Fred Kelsey
Born August 20, 1884 (Age: 141)
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Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Westbound
1959
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as Townsman (uncredited)
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Age: 74
Auntie Mame
1958
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as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
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Age: 74
The Opposite Sex
1956
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as Club Patron (uncredited)
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Age: 72
Serenade
1956
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as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
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Age: 71
Illegal
1955
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as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Age: 71
To Catch a Thief
1955
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as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Tall Man Riding
1955
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as Townsman (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Outlaw's Son
1954
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as
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Age: 70
The Silver Chalice
1954
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as Silversmith (uncredited)
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Age: 70
No Image
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
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as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
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Age: 70
A Star Is Born
1954
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as Audience Member (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Lucky Me
1954
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as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Riding Shotgun
1954
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as Townsman (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
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as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Racing Blood
1954
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as Smithy
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Age: 69
No Image
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953
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as Sleeping patient in waiting room
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Age: 69
Crime Wave
1953
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as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Murder Without Tears
1953
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as Sergeant-at-Arms
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Age: 68
No Image
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953
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as Restaurant diner
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Age: 68
Revenue Agent
1950
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as Sgt. Wallace
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Age: 66
No Image
So You Want a Raise
1950
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as
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Age: 66
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
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as Guard (uncredited)
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Age: 65
No Image
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
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as Lamb - Curry's Partner
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Age: 65
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
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as Man on Dock (uncredited)
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Age: 65
So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950
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as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
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Age: 65
Backfire
1950
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as Fight Fan (uncredited)
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Age: 65
How DOooo You Do
1945
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as Detective
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Age: 61
Frontier Days
1945
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as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Saratoga Trunk
1945
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as Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Mildred Pierce
1945
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as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Come Out Fighting
1945
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as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
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Age: 61
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
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as Detective
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Age: 61
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
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as Harper (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Snooper Service
1945
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as
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Age: 60
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
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as Lefert
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Age: 60
Gentleman Jim
1942
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as Sutro (uncredited)
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Age: 58
X Marks the Spot
1942
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as Police Officer Martin
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Age: 58
No Image
Dear! Deer!
1942
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as Policeman
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Age: 58
Counter-Espionage
1942
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as Dickens
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Age: 58
No Image
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
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as Policeman (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Spy Ship
1942
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as Night Watchman
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Age: 57
In This Our Life
1942
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as Jailer (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Larceny, Inc.
1942
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as Bronson
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Age: 57
Murder in the Big House
1942
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as "Screw"
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Age: 57
I Was Framed
1942
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as Drunk
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Age: 57
My Favorite Blonde
1942
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as Sam - Policeman
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Age: 57
Lady Gangster
1942
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as Policeman (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Bullet Scars
1942
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as Police Chief Hansen
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Age: 57
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
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as Jailer
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Age: 57
Pacific Blackout
1941
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as Cop
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Age: 57
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
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as Detective (uncredited)
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Age: 57
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
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as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
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Age: 57
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
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as Police Sergeant
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Age: 57
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
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as Wesley Dickens
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Age: 57
One Foot in Heaven
1941
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as Train Conductor (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Invisible Ghost
1941
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as Detective Ryan
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Age: 56
Mr. District Attorney
1941
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as Officer McCloskey
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Age: 56
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
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as Detective Dickens
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Age: 56
No Image
Boys Will Be Boys
1932
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as Doorman
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Age: 48
If I Had a Million
1932
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as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Red Haired Alibi
1932
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as Corcoran
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Age: 48
No Image
Yoo-Hoo
1932
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as Detective
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Age: 48
Speak Easily
1932
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as Process Server
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Age: 47
No Image
The Iceman's Ball
1932
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as Police Sergeant
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Age: 47
Guilty as Hell
1932
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as Detective Duffy
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Age: 47
Huddle
1932
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as Policeman (uncredited)
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Age: 47
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
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as Cop (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Love in High Gear
1932
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as Detective Duffy
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Age: 47
No Image
Shopping with Wifie
1932
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as Det. Dugan
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Age: 47
Discarded Lovers
1932
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as Delaney
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Age: 47
Side Show
1931
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as Sheriff Hornsby
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Age: 47
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
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as Collins
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Age: 46
Subway Express
1931
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as Detective Kearney
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Age: 46
Scandal Sheet
1931
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as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
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Age: 46
The Naughty Flirt
1931
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as Policeman (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Going Wild
1930
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as The Conductor
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Age: 46
Only Saps Work
1930
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as Murphy (uncredited)
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Age: 46
No Image
She Got What She Wanted
1930
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as
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Age: 46
Men Without Law
1930
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as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
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Age: 46
Scarlet Pages
1930
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as Murphy
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Age: 46
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930
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as Self - Tour Guide
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Age: 46
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
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as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Road to Paradise
1930
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as Casey
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Age: 45
The Girl Said No
1930
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as Policeman
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Age: 45
Wide Open
1930
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as Detective
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Age: 45
Murder on the Roof
1930
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as Ryan
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Age: 45
The Woman Racket
1930
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as Police Captain
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Age: 45
South of Suva
1922
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as Karl Swartz
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Age: 37
The Match-Breaker
1921
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as Detective
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Age: 37
The Off-Shore Pirate
1921
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as Sailor
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Age: 36
No Image
A Left Hook
1911
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as
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Age: 26