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
Hartford circus fire
Hartford circus fire
Mike Kellin