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Kelly Thordsen

Highest Rated: 87% The Parallax View (1974)

Lowest Rated: 0% Good Times (1967)

Birthday: Jan 19, 1917

Birthplace: Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

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).

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Highest rated movies

87% 77% The Parallax View
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80% 57% Now You See Him, Now You Don't
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0% 33% Good Times
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33% Charley and the Angel
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Desire in the Dust
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The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
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Pushing Up Daisies
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40% Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
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61% Texas Across the River
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62% The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day the Earth Moved Officer Pat Ferguson (Character) - 1974
87% 77% 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 33% Charley and the Angel Policeman (Character) - 1973
80% 57% 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% 33% Good Times Tough Hombre (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunpoint Ab (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 61% Texas Across the River Turkey Shoot boss (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 40% Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! Detective Shawn Regan (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 73% The Ugly Dachshund Officer Carmody (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 62% 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 38% 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