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