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.
Movie Appearances
The Ugly Dachshund
as Officer Carmody
1966
City of Fear
as Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson
1959
Pocketful of Miracles
as The Weasel (uncredited)
1961
The Parallax View
as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
1974
Bad Charleston Charlie
as Thad
1973
Gunpoint
as Ab
1966
The Losers
as Frank Davis
1963
Texas Across the River
as Turkey Shoot Boss
1966
Johnny Cool
1963
Money, Women and Guns
as Joe (uncredited)
1958
Good Times
as Tough Hombre
1967
Invasion of the Saucer Men
as Sgt. Bruce
1957
The Day the Earth Moved
as Officer Pat Ferguson
1974
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
1962
Charley and the Angel
as Policeman
1973
Smoke
as Mr. Horn
1970
The Desperados Are in Town
as Big Tobe Lapman
1956
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Sheriff Clark
1962
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Motorcycle Officer
1968
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Sgt. Cassidy
1972
TV Appearances
The Fugitive
as Sgt. Kelly
1963
The Fugitive
as Tarleton policeman
1963
Isis
as Joel Moss
1975
Bonanza
as Jed Drugan
1959
Nichols
as Jacob Klaus
1971
The Andy Griffith Show
as Harold Grigsby
1960
Adam-12
as Mr. Franklin
1968
Perry Mason
as Sheriff Watson
1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as The Sheriff
1962
The Invaders
as Police Chief Sam Thorne
1967
Mission: Impossible
as Captain Dave Abbot
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheriff Pate O. Turnbull
1962