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Fred Kelsey
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.
As director
The Purple Lily
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
The Drifter
The Outlaw and the Lady
Goin' Straight
The Honor of an Outlaw
A 44-Calibre Mystery
The Almost Good Man
Six-Shooter Justice
Blood Money
The Wrong Man
The Mysterious Outlaw
The Golden Bullet
The Fighting Gringo
The Fugitive
The Black Terror
Brothers Equal
The Nymph
Station Content
The Pretender
Her Buried Past
Over the Ledge
The Exposure
As actor
Westbound
Auntie Mame
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
The Helen Morgan Story
The Opposite Sex
Serenade
Tall Man Riding
To Catch a Thief
Illegal
The Silver Chalice
Lucky Me
A Star Is Born
Outlaw's Son
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Riding Shotgun
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Racing Blood
Crime Wave
Murder Without Tears
So You Think You Can't Sleep
So You Want to Be a Musician
Hans Christian Andersen
Springfield Rifle
Room for One More
O. Henry's Full House
My Six Convicts
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Carson City
Strop, Look and Listen
Storm Warning