Known For
To Catch a Thief
(1955)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
(1934)
Train Detective (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
(1949)
(uncredited)
The Enforcer
(1951)
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Audience Member (uncredited)
In This Our Life
(1942)
Jailer (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
(1949)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Old Watchman (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
(1946)
Bartender (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
(1950)
Guard (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
Joe (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
(1954)
Silversmith (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
Harper (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
A Left Hook
(1911)
Arms and the Gringo
(1914)
Silent Sandy
(1914)
Silent Sandy
The Honor of an Outlaw
(1917)
The Deputy
A Society Sensation
(1918)
JIm Cox
The Empty Cab
(1918)
The Detective
The Yellow Dog
(1918)
Max Kummich
The Light of Victory
(1919)
Captain Eric von Prohme
The Fire Flingers
(1919)
Sgt. Powers
The Silk Lined Burglar
(1919)
Capt. von Hoffmeier
Alias Jimmy Valentine
(1920)
Bit Part (uncredited)
Puppets of Fate
(1921)
The Last Card
(1921)
Detective (uncredited)
There Are No Villains
(1921)
Dugall
Captain Fly-by-Night
(1922)
Gomez
The Song of Life
(1922)
Police Inspector
Deserted at the Altar
(1922)
The Other Man
One Clear Call
(1922)
Starnes
Manslaughter
(1922)
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
(1922)
Police Officer
Souls for Sale
(1923)
Detective Quinn (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour
(1923)
The Submarine Commander
Lights Out
(1923)
Decker
Lovebound
(1923)
Detective Hahn
The Night Hawk
(1924)
The Yankee Consul
(1924)
Agent John J. Doyle
The Uneasy Three
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
(1925)
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Seven Sinners
(1925)
Policeman
Paths to Paradise
(1925)
Confederate
Excuse Me
(1925)
George Ketchem
The Lawful Cheater
(1925)
Tom Horan
Friendly Enemies
(1925)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(1925)
Say It with Babies
(1926)
Policeman
Bromo and Juliet
(1926)
The Detective (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox
(1926)
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
The Third Degree
(1926)
Assistant Chief of Detectives
Dog Shy
(1926)
Cop
That's My Baby
(1926)
Murphy
Jewish Prudence
(1927)
Rent Collector
The Gorilla
(1927)
Mulligan
The Thirteenth Hour
(1927)
Det. Shaw
The 13th Juror
(1927)
The Detective
Soft Cushions
(1927)
The Police
Tenderloin
(1928)
Detective Simpson
Harold Teen
(1928)
Mr. Lovewell
While the City Sleeps
(1928)
Detective in Shadow Box
On Trial
(1928)
Clerk
Naughty Baby
(1928)
Dugan
The Last Warning
(1928)
Inspector
A Woman of Affairs
(1928)
Detective (uncredited)
The Wright Idea
(1928)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
(1928)
Detective
The Faker
(1929)
Police Detective
Wrong Again
(1929)
The Donovan Affair
(1929)
Carney
Only Saps Work
(1930)
Murphy
Scarlet Pages
(1930)
Murphy
The Woman Racket
(1930)
Police Captain
Wide Open
(1930)
Detective
The Girl Said No
(1930)
Policeman
Road to Paradise
(1930)
Police Officer Casey
Going Wild
(1930)
The Conductor
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
(1930)
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
The Naughty Flirt
(1930)
Policeman (uncredited)
Men Without Law
(1930)
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
She Got What She Wanted
(1930)
Side Show
(1931)
Sheriff Hornsby
Scandal Sheet
(1931)
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Young Donovan's Kid
(1931)
Collins
Subway Express
(1931)
Detective Kearney
Discarded Lovers
(1932)
Delaney
Love in High Gear
(1932)
Detective Duffy
Guilty as Hell
(1932)
Detective Duffy
Red Haired Alibi
(1932)
Corcoran
Huddle
(1932)
Policeman (uncredited)
Yoo-Hoo
(1932)
Detective
Boys Will Be Boys
(1932)
Doorman
Shopping with Wifie
(1932)
Det. Dugan
The Iceman's Ball
(1932)
Police Sergeant
If I Had a Million
(1932)
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
(1933)
Cop (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
(1933)
Train Conductor
Sailor's Luck
(1933)
Cop
The Crime of the Century
(1933)
The Moth
(1934)
Detective Blake
Lightning Strikes Twice
(1934)
Dugan
I'll Be Suing You
(1934)
Insurance Adjustor
I'll Tell the World
(1934)
Sergeant at Border
Rough Necking
(1934)
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Among the Missing
(1934)
Police Sgt. Murphy
School for Girls
(1934)
Detective
Beloved
(1934)
Mulvaney
The Crime Doctor
(1934)
Bloodgood
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
(1934)
Policeman
Twentieth Century
(1934)
Train Detective (uncredited)
One Frightened Night
(1935)
Sheriff Jenks
Danger Ahead
(1935)
Detective O'Brien
Atlantic Adventure
(1935)
Police Officer Riley
Death Flies East
(1935)
Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Hot Money
(1935)
Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Horses' Collars
(1935)
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
(1935)
Horsley's Secretary
Carnival
(1935)
Bit Part
The Sagebrush Troubadour
(1935)
Hank Polk
The Public Menace
(1935)
Mike - Cop
A Notorious Gentleman
(1935)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
(1936)
First Detective
At Sea Ashore
(1936)
Cop (uncredited)
High Tension
(1936)
Desk Sergeant
The Witness Chair
(1936)
Detective Costigan
Private Number
(1936)
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Garden Murder Case
(1936)
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
(1937)
Jailer
That I May Live
(1937)
Abner Jenkins
Love and Hisses
(1937)
Officer
Time Out for Romance
(1937)
Policeman
One Mile from Heaven
(1937)
Smitty - Policeman
Big Business
(1937)
Oil Man at Well
Slave Ship
(1937)
Seaman at Auction
Angel's Holiday
(1937)
Conductor
Borrowing Trouble
(1937)
Policeman
She Had to Eat
(1937)
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
(1937)
Policeman (uncredited)
Love Is News
(1937)
Cop (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes
(1937)
Man on telephone (uncredited)
Josette
(1938)
Hotel Detective
Night Spot
(1938)
Police Band Leader
Everybody's Doing It
(1938)
Police Sergeant
Straight, Place and Show
(1938)
Cop at Racetrack
Berth Quakes
(1938)
Train Conductor
Safety in Numbers
(1938)
Cop
Down on the Farm
(1938)
Bit Role
Many Sappy Returns
(1938)
Finnegan
Tell No Tales
(1939)
Policeman at School (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
(1939)
Agitator
Charlie Chan in Reno
(1939)
Reno Desk Sergeant
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
(1939)
Pete - Railroad Detective
Chicken Wagon Family
(1939)
Policeman
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
(1939)
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Clock Wise
(1939)
Landlord
Too Busy to Work
(1939)
Hank Fidler
Moving Vanities
(1939)
Police Officer (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
(1939)
Police Chief
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
(1940)
Dickens
The Lone Wolf Strikes
(1940)
Dickens
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
(1940)
Dickens
Mutiny in the County
(1940)
Policeman
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(1940)
Bailiff
Deadwood Dick
(1940)
Bottles
Misbehaving Husbands
(1940)
Sgt. Murphy
The Golden Fleecing
(1940)
Cop (uncredited)
The Green Archer
(1940)
Capt. Thompson
Mexican Spitfire Out West
(1940)
Jim - Detective
High School
(1940)
Junk Man
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
(1941)
Detective Dickens
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
(1941)
Wesley Dickens
At the Stroke of Twelve
(1941)
Police Sergeant
Invisible Ghost
(1941)
Detective Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941)
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney
(1941)
Officer McCloskey
Pacific Blackout
(1941)
Cop
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1941)
Detective (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
(1941)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
(1942)
"Screw"
My Favorite Blonde
(1942)
Sam - Policeman
Lady Gangster
(1942)
Policeman (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
(1942)
Police Chief Hansen
X Marks the Spot
(1942)
Police Officer Martin
Gentleman Jim
(1942)
Sutro (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
(1942)
Jailer
Spy Ship
(1942)
Night Watchman
I Was Framed
(1942)
Drunk
Dear! Deer!
(1942)
Policeman
In This Our Life
(1942)
Jailer (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
(1942)
Dickens
Larceny, Inc.
(1942)
Bronson
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
(1942)
Policeman (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
(1943)
Capt. Beal
Food and Magic
(1943)
One Dangerous Night
(1943)
Detective Dickens
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
Joe (uncredited)
True to Life
(1943)
Cop (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
(1943)
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
(1943)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
A Gem of a Jam
(1943)
Police Chief
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
(1943)
Policeman
Crime by Night
(1944)
Dad Martin (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
(1944)
Turnkey
Roaring Guns
(1944)
Trial by Trigger
(1944)
Jerry (uncredited)
If a Body Meets a Body
(1945)
Detective
Mildred Pierce
(1945)
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
How DOooo You Do
(1945)
Detective
Come Out Fighting
(1945)
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
(1945)
Lefert
Frontier Days
(1945)
Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
(1945)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
Harper (uncredited)
Snooper Service
(1945)
Andy Plays Hookey
(1946)
Policeman
Detour to Danger
(1946)
Det. Kelsey
Never Say Goodbye
(1946)
Policeman (uncredited)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
(1946)
Fred
Three Strangers
(1946)
Man on the Street / Man in Pub
So You Want to Play the Horses
(1946)
Detective (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
(1946)
Policeman (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
(1946)
Bartender (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
(1947)
Courtroom Spectator
The Noose Hangs High
(1948)
Cop (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
(1948)
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
(1949)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Inspector General
(1949)
Villager (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
(1949)
Deputy
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Old Watchman (uncredited)
Homicide
(1949)
Officer O'Brien
Colorado Territory
(1949)
(uncredited)
So You Think You're Not Guilty
(1950)
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
(1950)
Lamb - Curry's Partner
The Flame and the Arrow
(1950)
Guard (uncredited)
Revenue Agent
(1950)
Sgt. Wallace
So You Want a Raise
(1950)
Backfire
(1950)
Fight Fan (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
(1951)
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Storm Warning
(1951)
Townsman (uncredited)
The Enforcer
(1951)
Hans Christian Andersen
(1952)
First Gendarme
O. Henry's Full House
(1952)
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
My Six Convicts
(1952)
Store Detective
So You Want to Enjoy Life
(1952)
Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Room for One More
(1952)
Springfield Rifle
(1952)
Barfly (uncredited)
Crime Wave
(1953)
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
(1954)
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Outlaw's Son
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
(1954)
Silversmith (uncredited)
Lucky Me
(1954)
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
(1955)
Townsman (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
(1955)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Illegal
(1955)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Serenade
(1956)
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Westbound
(1959)
Townsman (uncredited)
Directing
Over the Ledge
(1914)
Director
The Exposure
(1914)
Director
Station Content
(1915)
Director
The Fighting Gringo
(1917)
Director
Blood Money
(1917)
Director
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
(1917)
Director
The Outlaw and the Lady
(1917)
Director
The Drifter
(1917)
Director
Goin' Straight
(1917)
Director
The Honor of an Outlaw
(1917)
Director
A 44-Calibre Mystery
(1917)
Director
The Almost Good Man
(1917)
Director
Six-Shooter Justice
(1917)
Director
The Mysterious Outlaw
(1917)
Director
The Golden Bullet
(1917)
Director
The Wrong Man
(1917)
Director
Writing