Kelly Thordsen
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. He also appeared in "Desire in the Dust" (1960), the dramatic adaptation "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962) with Paul Newman and the Gregory Peck dramatic adaptation "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962). He continued to act in productions like the Tommy Kirk comedy "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964), "Shenandoah" (1965) and "The Ugly Dachsund" (1966). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Phyllis Diller comedy "Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?" (1968), "Smoke" (1970) and the Robert Morse comedy "The Boatniks" (1970). He also appeared in "Bad Charleston Charlie" (1973) and "Charley and the Angel" (1973) with Fred MacMurray. Thordsen more recently appeared in "The FBI Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One" (CBS, 1974-75).
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Day the Earth Moved | Officer Pat Ferguson (Character) | - | 1974 |
87% |
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The Parallax View | Sheriff L.D. Wicker (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pushing Up Daisies | Kelly (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Charleston Charlie | Thad (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Charley and the Angel | Policeman (Character) | - | 1973 |
80% |
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Sgt. Cassidy (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer by Night | Sam Kenyon (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Tiny (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smoke | Mr. Horn (Character) | - | 1970 |
0% |
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Good Times | Tough Hombre (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunpoint | Ab (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Texas Across the River | Turkey Shoot boss (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Detective Shawn Regan (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ugly Dachshund | Officer Carmody (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | Muller (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desire in the Dust | Sheriff Wheaton (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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City of Fear | Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson (Character) | - | 1959 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Knight | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Baker Makay (Guest Star) | 1974-1976 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Character) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sanford and Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972-1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Sheriff Walt Sykes- Yucca Wells (Guest Star) | 1971 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Mickey (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962-1965 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Wilson Willoughby (Guest Star) | 1957 1965 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Sgt. Kelly (Guest Star) | 1965 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Mace (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Harold Grigsby (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Don Hawkins (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lieutenant | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Private Flynn (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Sheriff Watson (Guest Star) | 1961-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Fired Ranch Hand (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Man | Sheriff Rafe Tollinger (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Reef (Guest Star) | 1959-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Northwest Passage | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |