Acting credits
41
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kelly Thordsen
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 29Series: 12
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: 6.73
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.
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Chief of Detectives
1974 Movie
6.3
The Day the Earth Moved
as Officer Pat Ferguson
1974 Movie
6.8
The Parallax View
as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
1974 Movie
Pushing Up Daisies
as Kelly
1973 Movie
5.3
Bad Charleston Charlie
as Thad
1973 Movie
5.3
Charley and the Angel
as Policeman
1973 Movie
6.2
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Sgt. Cassidy
1972 Movie
6.0
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Tiny
1971 Movie
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Edwina's Father
1970 Movie
5.3
The Boatniks
as Motorcycle Cop
1970 Movie
Smoke
as Mr. Horn
1970 Movie
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Motorcycle Officer
1968 Movie
5.1
Good Times
as Tough Hombre
1967 Movie
5.6
Texas Across the River
as Turkey Shoot Boss
1966 Movie
5.2
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
as Detective Shawn Regan
1966 Movie
6.0
Gunpoint
as Ab
1966 Movie
6.7
The Ugly Dachshund
as Officer Carmody
1966 Movie
6.9
Shenandoah
as Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent
1965 Movie
5.1
Johnny Cool
1963 Movie
The Losers
as Frank Davis
1963 Movie
8.0
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
1962 Movie
6.8
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Sheriff Clark
1962 Movie
7.3
Pocketful of Miracles
as The Weasel (uncredited)
1961 Movie
3.3
Desire in the Dust
1960 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kelly Thordsen.
6.3
Isis
as Joel Moss • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
as Baker Makay • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.7
Kung Fu
as Mule Jesse • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.0
Nichols
as Jacob Klaus • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Adam-12
as Mr. Franklin • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.8
The Invaders
as Police Chief Sam Thorne • 1 eps
1967 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Captain Dave Abbot • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Sgt. Kelly • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as The Sheriff • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Harold Grigsby • 1 eps
1960 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Jed Drugan • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Sheriff Watson • 1 eps
1957 Series