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John Kerr
Actor
Born November 15, 1931Died February 2, 2013 (81 years)
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 appeared with him on the series, which focuses on the cases of attorneys with the Legal Aid Society of New York. He made The Cobweb for MGM, who liked his work so much they co-starred him with Leslie Caron in Gaby (1956), the third remake of Waterloo Bridge, which, in its original pre-Code 1931 version, featured John's grandfather, actor Frederick Kerr. Kerr starred with Deborah Kerr (no relation) in Tea and Sympathy in 1956. In a widely publicized decision in 1956, Kerr declined to play the role of Charles Lindbergh in The Spirit of St. Louis because he did not respect Lindbergh's early support of the Nazi regime in Germany prior to America's entry into World War II. "I don't admire the ideals of the hero", Mr. Kerr told The New York Post. The part went to James Stewart. Kerr had a major role in the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (1958), playing Lt. Joe Cable, the newly arrived marine about to be sent on a dangerous spy mission. In The Crowded Sky (1960), Kerr played a pilot who helps the Captain (Dana Andrews) steer a crippled airliner back to earth. Another film appearance was in Roger Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum (1961). In 1963, Kerr had a continuing role on Arrest and Trial, playing Assistant DA Barry Pine. During the 1960s, Kerr guest starred on several TV series including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Rawhide, Gunsmoke and Adam-12. He had a regular role on the ABC-TV primetime TV series, Peyton Place, playing District Attorney John Fowler during the 1965-66 season. Also in 1964-65 he appeared as guest star on several episodes of Twelve O'Clock High. In the 1970s, Kerr had a recurring role as prosecutor Gerald O'Brien on The Streets of San Francisco and he made guest appearances in several other TV programs including The Mod Squad, Columbo, McMillan and Wife, Barnaby Jones and The Feather and Father Gang. Kerr's last acting appearance was a minor role in The Park Is Mine (1986), a made-for-TV movie starring Tommy Lee Jones.
Filmography
| 2020 | Cane Fire · as Lt. Joseph Cable In South Pacific |
| 2012 | Not Fade Away · as Lt. Joseph Cable Usmc In South Pacific |
| 2011 | |
| 1987 | Bay Cove · as Ferry Captain |
| 1985 | The Park Is Mine · as Reporter - Conference |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) · as Don |
| 1981 | The Amateur · as Cia Security Guard |
| 1981 | Seeing Things (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1979 | Search and Destroy · as Macpherson |
| 1979 | Plague · as Escaping Guard |
| 1978 | The Silent Partner · as Detective #3 |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV Series) · as Ashton |
| 1976 | The Feather And Father Gang (TV Series) · as Martin Stoddard |
| 1976 | The New Avengers (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Medical Story (TV Series) · as Dr. Barrett |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man (1975) (TV Series) · as Kirk |
| 1974 | Only God Knows · as Health Inspector |
| 1974 | Madhouse · as Francis Barnard (clip From 'the Pit And The Pendulum') |
| 1973 | Class of '44 · as Hotel Bartender |
| 1973 | Toma (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Dr. Lincoln |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street · as Gallagher - Trenier's Lawyer |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Longest Night · as Agent Jones |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues · as Stockbroker |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Richard Valentine |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Roger Dutton |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Clay Arnold |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Young Lawyers (TV Series) · as Andrew Rogers |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series) · as Dr. Philip Blackburn |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Father Joe |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Billy Keaton |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Creed Hallock |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Sac Gary Morgan |
| 1965 | Long Hot Summer (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Alex Ryder |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Whitlock |
| 1964 | Flipper (TV Series) · as Keller |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Lt. Ray Thacker |
| 1964 | Peyton Place (TV Series) · as District Attorney John Fowler |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Glendon Baker |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Oliver Smith |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series) · as David |
| 1961 | King of Kings · as Man At Sermon On The Mount |
| 1961 | 7 Women from Hell · as Lt. Bill Jackson |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Jonathan Winthrop |
| 1961 | The Pit and the Pendulum · as Francis Barnard |
| 1960 | Girl of the Night · as Larry Taylor |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Whit Kamens |
| 1960 | The Crowded Sky · as Mike Rule |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Jefferson Carruthers |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Bert Eaton |
| 1958 | South Pacific · as Lt. Joseph Cable, Usmc |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Flight Lieutenant Upton |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Jim Whitlow |
| 1957 | The Vintage · as Ernesto Barandero |
| 1956 | Gaby · as Gregory Y. Wendell |
| 1956 | Tea and Sympathy · as Tom Robinson Lee |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Capt. Neil Dameron |
| 1955 | The Cobweb · as Steven W. Holte |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Jamie Hallock |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment · as Photo Lab Technician (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Lute |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Tom Parr |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Martin Didler |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Poggi |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Private Foster |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Jesse James |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Freddie |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Peter Standish |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Henry Caldwell |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1949 | The Big Story (TV Series) · as Howie Madden |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Derek Howard |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as The Boy |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as George Avery |