---
name: "Gerald Kelsey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerald-kelsey"
fi1m_id: "gerald-kelsey"
tmdb_id: 1220992
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 October 1919"
died: "22 February 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T09:25:22.159040+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gerald Kelsey

## Identity

Gerald Kelsey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerald-kelsey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerald-kelsey
- **TMDB ID:** 1220992
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220992

Writer. Born 25 October 1919 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. Died 22 February 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 October 1919, West Ham, Essex, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 February 2006
- **Active:** 1962–1967
- **Frequently works with:** [Roger Parkes](https://film.one/person/roger-parkes.md), [Vincent Tilsley](https://film.one/person/vincent-tilsley.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220992

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Gerald Kelsey (25 October 1919 – 22 February 2006) was a British television writer. He contributed scripts to numerous BBC and ITV series from the 1950s onwards.

Kelsey wrote the episode 'Checkmate' for the series *The Prisoner* (1967). He also wrote three episodes of *The Saint* (1962) and contributed to series including *Dixon of Dock Green*, *Z Cars*, *Department S*, *Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)* and *Crossroads*.

He authored the book *Writing for Television*.

*Sources: imdb.com, grokipedia.com, theunmutual.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Adventurer* (1972), series, Scenario Writer
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, Writer
- *Jason King* (1971), series, Writer
- *Department S* (1969), series, Writer
- *The Champions* (1968), series, Writer
- *The Expert* (1968), series, Writer
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *The Saint* (1962), series, Writer
- *The Golden Rabbit* (1962), Writer
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Writer
- *Ghost Squad* (1961), series, Writer
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, Writer

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