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Kelly Thordsen (1917–1978)

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(age 61) in Sun Valley, California, USA
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1977 Switch (TV series)
Harrison Cole
– The Hemline Heist (1977) … Harrison Cole
 
1976 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Monroe Jones
– Blood Vengeance (1976) … Monroe Jones
 
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)
Bartender / Marvin
– The Pink Dragon (1976) … Marvin
– To Kill a Tank (1976) … Bartender
 
1974-1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Baker Makay
– Centennial (1976) … Baker Makay
– The Richest Man in Walnut Grove (1975) … Baker Makay
– School Mom (1974) … Baker Makay
 
1975 Isis (TV series)
Joel Moss
– The Lights of Mystery Mountain (1975) … Joel Moss
 
1974 The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (TV movie)
Chief of Detectives
 
1974 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Sheriff Neal
– The Big Ripoff (1974) … Sheriff Neal
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
Sheriff Grant
– Death on the Run (1974) … Sheriff Grant
 
1974 The Day the Earth Moved (TV movie)
Officer Pat Ferguson
 
1974 The Parallax View
Sheriff L.D. Wicker
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Mule Jesse
– The Nature of Evil (1974) … Mule Jesse
 
1974 Ironside (TV series)
Airport Manager
– Riddle at 24,000 (1974) … Airport Manager
 
1974 The Cowboys (TV series)
– Many a Good Horse Died (1974)
 
1967-1974 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Dick Owens / Douglas Atkins / Oldham
– A Piece of the Action (1974) … Oldham
– Deadfall (1970) … Douglas Atkins
– False Witness (1967) … Dick Owens
 
1973 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
Callahan
– The Detroit Connection (1973) … Callahan
 
1973 Bad Charleston Charlie
Thad
 
1973 Charley and the Angel
Policeman
 
1972-1973 Sanford and Son (TV series)
Lt. Driscoll / Police Lieutenant
– Rated X (1973) … Police Lieutenant
– Whiplash (1972) … Lt. Driscoll
 
1971-1973 Cannon (TV series)
Carl / Sheriff - Yucca Wells
– Hard Rock Roller Coaster (1973) … Carl
– No Pockets in a Shroud (1971) … Sheriff - Yucca Wells
 
1973 Pushing Up Daisies
Kelly
 
1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Sgt. Cassidy
 
1972 Nichols (TV series)
Jacob Klaus
– Man's Best Enemy (1972) … Jacob Klaus
 
1972 Killer by Night (TV movie)
Sam Kenyon
 
1960-1971 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Mr. Horn / Tiny / Johnson Man
– Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove: Part 2 (1971) … Tiny
– Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove: Part 1 (1971) … Tiny
– Smoke: Part 2 (1970) … Mr. Horn
– Smoke: Part 1 (1970) … Mr. Horn
– Texas John Slaughter: Kentucky Gunslick (1960) … Johnson Man (uncredited)
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Foreman
– The Savage Eye (1971) … Foreman
 
1971 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Captain Dave Abbot
– Cat's Paw (1971) … Captain Dave Abbot
 
1970 Mannix (TV series)
Micky
– Bang, Bang, You're Dead (1970) … Micky
 
1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
Edwina's Father (uncredited)
 
1970 The Boatniks
Motorcycle Cop
 
1970 Smoke (TV movie)
Mr. Horn
 
1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Sheriff
– Hosanna's Way (1969) … Sheriff
 
1965-1969 The Virginian (TV series)
Amos Coe / Garth Meadows / Mace / …
– Halfway Back from Hell (1969) … Garth Meadows
– Execution at Triste (1967) … The Constable
– The Return of Golden Tom (1966) … Amos Coe
– The Horse Fighter (1965) … Mace
 
1969 Adam-12 (TV series)
Mr. Franklin
– Log 102: We Can't Just Walk Away from It (1969) … Mr. Franklin
 
1964-1968 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Blackstone / Guthrie MacAnders / Pa Grimes / …
– The Bait (1968) … Blackstone
– The Traitor (1967) … Sgt. Reynolds
– The Necklace (1967) … Pa Grimes
– Mountain of the Dead (1964) … Guthrie MacAnders
 
1968 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Austin / Bruger
– The Covey (1968) … Bruger
– The Hair Hunter (1968) … Austin
 
1968 Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
Enoch Scraggs
 
1968 Blackbeard's Ghost
Motorcycle Officer
 
1962-1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Drugan / Howard Benson / Ned Larson / …
– The Gold Detector (1967) … Vern Higgins
– The Dilemma (1965) … Drugan
– The Search (1965) … Sheriff Conners
– Enter Thomas Bowers (1964) … Sam Kiley
– Five into the Wind (1963) … Howard Benson
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1957-1967 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Link / Mel Woodley / Regal / …
– The Prodigal (1967) … Regal
– The Storm (1965) … Mel Woodley
– Mavis McCloud (1957) … Link
– The Man Who Would Be Marshal (1957) … Wilson Willoughby
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Moose O'Hara
– The Legend of Jud Starr (1967) … Moose O'Hara
 
1967 The Invaders (TV series)
Police Chief Sam Thorne
– The Saucer (1967) … Police Chief Sam Thorne
 
1967 Good Times
Tough Hombre
 
1967 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Alien Sarah
– Town of Terror (1967) … Alien Sarah (uncredited)
 
1967 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Chief Stretch Johnson
– A Very Small Injustice (1967) … Chief Stretch Johnson
 
1965-1967 The Fugitive (TV series)
Sgt. Kelly / Tarleton policeman
– The Breaking of the Habit (1967) … Tarleton policeman
– Set Fire to a Straw Man (1965) … Sgt. Kelly
 
1966 The Big Valley (TV series)
John Pierce
– The Velvet Trap (1966) … John Pierce
 
1966 Texas Across the River
Turkey Shoot Boss
 
1966 The Road West (TV series)
Charlie
– Ashes and Tallow and One True Love (1966) … Charlie
 
1966 Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Detective Shawn Regan
 
1966 The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)
McCoy
– Wanted: Dead and Only (1966) … McCoy
 
1966 Gunpoint
Ab
 
1966 The Ugly Dachshund
Officer Carmody
 
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Sam Yorby
– Incident at Dry Creek (1965) … Sam Yorby
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
David Whalen
– How Impregnable Is a Magic Tower? (1965) … David Whalen
 
1965 Shenandoah
Federal Purchasing Agent Carroll
 
1964-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Amos Claybank / Ryan / Tom Jason
– The Calf Women (1965) … Ryan
– Incident at Zebulon (1964) … Tom Jason
– Incident of the Rusty Shotgun (1964) … Amos Claybank
 
1965 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Harold Grigsby
– Opie's Newspaper (1965) … Harold Grigsby
 
1964-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Sheriff Pate O. Turnbull / The Sheriff
– Final Performance (1965) … The Sheriff
– Body in the Barn (1964) … Sheriff Pate O. Turnbull
 
1964 Lassie (TV series)
Don Hawkins
– Lassie and the Moving Mountain (1964) … Don Hawkins
 
1964 The Lieutenant (TV series)
Chief Burton Reynolds
– Tour of Duty (1964) … Chief Burton Reynolds
 
1964 The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Muller (uncredited)
 
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Dick
– The Hunt (1963) … Dick
 
1961-1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Sheriff Ward Vincent / Sheriff Watson
– The Case of the Decadent Dean (1963) … Sheriff Ward Vincent
– The Case of the Lurid Letter (1962) … Sheriff Watson
– The Case of the Roving River (1961) … Sheriff Ward Vincent
 
1963 Johnny Cool
Gambler (uncredited)
 
1963 The Thrill of It All
State Policeman (uncredited)
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Frank Davis / Judge
– The Judge (1963)
– Everybody Loves Sweeney (1963) … Judge
– The Losers (1963) … Frank Davis
 
1959-1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Mr. / Private Flynn
– The Johnny Masters Story (1963) … Private Flynn
– The Old Man Charvanaugh Story (1959) … Mr.
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Judge Delwyn
– The Thing Speaks for Itself (1963) … Judge Delwyn
 
1959-1963 Laramie (TV series)
Bates / Deevy / Dusty / …
– Vengeance (1963) … Deevy
– The Accusers (1961) … Dusty
– Widow in White (1961)
– Man from Kansas (1961) … Bates
– General Delivery (1959) … Fired Ranch Hand
 
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
Burly Mob Member (uncredited)
 
1962 Empire (TV series)
George
– The Fire Dancer (1962) … George
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Edwin T. MacKane
– The Contract (1962) … Edwin T. MacKane
 
1959-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Ben / Freight Car / Sheriff
– Don't Wake a Tiger (1962) … Sheriff
– Death Raffle (1961) … Ben
– Young Jim Hardie (1959) … Freight Car
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Mantioni
– The Malignant Hearts (1962) … Mantioni
 
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
Sheriff Clark
 
1962 The Tall Man (TV series)
Sheriff Rafe Tollinger
– The Girl from Paradise (1962) … Sheriff Rafe Tollinger
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
The Weasel (uncredited)
 
1957-1961 Cheyenne (TV series)
Brown / Joe Burley / Pike Wood
– Retaliation (1961) … Brown
– Wagon-Tongue North (1958) … Pike Wood
– War Party (1957) … Joe Burley
 
1961 Tallahassee 7000 (TV series)
– Hostage (1961)
 
1961 Assignment: Underwater (TV series)
Aaron Bates
– Rescue at Diamond Shoal (1961) … Aaron Bates
 
1961 The Rifleman (TV series)
Andy / Arthur M. Truelove
– The Score Is Even (1961) … Andy
– Closer Than a Brother (1961) … Arthur M. Truelove
 
1961 All Hands on Deck
Admiral Bintle's Aide (uncredited)
 
1959-1961 Maverick (TV series)
Chief of Police / Customer / Hammett / …
– The Deadly Image (1961) … Hammett
– Dodge City or Bust (1960) … Customer
– The Resurrection of Joe November (1960) … Chief of Police
– Full House (1959) … Sam Bass
 
1960 Desire in the Dust
Sheriff Wheaton
 
1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Bartender
– The Devil Made Fire (1960) … Bartender
 
1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Peterson
– Gypsy (1960) … Peterson
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
Chino
– All the O'Mara's Horses (1960) … Chino
 
1960 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Ed
– The Day of the Bad Man (1960) … Ed
 
1960 Shotgun Slade (TV series)
Garth
– Street of Terror (1960) … Garth
 
1959 The Deputy (TV series)
Hamish
– The Deal (1959) … Hamish
 
1959 Colt .45 (TV series)
– The Reckoning (1959)
 
1957-1959 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Big T Man / Dooley Grogan / Shorty
– The Nugget and the Epitaph (1959) … Shorty
– The Time for All Good Men (1957) … Big T Man (uncredited)
– The Nice Ones Always Die First (1957) … Dooley Grogan (uncredited)
 
1959 Bronco (TV series)
Matt Crane
– Red Water North (1959) … Matt Crane
 
1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Colorado Charlie
– Two Tickets to Promontory (1959) … Colorado Charlie
– Gone But Not Forgotten (1959) … Colorado Charlie
– Outlaw at Liberty (1959) … Colorado Charlie
– Fire on the Frontier (1959) … Colorado Charlie
– Longhair (1959) … Colorado Charlie
 
1959 Frontier Doctor (TV series)
Sam, the Bartender
– The Big Frame Up (1959) … Sam, the Bartender
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Walt Gardner
– A Race for Life (1959) … Walt Gardner
 
1957-1959 The Californians (TV series)
Tom Kemp
– Gold-Tooth Charlie (1959)
– The Barber's Boy (1957) … Tom Kemp
 
1959 City of Fear
Detective Sgt. Hank Johnson
 
1958 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Kearney / Mike Peake
– Devil to Pay (1958) … Mike Peake
– Ring of Sand (1958) … Kearney (credit only)
 
1958 Lawman (TV series)
Carver
– Wanted (1958) … Carver
 
1958 Northwest Passage (TV series)
Lieutenant Gordo
– The Hostage (1958) … Lieutenant Gordo
 
1958 Money, Women and Guns
Joe (uncredited)
 
1958 The Fearmakers
Harold 'Hal' Loder
 
1958 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series)
Muncho
– Cattle Drive (1958) … Muncho
 
1957-1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Bartender / Price
– Trial by Fear (1958) … Price
– Blood in the Dust (1957) … Bartender
 
1958 The Veil (TV series)
Chauffeur, Charles
– Girl on the Road (1958) … Chauffeur, Charles
 
1957 Casey Jones (TV series)
Williams
– One-Way Ticket (1957) … Williams
 
1957 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
Pete Peters
– The Tomas Mendoza Case (1957) … Pete Peters
 
1957 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Vance Braddock
– Take a Little, Leave a Little (1957) … Vance Braddock
 
1957 Invasion of the Saucer Men
Sgt. Bruce
 
1957 The Silent Service (TV series)
Remley
– The Tirante Plays a Hunch (1957) … Remley
 
1957 The True Story of Jesse James
Jayhawker (uncredited)
 
1956 The Desperados Are in Town
Big Tobe Lapman
 
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1968-1982 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1959 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 
1958 Destination Nightmare (TV movie)
Chauffeur
 

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