
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.

The Purple Lily
1918
Six-Shooter Justice
1917
The Wrong Man
1917

The Golden Bullet
1917
The Mysterious Outlaw
1917

The Almost Good Man
1917

A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917

The Fighting Gringo
1917
Goin' Straight
1917
The Drifter
1917

The Outlaw and the Lady
1917
The Fugitive
1917
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917
Blood Money
1917
The Black Terror
1916
Brothers Equal
1916
The Nymph
1916
The Pretender
1915

Station Content
1915
Her Buried Past
1915
The Exposure
1914
Over the Ledge
1914

Westbound
1959

Auntie Mame
1958

The Helen Morgan Story
1957

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957

The Opposite Sex
1956

Serenade
1956

Illegal
1955

To Catch a Thief
1955

Tall Man Riding
1955

Outlaw's Son
1954

The Silver Chalice
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954

A Star Is Born
1954

Lucky Me
1954

Riding Shotgun
1954

Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954

Racing Blood
1954
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953

Crime Wave
1953

Murder Without Tears
1953
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953

Hans Christian Andersen
1952

Springfield Rifle
1952

O. Henry's Full House
1952

Carson City
1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952

My Six Convicts
1952

Room for One More
1952

Strangers on a Train
1951

Goodbye, My Fancy
1951

The Enforcer
1951