Fred Kelsey

Known for: Acting
Born: August 20, 1884
Place of birth: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Died: September 2, 1961

Biography

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.

Movies with Fred Kelsey

Strangers on a Train 1951 · ★ 7.7
To Catch a Thief 1955 · ★ 7.3
Mildred Pierce 1945 · ★ 7.6
A Star Is Born 1954 · ★ 7.1
Christmas in Connecticut 1945 · ★ 7.0
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 · ★ 7.2
The Fountainhead 1949 · ★ 6.9
Auntie Mame 1958 · ★ 7.0
They Died with Their Boots On 1941 · ★ 6.7
Twentieth Century 1934 · ★ 6.8
The Enforcer 1951 · ★ 7.1
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941 · ★ 7.1
The Flame and the Arrow 1950 · ★ 6.4
Crime Wave 1953 · ★ 7.1
Colorado Territory 1949 · ★ 7.0
Mr. Skeffington 1944 · ★ 6.8
Hans Christian Andersen 1952 · ★ 6.2
Gentleman Jim 1942 · ★ 7.2
The Damned Don't Cry 1950 · ★ 7.0
Action in the North Atlantic 1943 · ★ 7.1
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case 1930 · ★ 6.9
Flamingo Road 1949 · ★ 7.0
The Inspector General 1949 · ★ 6.7
A Stolen Life 1946 · ★ 6.4
In This Our Life 1942 · ★ 6.9
Invisible Ghost 1941 · ★ 5.3
Room for One More 1952 · ★ 6.6
Springfield Rifle 1952 · ★ 6.4
If I Had a Million 1932 · ★ 6.5
Illegal 1955 · ★ 6.5
O. Henry's Full House 1952 · ★ 6.9
Storm Warning 1951 · ★ 6.6
The Silver Chalice 1954 · ★ 4.4
Old Acquaintance 1943 · ★ 7.1
Night and Day 1946 · ★ 6.0
Wrong Again 1929 · ★ 6.8
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 · ★ 6.2
Larceny, Inc. 1942 · ★ 7.1
Three Strangers 1946 · ★ 6.4
Backfire 1950 · ★ 5.9

Movies directed by Fred Kelsey

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