
Acting
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 Parallax View
as Sheriff L.D. Wicker

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Chief of Detectives

The Day the Earth Moved
as Officer Pat Ferguson

Charley and the Angel
as Policeman

Bad Charleston Charlie
as Thad

Pushing Up Daisies
as Kelly

Now You See Him, Now You Don't
as Sgt. Cassidy

The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Tiny

There Was a Crooked Man...
as Edwina's Father

The Boatniks
as Motorcycle Cop

Isis
as Joel Moss · 1 ep.

Little House on the Prairie
as Baker Makay · 2 ep.

Kung Fu
as Mule Jesse · 1 ep.

Nichols
as Jacob Klaus · 1 ep.

Adam-12
as Mr. Franklin · 1 ep.

The Invaders
as Police Chief Sam Thorne · 1 ep.

Mission: Impossible
as Captain Dave Abbot · 1 ep.

The Fugitive
as Tarleton policeman · 1 ep.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheriff Pate O. Turnbull · 1 ep.

The Andy Griffith Show
as Harold Grigsby · 1 ep.
The Ugly Dachshund
1966