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Fred Kelsey

Acting · Born August 20, 1884 · 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.

Fred Kelsey movies and shows

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
  • Strangers on a Train1951
  • To Catch a Thief1955
  • A Star Is Born1954
  • Auntie Mame1958
  • Mildred Pierce1945
  • Gold Diggers of 19331933
  • School for Girls1934
  • The Fountainhead1949
  • Christmas in Connecticut1945
  • O. Henry's Full House1952
  • Action in the North Atlantic1943
  • They Died with Their Boots On1941
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner1941
  • The Helen Morgan Story1957
  • The Flame and the Arrow1950
  • The Opposite Sex1956
  • Flamingo Road1949
  • Mr. Skeffington1944
  • The Silver Chalice1954
  • Westbound1959
  • The Enforcer1951
  • In This Our Life1942
  • Room for One More1952