Fred Kelsey
Known for: Actor
Born: 20 August 1884, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Died: 2 September 1961
Credits: 60+ titles
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.
Filmography
Westbound
Auntie Mame
The Helen Morgan Story
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Serenade
Illegal
To Catch a Thief
Tall Man Riding
Outlaw's Son
The Silver Chalice
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
A Star Is Born
Lucky Me
Riding Shotgun
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Racing Blood
So You Think You Can't Sleep
Crime Wave
Murder Without Tears
So You Want to Be a Musician
Hans Christian Andersen
Strop, Look and Listen
Springfield Rifle
O. Henry's Full House
Carson City
So You Want to Enjoy Life
My Six Convicts
Room for One More
Strangers on a Train
Goodbye, My Fancy
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Enforcer
Storm Warning
Revenue Agent
So You Want a Raise
The Flame and the Arrow
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
The Damned Don't Cry
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Backfire
The Inspector General
So You Want to Be an Actor
Dancing in the Dark
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
The Fountainhead
Colorado Territory
Flamingo Road
Homicide
Silver River
The Noose Hangs High
So You Want an Apartment
The Unfaithful
Nora Prentiss
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
The Man I Love
Andy Plays Hookey
The People's Choice
Never Say Goodbye
So You Want to Play the Horses
Night and Day
Directed / Created
The Purple Lily
Six-Shooter Justice
The Wrong Man
The Golden Bullet
The Mysterious Outlaw
The Almost Good Man
A 44-Calibre Mystery
The Honor of an Outlaw
The Fighting Gringo
Goin' Straight
The Drifter
The Outlaw and the Lady
The Fugitive
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Blood Money
The Black Terror
Brothers Equal
The Nymph
The Pretender
Station Content
Her Buried Past
The Exposure
Over the Ledge