Kelly Thordsen
- Acting
- January 19, 1917 · Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
- January 23, 1978
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Isis · Joel Moss
- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One · Chief of Detectives
- The Day the Earth Moved · Officer Pat Ferguson
- Little House on the Prairie · Baker Makay
- The Parallax View · Sheriff L.D. Wicker
- Pushing Up Daisies · Kelly
- Bad Charleston Charlie · Thad
- Charley and the Angel · Policeman
- Kung Fu · Mule Jesse
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't · Sgt. Cassidy
- The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove · Tiny
- Nichols · Jacob Klaus
- There Was a Crooked Man... · Edwina's Father
- The Boatniks · Motorcycle Cop
- Smoke · Mr. Horn
- Adam-12 · Mr. Franklin
- Blackbeard's Ghost · Motorcycle Officer
- Good Times · Tough Hombre
- The Invaders · Police Chief Sam Thorne
- Texas Across the River · Turkey Shoot Boss
- Mission: Impossible · Captain Dave Abbot
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! · Detective Shawn Regan
- Gunpoint · Ab
- The Ugly Dachshund · Officer Carmody
- Shenandoah · Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent
- Johnny Cool
- The Fugitive · Sgt. Kelly, Tarleton policeman
- The Losers · Frank Davis
- To Kill a Mockingbird · Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · The Sheriff, Sheriff Pate O. Turnbull
- Sweet Bird of Youth · Sheriff Clark
- Pocketful of Miracles · The Weasel (uncredited)
- Desire in the Dust
- The Andy Griffith Show · Harold Grigsby
- Bonanza · Jed Drugan, Ned Larson
- City of Fear · Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson
- Money, Women and Guns · Joe (uncredited)
- The Fearmakers · Harold 'Hal' Loder
- Maverick · Hammett
- Perry Mason · Sheriff Watson
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Ed
- Invasion of the Saucer Men · Sgt. Bruce
- The Desperados Are in Town · Big Tobe Lapman