Acting credits
255
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Fred Kelsey
Acting
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Movies: 261Series: 1Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 103499
IMDb ID: nm0447043
Known for: Acting
Born: August 20, 1884
Died: September 2, 1961
Age: 77
Place of birth: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1914 - 1959
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q3086867
Also known as
Fred Kelsy • F. A. Kelsey • F.A. Kelsey • Fred A. Kelsey • Fred. A. Kelsey • H. Kelsley • Frederick Alvin Kelsey
Other jobs
Director (7)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fred Kelsey.
6.2
Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
1959 Movie
7.0
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1958 Movie
5.0
The Helen Morgan Story
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1957 Movie
5.8
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Barfly (uncredited)
1957 Movie
5.2
The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1956 Movie
5.4
Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1956 Movie
6.3
Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955 Movie
7.3
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955 Movie
5.6
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955 Movie
Outlaw's Son
1954 Movie
4.4
The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
1954 Movie
7.1
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1954 Movie
6.7
Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1954 Movie
5.8
Riding Shotgun
as Townsman (uncredited)
1954 Movie
6.2
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
1954 Movie
Racing Blood
as Smithy
1954 Movie
7.1
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953 Movie
5.2
Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
1953 Movie
6.2
Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme
1952 Movie
6.3
Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
1952 Movie
6.8
O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952 Movie
6.1
Carson City
as Townsman (uncredited)
1952 Movie
6.3
My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
1952 Movie
6.5
Room for One More
1952 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fred Kelsey.
