Personal Info
John Kerr
Acting
Biography
John Grinham Kerr (November 15, 1931 – February 2, 2013), was an American actor and lawyer. He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in Mary Coyle Chase's Bernardine, a high-school comedy for which he won a Theatre World Award. In 1953-54, he received critical acclaim as a troubled prep school student in Robert Anderson's play Tea and Sympathy. In 1954, he won a Tony Award for his performance, and he starred in the film version in 1956. Kerr's first television acting role was in 1954 on NBC's Justice as a basketball player who believes that gamblers have ruined his success on the court. His mother a…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
Bay Coven
as Ferry Captain
The Amateur
as CIA Security Guard
Search and Destroy
as MacPherson
Plague
as Escaping Guard
The Silent Partner
as Detective #3
Only God Knows
as Health Inspector
Class of '44
as Ford Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
Incident on a Dark Street
as Gallagher - Trenier's Lawyer
The Longest Night
as Agent Jones
TV Shows
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Don · 1 ep.
Medical Story
as Dr. Barrett · 1 ep.
Police Story
5 ep.
Toma
1 ep.
The Rookies
as Price · 1 ep.
The Streets of San Francisco
8 ep.
Search
1 ep.
Columbo
as Roger Dutton · 1 ep.
Alias Smith and Jones
1 ep.
Adam-12
as Father Joe · 1 ep.
