Acting
Fred Kelsey
1884-1961
Known for To Catch a Thief, Strangers on a Train, Mildred Pierce.
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Born08/20/1884
Died09/02/1961
AgeDied at 77
BirthplaceSandusky, Ohio, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asFred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey, F.A. Kelsey, Fred A. Kelsey, Fred. A. Kelsey, H. Kelsley, Frederick Alvin Kelsey
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.
Movie Credits
So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Backfire (1950)
Flamingo Road (1949)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Westbound (1959)
Crime Wave (1953)
The Inspector General (1949)
Auntie Mame (1958)
Three Strangers (1946)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Twentieth Century (1934)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
High Tension (1936)
The Enforcer (1951)
The Fountainhead (1949)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Love Is News (1937)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
