Kelly Thordsen

Personal Info

Birthday

January 19, 1917

Day of Death

1978-01-23

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

Kelly Thordsen

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

Perry Mason

Bonanza

The Andy Griffith Show

The Fugitive

Adam-12

The Invaders

Mission: Impossible

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Filmography

1974
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
The Parallax View
as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
1973
Pushing Up Daisies
as Kelly
Bad Charleston Charlie
as Thad
Charley and the Angel
as Policeman
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Sgt. Cassidy
1971
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Tiny
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Edwina's Father
The Boatniks
as Motorcycle Cop
Smoke
as Mr. Horn
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Motorcycle Officer
1967
Good Times
as Tough Hombre
1966
Texas Across the River
as Turkey Shoot Boss
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Detective Shawn Regan
Gunpoint
as Ab
The Ugly Dachshund
as Officer Carmody
1965
Shenandoah
as Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent
1963
The Losers
as Frank Davis
1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Sheriff Clark
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
as The Weasel (uncredited)
1959
City of Fear
as Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson
1958
The Fearmakers
as Harold 'Hal' Loder
Money, Women and Guns
as Joe (uncredited)
1957
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
as Sgt. Bruce
1956
The Desperados Are in Town
as Big Tobe Lapman