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Mike Kellin
Mike Kellin
	Kellin in an episode of One Step Beyond (1960)
Born	Myron Kellin; April 26, 1922; Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	August 26, 1983 (aged 61); Nyack, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut
Education	Boston University; Trinity College, Connecticut (BA); Yale University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–1983
Spouses	; Nina Caiserman Kellin (m. 1951; died 1963) ; Sally Moffat; (m. 1966)
Children	1

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

Early life

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

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 Thirty Fathom Grave" episode of The Twilight Zone and as a Southerner in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Night of the Owl".

Personal life and death

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)

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

So Young So Bad (1950) as Carousel Operator (uncredited)
At War with the Army (1950) as Sergeant McVey
Hurricane Smith (1952) as Dicer
Lonelyhearts (1958) as Frank Goldsmith
The Wonderful Country (1959) as Pancho Gil
The Mountain Road (1960) as Prince
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) as Chief Petty Officer MacCarthy
The Great Imposter (1961) as Clifford Thompson
Hell Is for Heroes (1962) as Private Kolinsky
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) as Blind Union Vet
Banning (1967) as Harry Kalielle
The Incident (1967) as Harry Purvis
The Boston Strangler (1968) as Julian Soshnick
Riot (1969) as Bugsy
The Maltese Bippy (1969) (uncredited)
The Phynx (1970) as Bogey
The People Next Door (1970) as Dr. Margolin
Cover Me Babe (1970) as The Derelict
Fools' Parade (1971) as Steve Mystic
The Last Porno Flick (1974) as Boris
Freebie and the Bean (1974) as Lieutenant Rosen
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) as Ben Lapinsky
God Told Me To (1976) as Deputy Commissioner
Midnight Express (1978) as Mr. Hayes
Girlfriends (1978) as Abe
On the Yard (1978) as Red
The Jazz Singer (1980) as Leo
So Fine (1981) as Sam Schlotzman
Just Before Dawn (1981) as Ty
Paternity (1981) as Tour Guide
Echoes (1982) as Sid Berman
Sleepaway Camp (1983) as Mel (final film role)

Television credits

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

Mister Peepers (TV series) (1952) as Edward Barnes
Bonino (1953) as Rusty
Honestly, Celeste! (1954) as Marty Gordon
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965–66) as C.P.O. Willie Miller
Seventh Avenue, a mini-series (1977) as Morris Blackman
Fitz and Bones (1981) as Robert Whitmore

Combat! (1965) Episode "Losers Cry Deal"

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

Assignment: Munich (1972) as Gus
The Catcher (1972) as Mike Keller
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

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

References

^ "("Mike Kellin" search results)". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
^ "Broadside #76" (PDF). November 1966. p. 8. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
^ 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.