Actor, director, screenwriter
He played the same role in The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) and in its remake, If a Body Meets a Body , which starred The Three Stooges.
Son: Robert Miller Kelsey.
Character actor who built up a hefty resume of over 200 movies, including silents and talkies, even directing a few. He found a comfortable niche in broad, vivid comedy roles, especially that of the bumbling, bungling, not particularly bright detective (in Gold Diggers of 1933 he even played an actor playing a bumbling, bungling, not particularly bright detective!). He livened up everything from The Three Stooges two-reel shorts to "The Green Archer" and "Superman" serials. He even inspired cartoon characters.
