
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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.

as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

as Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951

as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955

as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945

as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951

as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944

as Night Watchman
1942

as Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949

as Townsman (uncredited)
1954
as Train Conductor
1938

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955

as Detective Simpson
1928

as Detective Blake
1934
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1957

as Townsman (uncredited)
1959

as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1958

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1957

as Barfly (uncredited)
1957

as Club Patron (uncredited)
1956

as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1956

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955

as Party Guest (uncredited)
1955

as Townsman (uncredited)
1955

1954

as Silversmith (uncredited)
1954
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1954

as Audience Member (uncredited)
1954

as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1954

as Townsman (uncredited)
1954

as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
1954

as Smithy
1954
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953

as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953

as Sergeant-at-Arms
1953
as Restaurant diner
1953

as First Gendarme
1952
as Pierpont Alloy
1952

as Barfly (uncredited)
1952
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