Place of Birth:
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Date of Birth:
8/20/1884
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.
She Got What She Wanted
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Revenue Agent
Love Is News
That's My Baby
Twentieth Century
Soft Cushions
The Yankee Consul
Flamingo Road
Subway Express
The Donovan Affair
Lights Out
One Frightened Night
Moving Vanities
Alias Jimmy Valentine
The Empty Cab
Friendly Enemies
The Iceman's Ball
Frontier Days
Deserted at the Altar
Hans Christian Andersen
One Clear Call
Lovebound
Jewish Prudence
The Crime Doctor
Counter-Espionage
So You Want a Raise
Roaring Guns
Trial by Trigger
Storm Warning
Hiss and Yell
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Tall Man Riding
Northern Pursuit
Springfield Rifle
The Silver Chalice
Saratoga Trunk
Manslaughter
Colorado Territory
The Last Card
The Honor of an Outlaw
So You Think You're Not Guilty
If a Body Meets a Body
If I Had a Million
Discarded Lovers
Murder in the Big House
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Super-Sleuth
That I May Live
Danger Ahead
Scarlet Pages
The Moth
Lightning Strikes Twice
Arms and the Gringo
Murder on the Waterfront
To Catch a Thief
Lucky Me
Christmas in Connecticut
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Say It with Babies
The Wright Idea
Backfire
Illegal
Side Show
The Crime of the Century
Love in High Gear
Atlantic Adventure
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
The Woman Racket
My Favorite Blonde
A Notorious Gentleman
A Gem of a Jam
Road to Paradise
The Girl Said No
Wide Open
Don't Shoot
Guilty as Hell
Westbound
Silent Sandy
Death Flies East
Andy Plays Hookey
Lady Gangster
Tiny Troubles
The Silk Lined Burglar
Larceny, Inc.
There Are No Villains
The Yellow Dog
Bullet Scars
The Faker
Tenderloin
Hot Money
Harold Teen
X Marks the Spot
At Sea Ashore
Souls for Sale
Red Haired Alibi
Detour to Danger
Room for One More
The Night Hawk
I'll Be Suing You
Love and Hisses
Night Spot
Josette
I'll Tell the World
While the City Sleeps
Tell No Tales
Everybody's Doing It
The Enforcer
Scandal Sheet
Going Wild
Captain Fly-by-Night
The Gorilla
A Star Is Born
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Only Saps Work
King of the Jungle
The Eleventh Hour
Rough Riders' Round-up
Charlie Chan in Reno
The Lady Escapes
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Chicken Wagon Family
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Quiet Please!
The Uneasy Three
O. Henry's Full House
A Stolen Life
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
The Lone Wolf Strikes
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Mutiny in the County
Outlaw's Son
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Crime Wave
Mildred Pierce
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Little Annie Rooney
Snooper Service
Crime by Night
Sailor's Luck
High Tension
Time Out for Romance
Rough Necking
Atta Boy
Wrong Again
Deadwood Dick
Auntie Mame
Huddle
Misbehaving Husbands
Horses' Collars
One Mile from Heaven
Gentleman Jim
The Golden Fleecing
Mr. Skeffington
The Green Archer
At the Stroke of Twelve
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Yoo-Hoo
Paths to Paradise
The Damned Don't Cry
Never Say Goodbye
Big Business
Diamond Jim
The Witness Chair
Seven Sinners
Invisible Ghost
Bromo and Juliet
Carnival
Crazy Like a Fox
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
They Died with Their Boots On
On Trial
Naughty Baby
How DOooo You Do
Food and Magic
Slave Ship
Straight, Place and Show
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Angel's Holiday
Clock Wise
Mr. District Attorney
Pacific Blackout
Spy Ship
High School
I Was Framed
The Last Warning
Young Donovan's Kid
Berth Quakes
Dear! Deer!
One Dangerous Night
Action in the North Atlantic
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
A Woman of Affairs
Borrowing Trouble
Safety in Numbers
Down on the Farm
Too Busy to Work
True to Life
Old Acquaintance
The Unfaithful
Three Strangers
The Opposite Sex
Boys Will Be Boys
A Society Sensation
The Inspector General
So You Want to Play the Horses
Among the Missing
Make Your Own Bed
The Third Degree
Dancing in the Dark
The Thirteenth Hour
Homicide
The Fountainhead
The Song of Life
My Six Convicts
The Naughty Flirt
She Had to Eat
The Noose Hangs High
The 13th Juror
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Serenade
Puppets of Fate
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
School for Girls
The Light of Victory
Goodbye, My Fancy
In This Our Life
The Flame and the Arrow
Shopping with Wifie
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Private Number
Wild and Woolly
So You Want an Apartment
Come Out Fighting
The Garden Murder Case
Men Without Law
Excuse Me
Beloved
A Left Hook
The Lawful Cheater
The Sagebrush Troubadour
The Public Menace
The Strange Mr. Gregory
Many Sappy Returns
One Foot in Heaven
Dog Shy
The Fire Flingers
Murder on the Roof
The Mystery Pilot
Bag and Baggage
Smiling Irish Eyes
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Nora Prentiss
Night and Day
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
Murder Without Tears
So You Want to Be an Actor