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Mike Kellin

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Mike Kellin
Kellin in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960)
Born
Myron Kellin

(1922-04-26)April 26, 1922
DiedAugust 26, 1983(1983-08-26) (aged 61)
Resting placeEmanuel Synagogue Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut
EducationBoston University
Trinity College, Connecticut (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1949–1983
Spouses
Nina Caiserman Kellin
(m. 1951; died 1963)
Sally Moffat
(m. 1966)
Children1

Mike Kellin (born Myron Kellin, April 26, 1922 – August 26, 1983) was an American actor.

Early life

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Kellin was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Sophia and Samuel Kellin, Russian-Jewish immigrants. His younger sister, Shirley Ann Kellin (born August 14, 1927), died in the 1944 Hartford circus fire. He was educated at Boston University and Trinity College in Hartford. He served with the Navy as a lieutenant commander during World War II, and after the war, studied acting and playwriting at the Yale School of Drama.

Career

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Kellin in At War with the Army (1950)

Kellin made his Broadway debut in 1949 in At War with the Army[1] and repeated his role in the 1950 film version with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. He worked in some 50 plays and won an Obie Award for his work in American Buffalo[citation needed] and earned a Tony nomination in 1956 for his acting in the musical Pipe Dream.[citation needed]

In 1956, he contributed the song preserven el parque elysian to a rally in support of Elysian Park.[2] Pete Seeger recorded this song in 1965 for this album God Bless the Grass.

Kellin appeared in both the film version of The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) and the 1965–1966 television series based on the film in the same role.[citation needed]

In 1966, Kellin appeared in "The Deadly Games of Gamma 6" episode on Lost in Space as Myko. Later in 1966, he played “Chad Timpson”, a reformed outlaw protecting his challenged brother, in “Moonstone” (S12E13) on the TV Western series Gunsmoke. He also appeared in the "The Thirty Fathom Grave" episode on The Twilight Zone and as a Southerner in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Night of the Owl".

Personal life and death

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Kellin married Nina Caiserman in 1952. The couple adopted a daughter before Nina's death in 1963. In 1966, Kellin married actress Sally Moffat, daughter of actress Sylvia Field. Kellin was active in the Fortune Society, a prisoners' rights group.[citation needed]

He died on August 26, 1983, from lung cancer in Nyack, New York, at the age of 61.[3] His interment was at Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery in Wethersfield, Connecticut.[citation needed]

Stage credits (partial)

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  • King Lear (1982) as King Lear
  • Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (1979) as Lionel Stander
  • The Ritz (1975) as Carmine Vespucci
  • The Odd Couple (1966) as Oscar Madison
  • Mother Courage and Her Children (1963) as Cook
  • Rhinoceros (1961) as Dribble
  • God and Kate Murphy (1959) as Sean Murphy
  • Pipe Dream (1955) as Hazel
  • Ankles Aweigh (1955) as Joe Mancinni
  • The Emperor's Clothes (1953) as Second Rottenbiller Brother
  • Stalag 17 (1951) as Stosh
  • The Bird Cage (1950) as Frank
  • At War with the Army (1950) as Staff Sergeant McVay

Film credits

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Television credits

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He was very active in television and was a regular on:

  • Combat! (1965) Episode "Losers Cry Deal"

He also appeared in made-for-TV movies, including:

  • Assignment: Munich (1972) as Gus
  • The Connection (1973) as Pillo
  • F.D.R.: the Last Year (1980) as Andre Gromyko

He guest starred on the following:

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 11: "And the Desert Shall Blossom") as Killer
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1958) (Season 2 Episode 13: "The Solid Gold Patrol") as Sergeant Major Siebert
  • The Rifleman (1959) (Season 2 Episode 14: "Surveyors") as Len Sommers
  • Naked City (1959-1963)
    • (Season 1 Episode 32: "The Sandman") (1959) as Billy Ketch
    • (Season 2 Episode 18: "The Deadly Guinea Pig") (1961) as Anton
    • (Season 4 Episode 33: "Golden Lads and Girls") (1963) as Louis Wystemski
  • Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1960) (Season 3 Episode 8: "The Trap") as Dominic DiNovio / Fredrick Gibbs
  • The Untouchables (1960-1961)
    • (Season 1 Episode 14: The Noise of Death") (1960) as Abe Garfinkel
    • (Season 1 Episode 22: "The White Slavers") (1960) as Mig Torrance
    • (Season 3 Episode 9: "City Without a Name") (1961) as Lou Mungo
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1961) (Season 4 Episode 20: "Shadow of a Man") as Logan Adcock
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1961) (Season 4 Episode 28: "The Siege") as Alvah Brent
  • Have Gun, Will Travel (1961) (Season 5 Episode 12: "Drop of Blood") as Faivel Melamed
  • Route 66 (1961) (Season 2 Episode 4: "Birdcage on My Foot") as Lieutenant Calder
  • Route 66 (1962) (Season 3 Episode 11: "Hey Moth, Come Eat the Flame") as Art Hannibal
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (Season 1 Episode 3: "Night of the Owl") as O.D. Parker
  • The Twilight Zone (1963) (Season 4 Episode 2: "The Thirty-Fathom Grave") as Chief Bell
  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) (Season 1 Episode 4: "Mist of Silence") as Steban
  • Combat! (1965) (Season 3 Episode 18: "Losers Cry Deal") as Jackson
  • Lost in Space (1966) (Season 2 Episode 8: "The Deadly Games of Gamma 6") as Myko
  • Gunsmoke (1966) (Season 12 Episode 13: "The Moonstone") as Chad Timpson
  • Starsky and Hutch (1976) (Season 2 Episode 5: "Gillian") as Al Grossman
  • All in the Family (1976) (Season 7 Episode 12: "Archie's Secret Passion") as Bummie Fencel
  • Barney Miller (1976) (Season 3 Episode 8: "Non-Involvement") as Al Mitchell
  • Galactica 1980 (1980) (Season 1 Episode 4: "The Super Scouts") as Stockton
  • Galactica 1980 (1980) (Season 1 Episode 5: "The Super Scouts: Part 2") as John Stockton

Discography

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  • Tevya and His Daughters, Columbia Masterworks OL 5225 (1957)
  • And the Testimony's Still Coming, Verve-Forecast FTS 3028 (1967)

References

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  1. ^ "("Mike Kellin" search results)". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Broadside #76" (PDF). November 1966. p. 8. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Shawn G. (August 28, 1983). "Mike Kellin, Actor, Dies at 61; Won OBIE for Role in 'Buffalo'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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