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