Known for 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.
Born
January 19, 1917
Died
January 23, 1978 (age 61)
Birthplace
Deadwood, South Dakota, USA
Filmography
29 films, 14 shows


The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974 · 1h 34m
country: United States
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.


The Day the Earth Moved
1974 · 1h 14m
country: United States
An aerial photography team tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one believes the duo until the tremors start and the walls begin to collapse.


The Parallax View
1974 · 1h 42m
country: United States
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.


Pushing Up Daisies
1973 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
After pulling a daring, if rather strange, bank heist while dressed as nuns, half of a four-member gang gets arrested and thrown in jail. While they're working on the chain gang, their partners in crime drive up with guns blazing and spring them. With everyone free, the leader of the gang announces that he's got a plan for another score that will be guaranteed to give them the notoriety they crave.


Bad Charleston Charlie
1973 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A pair of miners attempt to muscle their way into a life of crime. 'Hilarity' ensues.


Charley and the Angel
1973 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.


Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.


The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
1971 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Three kids think they see a sea monster in the calm waters of Strawberry Cove, and set out to find what's behind the mystery.


There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · 2h 3m
country: United States
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.


The Boatniks
1970 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild, a young woman who runs a sailing school. Of course the way he expresses his deep sympathy for the lady leaves to be desired. And the situation does not improve when a trio of bumbling jewel thieves interferes.


Smoke
1970 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A boy finds an injured German Shepherd Dog whom he names Smoke.


Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · 1h 46m
country: United States
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.


Good Times
1967 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Given the opportunity to headline their own feature film by studio executive Mr. Mordicus, Sonny and Cher have three days to come up with an idea for a hit movie or they'll have to use the studio's hackneyed script.


Texas Across the River
1966 · 1h 41m
country: United States
The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor. Don Andrea flees across the river to Texas, where he meets up with Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick, Kronk, who are carrying rifles to the town of Moccasin Flats. Don Andrea rescues an Indian maiden, Lonetta, tames some longhorns, competes with Sam for Phoebe's affections, eludes a Comanche war party and the cavalry and ultimately saves the town and gets his girl.


Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Tom Meade mistakenly dials the gorgeous European film star Didi at her Oregon hotel. Didi, who has escaped Hollywood to avoid being typecast as a bombshell, takes up Meade's offer to hide away at his backwoods cabin. Meade, with the help of his housekeeper, goes to absurd lengths to help the actress evade discovery by both the public and his suspicious wife.


Gunpoint
1966 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.


The Ugly Dachshund
1966 · 1h 33m
country: United States
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!


Shenandoah
1965 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.


Johnny Cool
1963 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.


The Losers
1963 · 1h
country: United States
A couple of hard-drinking cardsharp drifters find themselves in the unlikely situation of having to play Cupid. A TV movie / episode of The Dick Powell Theatre.


To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.


Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · 2h
country: United States
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.


Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · 2h 16m
country: United States
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.


Desire in the Dust
1960 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand........


City of Fear
1959 · 1h 21m
country: United States
An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperately try to find the man that unknowingly is threating the lives of everyone in the city.


Money, Women and Guns
1958 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.


The Fearmakers
1958 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A Korean War veteran returns to Washington D.C. only to discover his business partner had died and their public-research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth.


Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957 · 1h 9m
country: United States
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.


The Desperados Are in Town
1956 · 1h 13m
country: United States
In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when the young fellow flees his family's Texas dirt farm and becomes an outlaw. He is advised by one of the desperadoes to return home. The boy does, and with hard work, makes the farm successful. Harvest time rolls around. He is just about to celebrate when the outlaws ride up and force him to help them pull a local bank job. He refuses and kills the gang leader and his brother. Meanwhile, the boy's past is revealed to the town banker. Seeing that he truly has gone straight, the banker forgives him. The boy marries and lives with his lovely bride upon his land.