Alf Kjellin

Alf Kjellin (28 February 1920 – 5 April 1988) was a Swedish film actor and director, who also appeared on some television shows.
Biography
Kjellin underwent two changes of names in his early days in Hollywood. The first studio for which he worked billed him as Christopher Kent, and the next studio changed his name to Christopher Kelleen. He made one film using each name. Producer Stanley Kramer wanted him to make another change for another film, but Kjellin insisted on using his real name from that point on.
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 directed over 130 TV episodes for such shows as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Waltons, Dynasty as well as the 1974 Columbo episodes Mind Over Mayhem and Negative Reaction and an episode of the 1976 series Sara.
Kjellin was born in Lund, Sweden and died in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack.
Selected filmography
John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads (1937) – Young man on Delamater's office (uncredited)
Med folket för fosterlandet (1938) – Young Man Who Receives Soccer Scores (uncredited)
Gläd dig i din ungdom (1939) – Henning
Kadettkamrater (1939) – Greggy Ståhlkrantz
Stål (1940) – Erik, young worker
Juninatten (1940) – Assistant Physician (uncredited)
Hans nåds testamente (1940) – Jacob
Bright Prospects (1941) – Åke Dahlberg
The Fight Continues (1941) – Dr. Georg Hammar
Night in Port (1943) – Arnold
I Killed (1943) – Harris
Gentleman with a Briefcase (1943) – Lennart Dalén
Appassionata (1944) – Eric
The Invisible Wall (1944) – Ivan Levy
Torment (1944) – Jan-Erik Widgren
Prince Gustaf (1944) – Prince Gustaf
Vandring med månen (1945) – Dan Killander
Affairs of a Model (1946) – Erik Lunde
Iris and the Lieutenant (1946) – Robert Motander
Sunshine Follows Rain (1946) – Jon
The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1947) – Gudmund Erlandsson
Woman Without a Face (1947) – Martin Grande
Madame Bovary (1949) – Leon Dupuis
Singoalla (1949) – Knight Erland Månesköld
This Can't Happen Here (1950) – Björn Almkvist
The White Cat (1950) – The Man Without Identity
In the Arms of the Sea (1951) – Martin Winner
Summer Interlude (1951) – David Nyström
Divorced (1951) – Dr. Bertil Nordelius
My Six Convicts (1952) – Clem Randall
The Iron Mistress (1952) – Philippe de Cabanal
The Juggler (1953) – Daniel
No Man's Woman (1953) – Arne Persson
The Chieftain of Göinge (1953) – Lieutenant Henrik Wrede
Flicka utan namn (1954) – Erland Ljung
The Girl in the Rain (1955) – Martin Andreasson
Blockerat spår (1955) – Himself
Egen ingång (1956) – Arvid Stenman
The Stranger from the Sky (1956) – Stig Hallman
My Passionate Longing (1956) – Mikael
A Guest in His Own House (1957) – Age Dahl
Summer Place Wanted (1957) – Arne Forsman, Artist
The Mysterians (1957) – Yamamoto (voice)
Playing on the Rainbow (1958) – Björn Rådström
Only a Waiter (1959) – Directed
Panic in Paradise (1960) – Frederik
The Pleasure Garden (1961, director)
Karneval (1961) – Ragnar Ennart
Two Living, One Dead (1961) – Rogers
The Victors (1963) – Priest
Min kära är en ros (1963) – P.G. Nilsson
Ship of Fools (1965) – Freytag
Assault on a Queen (1966) – Eric Lauffnauer
Ice Station Zebra (1968) – Col. Ostrovsky
Midas Run (1969 – directed)
The McMasters (1970 – directed)
Zandy's Bride (1974) – Avery (uncredited)
References
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1920 births
1988 deaths
People from Lund
Swedish film directors
20th-century Swedish male actors
Expatriate male actors in the United States
Swedish expatriates in the United States