
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.

Saratoga Trunk
MOVIE • 1945

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951

To Catch a Thief
MOVIE • 1955

Strangers on a Train
MOVIE • 1951

Mildred Pierce
MOVIE • 1945

The Fountainhead
MOVIE • 1949

A Star Is Born
MOVIE • 1954

Mr. Skeffington
MOVIE • 1944

Auntie Mame
MOVIE • 1958

Super-Sleuth
MOVIE • 1937

The Damned Don't Cry
MOVIE • 1950

Lucky Me
MOVIE • 1954

In This Our Life
MOVIE • 1942

Backfire
MOVIE • 1950

The Helen Morgan Story
MOVIE • 1957

The Unfaithful
MOVIE • 1947

Crime Wave
MOVIE • 1953

The Silver Chalice
MOVIE • 1954