Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 19, 1917
Died
Jan 23, 1978
Place of Birth
Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Credits
43 titles
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
Filmography
Isis
Joel Moss
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Chief of Detectives
The Day the Earth Moved
Officer Pat Ferguson
Little House on the Prairie
Baker Makay
The Parallax View
Sheriff L.D. Wicker
Pushing Up Daisies
Kelly
Bad Charleston Charlie
Thad
Charley and the Angel
Policeman
Kung Fu
Mule Jesse
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Sgt. Cassidy
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Tiny
Nichols
Jacob Klaus
There Was a Crooked Man...
Edwina's Father
The Boatniks
Motorcycle Cop
Smoke
Mr. Horn
Adam-12
Mr. Franklin
Blackbeard's Ghost
Motorcycle Officer
Good Times
Tough Hombre
The Invaders
Police Chief Sam Thorne
Texas Across the River
Turkey Shoot Boss
Mission: Impossible
Captain Dave Abbot
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Detective Shawn Regan
Gunpoint
Ab
The Ugly Dachshund
Officer Carmody
Shenandoah
Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent
Johnny Cool
The Fugitive
Sgt. Kelly
The Losers
Frank Davis
To Kill a Mockingbird
Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Sheriff
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sheriff Clark
Pocketful of Miracles
The Weasel (uncredited)
Desire in the Dust
The Andy Griffith Show
Harold Grigsby
Bonanza
Jed Drugan
City of Fear
Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson
Money, Women and Guns
Joe (uncredited)
The Fearmakers
Harold 'Hal' Loder
Maverick
Hammett
Perry Mason
Sheriff Watson
Have Gun, Will Travel
Ed
Invasion of the Saucer Men
Sgt. Bruce
The Desperados Are in Town
Big Tobe Lapman