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Fred Kelsey

Actor • Born 1884

Fred Kelsey

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About

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.

Known for

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok posterThe Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries • 1951Strangers on a Train posterStrangers on a TrainMovie • 1951To Catch a Thief posterTo Catch a ThiefMovie • 1955Mildred Pierce posterMildred PierceMovie • 1945A Star Is Born posterA Star Is BornMovie • 1954Mr. Skeffington posterMr. SkeffingtonMovie • 1944They Died with Their Boots On posterThey Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941O. Henry's Full House posterO. Henry's Full HouseMovie • 1952In This Our Life posterIn This Our LifeMovie • 1942Auntie Mame posterAuntie MameMovie • 1958The Enforcer posterThe EnforcerMovie • 1951Gold Diggers of 1933 posterGold Diggers of 1933Movie • 1933The Flame and the Arrow posterThe Flame and the ArrowMovie • 1950Action in the North Atlantic posterAction in the North AtlanticMovie • 1943Storm Warning posterStorm WarningMovie • 1951The Fountainhead posterThe FountainheadMovie • 1949Night and Day posterNight and DayMovie • 1946Springfield Rifle posterSpringfield RifleMovie • 1952Christmas in Connecticut posterChristmas in ConnecticutMovie • 1945Flamingo Road posterFlamingo RoadMovie • 1949Hans Christian Andersen posterHans Christian AndersenMovie • 1952Crime Wave posterCrime WaveMovie • 1953The Damned Don't Cry posterThe Damned Don't CryMovie • 1950Westbound posterWestboundMovie • 1959