Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kelly Thordsen
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 29Series: 14
TMDB ID: 81735
IMDb ID: nm0861200
Known for: Acting
Born: January 19, 1917
Died: January 23, 1978
Age: 61
Place of birth: Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 1975
Years active: 20
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q3194917
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kelly Thordsen.
as Chief of Detectives
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974 • Movie
as Officer Pat Ferguson
The Day the Earth Moved
1974 • Movie
as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
The Parallax View
1974 • Movie
as Kelly
Pushing Up Daisies
1973 • Movie
as Thad
Bad Charleston Charlie
1973 • Movie
as Policeman
Charley and the Angel
1973 • Movie
as Sgt. Cassidy
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 • Movie
as Tiny
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
1971 • Movie
as Edwina's Father
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 • Movie
as Motorcycle Cop
The Boatniks
1970 • Movie
as Mr. Horn
Smoke
1970 • Movie
as Motorcycle Officer
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 • Movie
as Tough Hombre
Good Times
1967 • Movie
as Turkey Shoot Boss
Texas Across the River
1966 • Movie
as Detective Shawn Regan
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966 • Movie
as Ab
Gunpoint
1966 • Movie
as Officer Carmody
The Ugly Dachshund
1966 • Movie
as Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent
Shenandoah
1965 • Movie
Johnny Cool
1963 • Movie
as Frank Davis
The Losers
1963 • Movie
as Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 • Movie
as Sheriff Clark
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 • Movie
as The Weasel (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 • Movie
Desire in the Dust
1960 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kelly Thordsen.
as Joel Moss • 1 eps
Isis
1975 • Series
as Baker Makay • 2 eps
Little House on the Prairie
1974 • Series
as Mule Jesse • 1 eps
Kung Fu
1972 • Series
as Jacob Klaus • 1 eps
Nichols
1971 • Series
as Mr. Franklin • 1 eps
Adam-12
1968 • Series
as Police Chief Sam Thorne • 1 eps
The Invaders
1967 • Series
as Captain Dave Abbot • 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
1966 • Series
as Sgt. Kelly • 1 eps
The Fugitive
1963 • Series
as The Sheriff • 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 • Series
as Harold Grigsby • 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 • Series
as Jed Drugan • 1 eps
Bonanza
1959 • Series
as Hammett • 1 eps
Maverick
1957 • Series
as Sheriff Watson • 1 eps
Perry Mason
1957 • Series
as Ed • 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 • Series