Occupation Actor Years active 1937–1985 | Name Alf Kjellin Role Film actor | |
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Born 28 February 1920 ( 1920-02-28 ) Lund, Sweden Died April 5, 1988, Beverly Hills, California, United States Spouse Gun Hellberg (m. 1958–1973), Karin Nordgren Movies Torment, Summer Interlude, Assault on a Queen, Ice Station Zebra, The McMasters Similar People Alf Sjoberg, Hasse Ekman, Gustaf Molander, Gunnar Fischer, Errol John | ||
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Alf Kjellin ([alf.̍ɕɛllɪn]; 28 February 1920 – 5 April 1988) was a Swedish film actor and director, who also appeared on some television shows.
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Kjellin was well established as a film actor when he occasionally took on roles in television shows. For example, in 1965 he prominently guest-starred as Stalag Luft Kommandant Colonel Max Richter in the two-part episode "P.O.W." (Episodes 30 and 31) of Twelve O'Clock High. He also directed the 1974 Columbo episodes Negative Reaction and Mind Over Mayhem and an episode of the 1976 series Sara.
Kjellin was born in Lund, Sweden and died in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack. In America he used the stage name Christopher Kent.
Filmography
Director
1985
Hell Town (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Last Kiss (1985)
- Love and the Four Corners (1985)
1985
The Paper Chase (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Pressure (1985)
1985
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Car Wars (1985)
1984
Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Echoes (1984)
1984
Whiz Kids (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Amen to Amen-Re (1984) - (directed by)
1983
Hotel (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Faith, Hope & Charity (1983)
1981
Dynasty (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- The Bungalow (1983)
- Danny (1983)
- The Search (1983)
- The Iago Syndrome (1982)
- Viva Las Vegas (1981)
1982
Cassie & Co. (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Fade Out (1982)
- Dark Side of the Moon (1982)
1981
Walking Tall (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Hitman (1981)
- The Killing of McNeal County's Children (1981)
1979
Vega$ (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- The Andreas Addiction (1981)
- The Man Who Was Twice (1980)
- Dan Tanna Is Dead (1979)
1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (TV Movie)
1980
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Warning: I May Be Hazardous to Your Health (1980)
1979
Paris (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Fitz's Boys (1980)
- Burnout (1979)
1979
How the West Was Won (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Innocent (1979)
1979
David Cassidy - Man Undercover (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Teammates (1979)
1978
The Young Pioneers (TV Series) (1 episode)
- A Kite for Charlie (1978)
1978
Eight Is Enough (TV Series) (1 episode)
- A Hair of the Dog (1978)
1977
Big Hawaii (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Sugar Wars (1977)
1977
Family (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Childhood's End (1977)
- Annie Laurie (1977)
1977
The Fantastic Journey (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Children of the Gods (1977)
1976
Police Story (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Hard Rock Brown (1977)
- Bought and Paid For (1976)
1977
Police Woman (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Shadow of Doubt (1977)
1977
Code R (TV Series)
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- Testament of Power (1977)
- The Bounty Hunter (1976)
- The Stalking Horse (1976)
- Counterfall (1975)
- Secret of the Dunes (1973)
1976
Gibbsville (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Trapped (1976)
1976
The Quest (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Seventy-Two Hours (1976)
1976
Sara (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Lady (1976)
1975
Joe Forrester (TV Series) (4 episodes)
- A Game of Lose (1976)
- An Act of Violence (1976)
- The Best Laid Schemes (1975)
- Stake Out (1975)
1972
The Waltons (TV Series) (10 episodes)
- The Nurse (1975)
- The Loss (1975)
- The Emergence (1975)
- The Competition (1975)
- The Choice (1975)
- The Graduation (1974)
- The Bequest (1973)
- The Bicycle (1973)
- The Star (1972)
- The Carnival (1972)
1975
Switch (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Death by Resurrection (1975)
1975
The Family Holvak (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Long Way Home: Part 2 (1975)
- The Long Way Home: Part 1 (1975)
1975
Long Way Home (TV Movie)
1975
Cannon (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Vengeance (1975)
1972
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) (7 episodes)
- 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)
- Good Night, Baby - Time to Die! (1972)
- Bait Once, Bait Twice (1972)
1974
Planet of the Apes (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Interrogation (1974)
1974
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Town Party-Country Party (1974)
1974
Columbo (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Negative Reaction (1974)
- Mind Over Mayhem (1974)
1972
Mannix (TV Series) (4 episodes)
- 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) (1 episode)
- Eyewitness to Murder (1974)
1972
Gunsmoke (TV Series) (4 episodes)
- The Hanging of Newly O'Brien (1973)
- A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973)
- Patricia (1973)
- Bohannan (1972)
1973
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Freefall to Terror (1973)
1973
The Girls of Huntington House (TV Movie)
1972
Bonanza (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Hidden Enemy (1972)
- The Initiation (1972)
1971
Ironside (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- His Fiddlers Three (1972)
- From Hrûska, with Love (1971)
1972
The Sixth Sense (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- 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
Cade's County (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Brothers (1972)
- Gray Wolf (1971)
1971
Bearcats! (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Big Guns (1971)
1971
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Angry Man (1971)
1971
The Deadly Dream (TV Movie)
1970
The McMasters
1969
Midas Run
1967
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- The Condemned (1968)
- A Game of Chess (1968)
- The Bank (1967)
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) (8 episodes)
- 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)
- The Foxes and Hounds Affair (1965)
- The Gazebo in the Maze Affair (1965)
- The See-Paris-And-Die Affair (1965)
1967
Dundee and the Culhane (TV Series)
1966
Run for Your Life (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The Word Would Be Goodbye (1967)
- The Sadness of a Happy Time (1966)
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- The U.N.C.L.E. Samurai Affair (1967)
- The Paradise Lost Affair (1966)
1966
I Spy (TV Series) (9 episodes)
- Blackout (1967)
- Get Thee to a Nunnery (1967) - (directed by)
- The War Lord (1967) - (directed by)
- Child Out of Time (1967)
- Tonia (1967) - (directed by)
- Rome- Take Away Three (1966) - (directed by)
- Bridge of Spies (1966) - (directed by)
- A Gift from Alexander (1966) - (directed by)
- Vendetta (1966) - (directed by)
1964
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) (10 episodes)
- 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)
- Duet for One Hand (1965)
- Perfect Is Too Hard to Be (1965)
- All Brides Should Be Beautiful (1965)
- Take Care of My Little Girl (1965)
- The Sound of a Faraway Hill (1964)
1966
The Virginian (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Nobody Said Hello (1966)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) (11 episodes)
- Completely Foolproof (1965)
- Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965)
- Isabel (1964)
- Ten Minutes from Now (1964)
- Night Caller (1964)
- Beyond the Sea of Death (1964)
- How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1963)
- The Cadaver (1963)
- A Tangled Web (1963)
- The Thirty-First of February (1963)
- Captive Audience (1962)
1962
Siska
1961
The Pleasure Garden
1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Coming Home (1961)
1959
Bara en kypare
1959
Det svänger på slottet
1957
Sjutton år
1957
Möten i skymningen
1955
Flickan i regnet
Actor
1979
The Runaways (TV Series) as
Zimmerman
- Screams in the Night (1979) - Zimmerman
1978
Project U.F.O. (TV Series) as
Carl Youngstrom
- Sighting 4011: The Dollhouse Incident (1978) - Carl Youngstrom
1978
The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) as
Gerro
- The Lost Island (1978) - Gerro
1977
Eight Is Enough (TV Series) as
Horst von Manfred
- The Return of Auntie V (1977) - Horst von Manfred
1977
The Cabot Connection (TV Movie) as
Hein Vogal
1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (TV Movie) as
Ivan Vasilev
1974
Cannon (TV Series) as
Peter Van Damme
- The Man Who Couldn't Forget (1974) - Peter Van Damme
1974
Zandy's Bride as
Avery (uncredited)
1972
The Sixth Sense (TV Series) as
Dr. Karl Rintels
- Lady, Lady, Take My Life (1972) - Dr. Karl Rintels
1971
Dan August (TV Series) as
Josef Tanis
- Days of Rage (1971) - Josef Tanis
1967
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
John Stone / Karl Reiman
- Deadly Reunion (1970) - John Stone
- Blueprint for Betrayal (1967) - Karl Reiman
1968
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Carl Vandaam / Stefan Prohosh
- Doomsday (1969) - Carl Vandaam
- The Phoenix (1968) - Stefan Prohosh
1968
Ice Station Zebra as
Col. Ostrovsky
1967
Tarzan (TV Series) as
Von Wolvner
- The Last of the Supermen (1967) - Von Wolvner
1966
I Spy (TV Series) as
Dean Sherman
- Rome- Take Away Three (1966) - Dean Sherman
1966
Run for Your Life (TV Series) as
Josep Ristic
- The Borders of Barbarism (1966) - Josep Ristic
1966
Assault on a Queen as
Eric Lauffnauer
1965
12 O'Clock High (TV Series) as
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 as
Freytag
1965
Valentine's Day (TV Series) as
Sven Larson
- Tell Me in English (1965) - Sven Larson
1963
Min kära är en ros as
P.G. Nilsson
1963
Combat! (TV Series) as
Hans / Maj. Kurt Hoffman
- Barrage (1963) - Hans
- Just for the Record (1963) - Maj. Kurt Hoffman
1963
The Victors as
Priest
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Edwin Volck
- Don't Look Behind You (1962) - Edwin Volck
1962
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Frans Ruisdael
- Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates: Part 1 (1962) - Frans Ruisdael
1961
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as
Wayne Anderson
- Emergency in 114 (1961) - Wayne Anderson
1961
Two Living, One Dead as
Rogers
1961
Karneval as
Ragnar Ennart
1960
Panik i paradis as
Frederik
1960
One Step Beyond (TV Series) as
Dr. Lars Lindstrom
- The Peter Hurkos Story: Part 2 (1960) - Dr. Lars Lindstrom
1960
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) as
Ulrich T. Hansen
- There Is an Island (1960) - Ulrich T. Hansen
1960
Five Fingers (TV Series) as
Johann Manfred
- A Shot in the Dark (1960) - Johann Manfred
1959
13 Demon Street (TV Series) as
Franz
- Fever (1959) - Franz
1958
Playing on the Rainbow as
Björn Rådström
1957
Sommarnöje sökes as
Arne Forsman, Artist
1957
Gäst i eget hus as
Age Dahl
1956
Het är min längtan as
Mikael
1956
Främlingen från skyn as
Stig Hallman
1956
Egen ingång as
Arvid Stenman
1955
Hon och han - och dom andra (TV Mini Series) as
Han (Klas)
- En röd ros (1956) - Han (Klas)
- Festkväll med förhinder (1955) - Han (Klas)
- Kortslutning (1955) - Han (Klas)
1955
Crusader (TV Series) as
Father Paul
- Cross on the Hill (1955) - Father Paul
1955
Blockerat spår as
Alf Kjellin
1955
TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) as
Hasso Lindemann
- Comrade Lindemann's Conscience (1955) - Hasso Lindemann
1955
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Nightingale (1955)
1954
Foreign Intrigue (TV Series) as
Karl / Carl / Gerard Brenner / ...
- Miss Fortune (1955) - Karl
- Blind Man's Bluff (1955) - Carl
- The Missing Schoolteacher (1955)
- The Stamp Collector (1954) - Gerard Brenner
- Waterfront Story (1954) - Moro
- The Alibi (1954) - Inspector
- Narcotics (1954) - Burt
1955
Cradle Song (TV Movie) as
Paul Schumann
1955
Flickan i regnet as
Martin Andreasson
1954
Flicka utan namn as
Erland Ljung
1953
Göingehövdingen as
Lieutenant Henrik Wrede
1953
Ingen mans kvinna as
Arne Persson
1953
Your Play Time (TV Series)
- Mightier Than the Sword (1953)
1953
The Juggler as
Daniel
1952
Chevron Theatre (TV Series)
- A Letter for the Queen (1953)
- Mightier Than the Sword (1952)
- The Red Balloon (1952)
- Night Train to Danger (1952)
1953
My Little Margie (TV Series) as
Will Solensten
- The Indians (1953) - Will Solensten
1952
The Iron Mistress as
Philippe de Cabanal
1952
Racket Squad (TV Series) as
Gene Turner
- The Suit Club (1952) - Gene Turner
1952
My Six Convicts as
Clem Randall
1952
Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
- The Old Talbot (1952)
1951
Divorced as
Dr. Bertil Nordelius
1951
Summer Interlude as
David Nyström
1951
Bärande hav as
Martin Winner
1950
The White Cat as
The Man Without Identity
1950
This Can't Happen Here as
Björn Almkvist
1949
The Wind Is My Lover as
Knight Erland Månesköld (as Christopher Kent)
1949
Madame Bovary as
Leon Dupuis (as Christopher Kent)
1947
Woman Without a Face as
Martin Grande
1947
Tösen från Stormyrtorpet as
Gudmund Erlandsson
1946
Sunshine Follows Rain as
Jon
1946
Iris and the Lieutenant as
Robert Motander
1946
Affairs of a Model as
Erik Lunde
1945
Wandering with the Moon as
Dan Killander
1944
Prins Gustaf as
Prince Gustaf
1944
Torment as
Jan-Erik Widgren
1944
Den osynliga muren as
Ivan Levy
1944
Appassionata as
Eric
1943
Herre med portfölj as
Lennart Dalén
1943
Jag dräpte as
Harris
1943
Night in the Harbor as
Arnold
1941
Striden går vidare as
Dr. Georg Hammar
1941
Den ljusnande framtid as
Åke Dahlberg
1940
Hans nåds testamente as
Jacob
1940
June Night as
Assistant Physician (uncredited)
1940
Stål as
Erik, young worker
1939
Kadettkamrater as
Greggy Ståhlkrantz
1939
Rejoice While You're Young, Fellow Cadets as
Henning
1938
Med folket för fosterlandet as
Young Man Who Recives Soccer Scores (uncredited)
1937
The Great John Ericsson as
Young man on Delamater's office (uncredited)
Writer
1957
Sjutton år (screenplay)
1955
Flickan i regnet (screenplay)
1943
Night in the Harbor (writer)
Soundtrack
1956
Het är min längtan (performer: "Nu är det jul igen ...")
1944
Prins Gustaf (performer: "Sång utan ord", "Kärlek och Bacchus helgas min skål", "Vila vid denna källa", "Mina levnadstimmar stupa ")
Self
1988
Gustaf Edgren - flitig, folklig, framgångsrik (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
1993
Minns Ni? (Documentary short)
1949
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
References
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