectives
Policeman (uncredited)
Self - Tour Guide
The Detective
Police Sergeant
Detective Kearney
The Other Man
Ryan
Cop (uncredited)
Lamb - Curry's Partner
Mr. Lovewell
Sergeant-at-Arms
Hank Fidler
The Submarine Commander
Police Officer
Detective
Finnegan
Detective Blake
Delivery Man
Policeman
Detective
Captain Eric von Prohme
Murphy
Capt. von Hoffmeier
Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Landlord
Judge
Policeman
Bobs
Carney
The Deputy
Agent John J. Doyle
Policeman
Fred
Starnes
Policeman
Store Detective (uncredited)
The Detective
M. T. Flatt
Police Inspector
Fred
Train Conductor
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Policeman
Karl Swartz
Capt. Beal
Police Officer (uncredited)
Det. Dugan
Skipper Larsen
Detective
Silent Sandy