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Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Actor · 1884 – 1961 · Sandusky, Ohio, USA

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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    Strangers on a Train

    1951 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie7.3

    To Catch a Thief

    1955 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie7.1

    A Star Is Born

    1954 · 340 votes

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    Death Flies East

    1935 · 3 votes

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    The Enforcer

    1951 · 117 votes

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    Mildred Pierce

    1945 · 464 votes

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    Mr. Skeffington

    1944 · 74 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Fountainhead

    1949 · 161 votes

  • Movie6.9

    O. Henry's Full House

    1952 · 48 votes

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    The Flame and the Arrow

    1950 · 89 votes

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    Auntie Mame

    1958 · 129 votes

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    Night and Day

    1946 · 38 votes

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    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933 · 182 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Springfield Rifle

    1952 · 51 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Flamingo Road

    1949 · 60 votes

  • Movie6.9

    In This Our Life

    1942 · 58 votes

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    Colorado Territory

    1949 · 79 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Inspector General

    1949 · 58 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Room for One More

    1952 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Silver River

    1948 · 32 votes

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