As Actor
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946
6.0
Fred Kelsey
Acting
Birth date
August 20, 1884
Birth place
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Death date
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.
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As Actor
Frontier Days
1945
4.0
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If a Body Meets a Body
1945
5.3
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Trial by Trigger
1944
2.0
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One Dangerous Night
1943
5.0
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Counter-Espionage
1942
6.2
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
6.3
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Invisible Ghost
1941
5.2
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
6.0
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The Green Archer
1940
5.9
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
6.3
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Tiny Troubles
1939
6.0
As Actor
Many Sappy Returns
1938
4.8
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The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
5.5
As Actor
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
4.7
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Discarded Lovers
1932
4.3
As Actor
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
6.7
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Road to Paradise
1930
6.2
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The Donovan Affair
1929
6.0
As Actor
Wrong Again
1929
6.6