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Lance Kerwin
Actor
Born November 6, 1960Died January 24, 2023 (62 years)
Lance Michael Kerwin (November 6, 1960 – January 24, 2023) was an American actor, known primarily for roles in television and film during his childhood and teen years in the 1970s. He played lead roles in the TV series James at 15, and the made-for-TV films The Loneliest Runner and Salem's Lot.
Kerwin was raised in Lake Elsinore, California. His father was an acting coach, who brought home scripts for his son to read. His mother was also a performer and, later, a talent agent. He was the youngest of five brothers. His brother Shane was his stand-in.
In the 1970s, Kerwin appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies and series. He was, said former theater critic and British Film Institute governor John Holmstrom, "probably America's leading boy actor of the late Seventies ... a handsome lad ... [with] considerable sensitivity as an actor". His serious acting roles often portrayed anguished characters facing difficult challenges, such as in The Loneliest Runner, The Boy Who Drank Too Much, and Children of Divorce.
Kerwin had a daughter with Kristen Lansdale, and four children with his wife Yvonne Kerwin. He gave up acting in the mid-1990s, but returned to the screen in 2022 for The Wind & the Reckoning, filmed in Hawaii.
In July 2010, it was reported that Kerwin was working as a pastor at Calvary Chapel in Kapaa, Hawaii, and a program leader at U-Turn for Christ, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization.
Kerwin died in San Clemente, California, on January 24, 2023, at the age of 62.
[preceding biography, edited, from Wikipedia]
Kerwin was raised in Lake Elsinore, California. His father was an acting coach, who brought home scripts for his son to read. His mother was also a performer and, later, a talent agent. He was the youngest of five brothers. His brother Shane was his stand-in.
In the 1970s, Kerwin appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies and series. He was, said former theater critic and British Film Institute governor John Holmstrom, "probably America's leading boy actor of the late Seventies ... a handsome lad ... [with] considerable sensitivity as an actor". His serious acting roles often portrayed anguished characters facing difficult challenges, such as in The Loneliest Runner, The Boy Who Drank Too Much, and Children of Divorce.
Kerwin had a daughter with Kristen Lansdale, and four children with his wife Yvonne Kerwin. He gave up acting in the mid-1990s, but returned to the screen in 2022 for The Wind & the Reckoning, filmed in Hawaii.
In July 2010, it was reported that Kerwin was working as a pastor at Calvary Chapel in Kapaa, Hawaii, and a program leader at U-Turn for Christ, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization.
Kerwin died in San Clemente, California, on January 24, 2023, at the age of 62.
[preceding biography, edited, from Wikipedia]
Filmography
| 2022 | The Wind & the Reckoning · as Anderson |
| 1995 | Outbreak · as American Mercenary |
| 1991 | FBI: The Untold Stories (TV Series) · as James Lackey |
| 1991 | Final Verdict · as Harry Johnson |
| 1990 | Challenger · as Cast |
| 1990 | The New Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Drew White |
| 1989 | The New Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Houston Knights (TV Series) · as Buck Redding |
| 1985 | Enemy Mine · as Joey Wooster |
| 1985 | The Fourth Wise Man · as Passhur |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Eddie Frayne |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series) · as Adam Hill |
| 1983 | A Killer in the Family · as Ray Tison |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1982 | The Mysterious Stranger · as #44 |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Kay |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Side Show · as Nick Pallas |
| 1980 | Children of Divorce · as Tony Malik |
| 1980 | The Boy Who Drank Too Much · as Billy Carpenter |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot (TV Series) · as Mark Petrie |
| 1979 | CBS Library (TV Series) · as Russ |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1978 | CBS Afternoon Playhouse (TV Series) · as Billy Lee Daniels |
| 1977 | Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy · as Joe, Jr. (age 14) |
| 1977 | James at 15 (TV Series) · as James Hunter |
| 1977 | Cheering Section · as Bob |
| 1977 | The Death of Richie · as Russell Werner |
| 1976 | The Loneliest Runner · as John Curtis As A Youth |
| 1976 | Amelia Earhart · as David Putnam |
| 1976 | The Quest (1976) (TV Series) · as Braithwhite's Son |
| 1976 | Family (TV Series) · as Dexter |
| 1976 | Good Heavens (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Jeff Hadley |
| 1975 | Long Way Home · as Ramey Holvak |
| 1975 | The Family Holvak (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain · as Boy In Blue-Striped Shirt |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Reflections of Murder · as Chip |
| 1974 | The Greatest Gift · as Ramey Holvak |
| 1974 | Shazam! (TV Series) · as Chad Martin |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Joey Jr. |
| 1973 | Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Todd, Swimmer's Son |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Ezzie |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) · as Wheeler Boy |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Tommy Harker |