1951Winner
Best Performance
Strangers on a Train
Fred Kelsey
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
August 20, 1884
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1955Nominee
Best Performance
To Catch a Thief
1944Nominee
Best Performance
Mr. Skeffington
Career Highlights
1945Highlight
Best Performance
Mildred Pierce
1954Highlight
Best Performance
A Star Is Born
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Strangers on a Train
To Catch a Thief
Mr. Skeffington