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Alf Kjellin (1920–1988)

Director | Actor | Writer

Although trained for the stage in his native Sweden, Alf Kjellin appeared in only a few stage productions before entering films. His work in Torment resulted in his being noticed by Hollywood, and he made his American film debut in 1949 under the name Christopher Kent. He soon went back to using his real name... See full bio »

Born:

Alf Gunnar Helgesson Kjellin
in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

Died:

(age 68) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1985 The Paper Chase (TV series)
– Pressure (1985)
 
1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
– Car Wars (1985)
 
1984 Finder of Lost Loves (TV series)
– Echoes (1984)
 
1984 Whiz Kids (TV series)
– Amen to Amen-Re (1984)
 
1983 Hotel (TV series)
– Faith, Hope & Charity (1983)
 
1981-1983 Dynasty (TV series)
– The Bungalow (1983)
– Danny (1983)
– The Search (1983)
– The Iago Syndrome (1982)
– Viva Las Vegas (1981)
 
1982 Cassie & Co. (TV series)
– Fade Out (1982)
– Dark Side of the Moon (1982)
 
1981 Walking Tall (TV series)
– Hitman (1981)
– The Killing of McNeal County's Children (1981)
 
1979-1981 Vega$ (TV series)
– The Andreas Addiction (1981)
– The Man Who Was Twice (1980)
– Dan Tanna Is Dead (1979)
 
1981 Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
 
1980 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
– Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health (1980)
 
1979 Paris (TV series)
 
1979 How the West Was Won (TV mini-series)
– The Innocent (1979)
 
1979 David Cassidy - Man Undercover (TV series)
– Teammates (1979)
 
1978 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
– A Hair of the Dog (1978)
 
1977 Family (TV series)
– Childhood's End (1977)
– Annie Laurie (1977)
 
1977 The Fantastic Journey (TV series)
– Children of the Gods (1977)
 
1976-1977 Police Story (TV series)
– Hard Rock Brown (1977)
– Bought and Paid For (1976)
 
1977 Police Woman (TV series)
– Shadow of a Doubt (1977)
 
1977 Code R (TV series)
 
1973-1977 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
– Testament of Power (1977)
– The Bounty Hunter (1976)
– The Stalking Horse (1976)
– Counterfall (1975)
– Secret of the Dunes (1973)
 
1977 Big Hawaii (TV series)
– The Sugar Wars (1977)
 
1976 Gibbsville (TV series)
– Trapped (1976)
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
– Seventy-Two Hours (1976)
 
1975-1976 Joe Forrester (TV series)
– An Act of Violence (1976)
– The Best Laid Schemes (1975)
– Stake Out (1975)
 
1972-1975 The Waltons (TV series)
– The Nurse (1975)
– The Loss (1975)
– The Emergence (1975)
– The Competition (1975)
– The Choice (1975)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1975 Switch (TV series)
– Death by Resurrection (1975)
 
1975 The Family Holvak (TV series)
– The Long Way Home: Part 2 (1975)
– The Long Way Home: Part 1 (1975)
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
– Vengeance (1975)
 
1972-1975 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
– Computer Killer (1975)
– Flash of Color, Flash of Death (1973)
– One Big Happy Family (1973)
– Jury of One (1973)
– You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich - But It Helps. (1972)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1974 Planet of the Apes (TV series)
– The Interrogation (1974)
 
1974 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
– Town Party-Country Party (1974)
 
1974 Columbo (TV series)
– Negative Reaction (1974)
– Mind Over Mayhem (1974)
 
1972-1974 Mannix (TV series)
– Portrait in Blues (1974)
– The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress (1973)
– A Matter of Principle (1973)
– Cry Silence (1972)
 
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– Eyewitness to Murder (1974)
 
1972-1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– The Hanging of Newly O'Brien (1973)
– A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973)
– Patricia (1973)
– Bohannan (1972)
 
1973 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
– Freefall to Terror (1973)
 
1973 The Girls of Huntington House (TV movie)
 
1972 Bonanza (TV series)
– The Hidden Enemy (1972)
– The Initiation (1972)
 
1971-1972 Ironside (TV series)
– His Fiddlers Three (1972)
– From Hrûska, with Love (1971)
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
– Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave? (1972)
– The Man Who Died at Three and Nine (1972)
– I Do Not Belong to the Human World (1972)
 
1971-1972 Cade's County (TV series)
– The Brothers (1972)
– Gray Wolf (1971)
 
1971 Bearcats! (TV series)
– The Big Guns (1971)
 
1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– Angry Man (1971)
 
1971 Deadly Dream (TV movie)
 
1970 The McMasters
 
1969 Midas Run
 
1967-1968 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
– The Condemned (1968)
– A Game of Chess (1968)
– The Bank (1967)
 
1965-1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The Deadly Quest Affair (1967)
– The 'J' for Judas Affair (1967)
– The Indian Affairs Affair (1966)
– The Bat Cave Affair (1966)
– The Yukon Affair (1965)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane (TV series)
 
1966-1967 Run for Your Life (TV series)
– The Word Would Be Goodbye (1967)
– The Sadness of a Happy Time (1966)
 
1966-1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
– The U.N.C.L.E. Samurai Affair (1967)
– The Paradise Lost Affair (1966)
 
1966-1967 I Spy (TV series)
– Blackout (1967)
– Get Thee to a Nunnery (1967)
– The War Lord (1967)
– Child Out of Time (1967)
– Tonia (1967)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1964-1966 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
– Out of a Concrete Tower (1966)
– The Taste of Crow (1966)
– What Happened to All the Sunshine and Roses? (1966)
– A Patient Lost (1966)
– The Encroachment (1966)
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1966 The Virginian (TV series)
– Nobody Said Hello (1966)
 
1962-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– Completely Foolproof (1965)
– Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965)
– Isabel (1964)
– Ten Minutes from Now (1964)
– Night Caller (1964)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1962 Siska - En kvinnobild
 
1961 The Pleasure Garden
 
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– Coming Home (1961)
 
1959 Bara en kypare
 
1959 Swinging at the Castle
 
1957 Sjutton år
 
1957 Möten i skymningen
 
1955 Flickan i regnet
 
Show ShowActor (80 titles)
1979 The Runaways (TV series)
Zimmerman
– Screams in the Night (1979) … Zimmerman
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Carl Youngstrom
– Sighting 4011: The Dollhouse Incident (1978) … Carl Youngstrom
 
1978 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
Gerro
– The Lost Island (1978) … Gerro
 
1977 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
– The Return of Auntie V (1977)
 
1976 Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (TV movie)
Ivan Vasilev
 
1974 Cannon (TV series)
Peter Van Damme
– The Man Who Couldn't Forget (1974) … Peter Van Damme
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Dr. Karl Rintels
– Lady, Lady, Take My Life (1972) … Dr. Karl Rintels
 
1971 Dan August (TV series)
Josef Tanis
– Days of Rage (1971) … Josef Tanis
 
1967-1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
John Stone / Karl Reiman
– Deadly Reunion (1970) … John Stone
– Blueprint for Betrayal (1967) … Karl Reiman
 
1968-1969 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Carl Vandaam / Stefan Prohosh
– Doomsday (1969) … Carl Vandaam
– The Phoenix (1968) … Stefan Prohosh
 
1968 Ice Station Zebra
Col. Ostrovsky
 
1967 Tarzan (TV series)
Vin Wolvner
– The Last of the Supermen (1967) … Vin Wolvner
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
Dean Sherman
– Rome... Take Away Three (1966) … Dean Sherman
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Josep Ristic
– The Borders of Barbarism (1966) … Josep Ristic
 
1966 Assault on a Queen
Eric Lauffnauer
 
1965-1966 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Col. Max Richter / Col. Ehrland
– Back to the Drawing Board (1966) … Col. Ehrland
– P.O.W.: Part Two (1965) … Col. Max Richter
– P.O.W.: Part One (1965) … Col. Max Richter
 
1965 Ship of Fools
Freytag
 
1963 My Love Is Like a Rose
P.G. Nilsson
 
1963 Combat! (TV series)
Hans / Kurt
– Barrage (1963) … Hans
– Just for the Record (1963) … Kurt
 
1963 The Victors
Priest
 
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Edwin Volck
– Don't Look Behind You (1962) … Edwin Volck
 
1962 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Frans Ruisdael
– Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates: Part 1 (1962) … Frans Ruisdael
 
1961 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Wayne Anderson
– Emergency in 114 (1961) … Wayne Anderson
 
1961 Two Living, One Dead
Rogers
 
1961 Karneval
Ragnar Ennart
 
1960 Panic in Paradise
Frederik
 
1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Dr. Lars Lindstrom
– The Peter Hurkos Story: Part 2 (1960) … Dr. Lars Lindstrom
 
1960 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Hansen
– There Is an Island (1960) … Hansen
 
1960 Five Fingers (TV series)
Johann Manfred
– A Shot in the Dark (1960) … Johann Manfred
 
1959 13 Demon Street (TV series)
Franz
– Fever … Franz
 
1958 Playing on the Rainbow
Björn Rådström
 
1957 Summer Place Wanted
Arne Forsman, artist
 
1957 Guest at One's Own Home
Age Dahl
 
1956 Het är min längtan
Mikael
 
1956 Främlingen från skyn
Stig Hallman
 
1956 Egen ingång
Arvid Stenman
 
1955 Crusader (TV series)
Father Paul
– Cross on the Hill (1955) … Father Paul
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Hasso Lindemann
– Comrade Lindemann's Conscience (1955) … Hasso Lindemann
 
1954-1955 Foreign Intrigue (TV series)
Burt / Carl / Gerard Brenner / …
– Miss Fortune (1955) … Karl
– Blind Man's Bluff (1955) … Carl
– The Stamp Collector (1954) … Gerard Brenner
– The Alibi (1954) … Inspector
– Narcotics (1954) … Burt
 
1955 Cradle Song (TV movie)
Paul Schumann
 
1955 Flickan i regnet
Martin Andreasson
 
1954 Flicka utan namn
Erland Ljung
 
1953 Göingehövdingen
Lieutenant Henrik Wrede
 
1953 Ingen mans kvinna
Arne Persson
 
1953 The Juggler
Daniel
 
1952 The Iron Mistress
Phillipe de Cabanal
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
Gene Turner
– The Suit Club (1952) … Gene Turner
 
1952 Gruen Guild Theater (TV series)
– Mightier Than the Sword (1952)
– Night Train to Danger (1952)
 
1952 Chevron Theatre (TV series)
– Night Train to Danger (1952)
 
1952 My Six Convicts
Clem Randall
 
1952 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Old Talbot (1952)
 
1951 Divorced
Dr. Bertil Nordelius
 
1951 Summer Interlude
David Nyström
 
1951 Bärande hav
Martin Winner
 
1950 The White Cat
The man without identity
 
1950 This Can't Happen Here
Almkvist
 
1949 Singoalla
Knight Erland Månesköld (as Christopher Kent)
 
1949 Madame Bovary
Leon Dupuis (as Christopher Kent)
 
1947 Woman Without a Face
Martin Grande
 
1947 Tösen från Stormyrtorpet
Gudmund Erlandsson
 
1946 Sunshine Follows Rain
Jon
 
1946 Iris and the Lieutenant
Robert Motander
 
1946 Affairs of a Model
Erik Lunde
 
1945 Wandering with the Moon
Dan Killander
 
1944 Torment
Jan-Erik Widgren
 
1944 Den osynliga muren
Ivan Levy
 
1944 Appassionata
Eric Linden
 
1944 Prince Gustaf
Prince Gustaf
 
1943 Herre med portfölj
Lennart Dalén
 
1943 Jag dräpte
Harris
 
1943 Night in the Harbor
Arnold
 
1941 Striden går vidare
Dr. Georg Hammar
 
1941 Den ljusnande framtid
Åke Dahlberg
 
1940 Hans nåds testamente
Jacob
 
1940 Juninatten
Assistant Physician (uncredited)
 
1940 Stål
Erik, young worker
 
1939 Kadettkamrater
Greggy Ståhlkrantz
 
1939 Rejoice While You're Young, Fellow Cadets
Henning
 
1938 Med folket för fosterlandet
Young man who recives soccer scores (uncredited)
 
1937 The Great John Ericsson
Young man on Delamater's office (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1957 Sjutton år
 
1955 Flickan i regnet
 
1943 Night in the Harbor (writer)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1955 Blockerat spår
Himself
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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(1943) Kaj Munk's play 'Niels Ebbesen' at Dramatikerstudion, Stockholm, Sweden.

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