Mike Kellin (born Myron Kellin, April 26, 1922 â€" August 26, 1983)
was an American actor.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.Kellin's coarse-featured face,
tired eyes and flat, monotone voice suggested that he had lived hard
and fast. He was most often cast as tough guys, both good and evil. He
made his Broadway debut in 1949 in At War with the Army 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 and earned a Tony nomination in 1956 for his acting in the
musical Pipe Dream.Kellin appeared in both the film version of The
Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) and the television series based on
the film in the same role.
was an American actor.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.Kellin's coarse-featured face,
tired eyes and flat, monotone voice suggested that he had lived hard
and fast. He was most often cast as tough guys, both good and evil. He
made his Broadway debut in 1949 in At War with the Army 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 and earned a Tony nomination in 1956 for his acting in the
musical Pipe Dream.Kellin appeared in both the film version of The
Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) and the television series based on
the film in the same role.
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