Kelly Thordsen
Born: 1917-01-19 in Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Died: 1978-01-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kelly Thordsen was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Thordsen's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the horror feature "Invasion of the Saucer Men" (1957) with Steve Terrell, the Dana Andrews dramatic adaptation "The Fearmakers" (1958) and the crime picture "City of Fear" (1959) with Vince Edwards.
Filmography
1975
- Isis as Joel Moss
1974
- Little House on the Prairie as Baker Makay
- The Parallax View as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Chief of Detectives
- The Day the Earth Moved as Officer Pat Ferguson
1973
- Charley and the Angel as Policeman
- Bad Charleston Charlie as Thad
- Pushing Up Daisies as Kelly
1972
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Sgt. Cassidy
- Kung Fu as Mule Jesse
1971
- Nichols as Jacob Klaus
- The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove as Tiny
1970
- There Was a Crooked Man... as Edwina's Father
- Smoke as Mr. Horn
- The Boatniks as Motorcycle Cop
1968
- Adam-12 as Mr. Franklin
- Blackbeard's Ghost as Motorcycle Officer
1967
- The Invaders as Police Chief Sam Thorne
- Good Times as Tough Hombre
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Captain Dave Abbot
- The Ugly Dachshund as Officer Carmody
- Gunpoint as Ab
- Texas Across the River as Turkey Shoot Boss
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! as Detective Shawn Regan
1965
- Shenandoah as Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent
1963
- The Fugitive as Sgt. Kelly
- Johnny Cool
- The Losers as Frank Davis
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Sheriff
- To Kill a Mockingbird as Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
- Sweet Bird of Youth as Sheriff Clark
1961
- Pocketful of Miracles as The Weasel (uncredited)
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Harold Grigsby
- Desire in the Dust
1959
- Bonanza as Jed Drugan
- City of Fear as Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson
1958
- Money, Women and Guns as Joe (uncredited)
- The Fearmakers as Harold 'Hal' Loder
1957
- Perry Mason as Sheriff Watson
- Maverick as Hammett
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Ed
- Invasion of the Saucer Men as Sgt. Bruce
1956
- The Desperados Are in Town as Big Tobe Lapman