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