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John Kerr (II) (1931–2013)

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The son of Broadway actors Geoffrey Kerr and June Walker, John Kerr began his stage career after graduating from Harvard University. In 1951 he met Priscilla Smith while taking a class in Serbo-Croatian language and literature at Harvard. They were married on December 28, 1952, and divorced in 1972... See full bio »

Born:

John Grinham Kerr
in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Los Angeles, California, USA
John Kerr at event of Tea and Sympathy Juanita Hall and John Kerr at event of South Pacific Still of John Kerr in South Pacific Mel Ferrer and John Kerr at event of The Vintage Leslie Caron and John Kerr at event of Gaby
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1986 The Park Is Mine (TV movie)
Reporter - Conference
 
1985 Der Rosenkavalier (TV movie)
Waiters
 
1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors (TV mini-series)
Ashton
– Part 4 (1977) … Ashton
 
1977 The Feather and Father Gang (TV series)
Martin Stoddard
– The Mayan Connection (1977) … Martin Stoddard
 
1977 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Richard Valentine
– Affair of the Heart (1977) … Richard Valentine
 
1973-1977 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Gerald O'Brien / Prosecutor
– Who Killed Helen French? (1977) … Prosecutor
– Endgame (1975) … Gerald O'Brien
– False Witness (1975) … Gerald O'Brien
– Mister Nobody (1974) … Gerald O'Brien
– Shield of Honor (1973) … Gerald O'Brien
See all 9 episodes »
 
1973-1976 Police Story (TV series)
Dr. Ullman / Kimbrough / Morrissey / …
– Eamon Kinsella Royce (1976) … the Prosecutor
– Little Boy Lost (1975) … Morrissey
– The Witness (1975) … Kimbrough
– The Gamble (1974) … Dr. Ullman
– The Big Walk (1973) … Prosecutor
 
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)
– Throwaway (1976)
 
1975 Medical Story (TV series)
Dr. Barrett
– A Life in the Balance (1975) … Dr. Barrett
 
1975 The Invisible Man (TV series)
Kirk
– Eyes Only (1975) … Kirk
 
1974 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Dr. Lincoln
– Programmed for Killing (1974) … Dr. Lincoln
 
1973 Class of '44
Ford Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
 
1972-1973 Mod Squad (TV series)
Dr. Eggers / Dr. Freilich
– And Once for My Baby (1973) … Dr. Eggers
– I Am My Brother's Keeper (1972) … Dr. Freilich
 
1973 Search (TV series)
Senator Gordon
– The Mattson Papers (1973) … Senator Gordon
 
1973 Incident on a Dark Street (TV movie)
Gallagher - Trenier's Lawyer
 
1973 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
George Sterling
– Only Three to a Bed (1973) … George Sterling
 
1972 The Rookies (TV series)
Price
– Time Is the Fire (1972) … Price
 
1972 The Longest Night (TV movie)
Agent Jones
 
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Stockbroker (uncredited)
 
1971 Columbo (TV series)
Col. Roger Dutton
– Dead Weight (1971) … Col. Roger Dutton
 
1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Clay Arnold
– Men Who Care: Part 2 (1971) … Clay Arnold
 
1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Clay Arnold
– Men Who Care: Part 2 (1971) … Clay Arnold
 
1971 Police Surgeon (TV series)
Barnett
– Death Is a Wanderer (1971) … Barnett
 
1971 Yuma (TV movie)
Captain White
 
1971 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Rogers
– False Witness (1971) … Rogers
 
1967-1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
SAC Gary Morgan / Agent Morgan / Chicago Special Agent / …
– The Target (1970) … Clayton McGregor
– Pressure Point (1970) … S.A.C. Douglas Parker
– The Maze (1969) … SAC William Converse
– The Phone Call (1968) … SAC Gary Morgan
– Homecoming (1968) … Agent Morgan
See all 7 episodes »
 
1970 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series)
Dr. Blackburn
– The Verdict (1970) … Dr. Blackburn
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Father Billy Keaton / Stuart Clark
– Laurie Marie (1969) … Stuart Clark
– A Wrath of Angels (1969) … Father Billy Keaton
 
1969 Adam-12 (TV series)
Father Joe
– Log 93: Once a Junkie (1969) … Father Joe
 
1967 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Creed Hallock
– Sudden Country (1967) … Creed Hallock
 
1967 Flipper (TV series)
Keller
– Flipper and the Fugitive: Part 2 (1967) … Keller
– Flipper and the Fugitive: Part 1 (1967) … Keller
 
1965-1966 Peyton Place (TV series)
District Attorney John Fowler / John Fowler
– Episode #3.31 (1966) … District Attorney John Fowler
– Episode #3.27 (1966) … District Attorney John Fowler
– Episode #3.26 (1966) … District Attorney John Fowler
– Episode #3.25 (1966) … District Attorney John Fowler
– Episode #3.23 (1966) … District Attorney John Fowler
See all 75 episodes »
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Alex Ryder
– The Day Time Stopped (1966) … Alex Ryder
 
1965 The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)
Duane Galloway
– The Homecoming (1965) … Duane Galloway
 
1964-1965 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Lt. Ray Thacker / Maj. Herrick
– Mutiny at Ten Thousand Feet (1965) … Lt. Ray Thacker
– An Act of War (1964) … Maj. Herrick
 
1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Glendon Baker
– An Unlocked Window (1965) … Glendon Baker
 
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Whitlock
– John Peter Altgeld (1965) … Whitlock
 
1963-1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine / ADA Barry Pine / Asst. Deputy Dist. Atty. Barry Pine / …
– Birds of a Feather (1964) … ADA Barry Pine
– Tigers Are for Jungles (1964) … Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine
– The Black Flower (1964) … ADA Barry Pine
– A Roll of the Dice (1964) … ADA Barry Pine
– The Best There Is (1964) … Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine
See all 18 episodes »
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Jim Whitlow
– The Jim Whitlow Story (1963) … Jim Whitlow
 
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
Oliver Smith
– The Judgment (1963) … Oliver Smith
 
1962 The Defenders (TV series)
Jonathan Winthrop
– The Apostle (1962) … Jonathan Winthrop
 
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
David
– The Miracle of Mesa Verde (1962) … David
 
1956-1962 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Ray
– Dry Rain (1962)
– Honor in Love (1962)
– A Fair Shake (1956) … Ray
 
1962 Bus Stop (TV series)
Jim Carmody
– Verdict of 12 (1962) … Jim Carmody
 
1962 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Lute Willis
– Half Straight (1962) … Lute Willis
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Whit Kamens
– The Crimson Pool (1961) … Whit Kamens
 
1961 Seven Women from Hell
Lt. Bill Jackson
 
1961 King of Kings
Man at Sermon on the Mount (uncredited)
 
1961 Pit and the Pendulum
Francis Barnard
 
1960 Girl of the Night
Larry Taylor
 
1960 The Crowded Sky
Mike Rule
 
1960 Rawhide (TV series)
Bert Eaton
– Incident of the Last Chance (1960) … Bert Eaton
 
1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Martin Didler
– Elfego Baca: Friendly Enemies at Law (1960) … Martin Didler
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Jefferson Carruthers
– The Barrier (1959) … Jefferson Carruthers
 
1959 Berkeley Square (TV movie)
Peter Standish
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Freddie
– A Question of Romance (1958) … Freddie
 
1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Flight Lieutenant Upton
– Strange Occurrence at Rokesay (1958) … Flight Lieutenant Upton
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Capt. Neil Dameron / David McAdam
– Rumors of Evening (1958) … Capt. Neil Dameron
– The Ninth Day (1957) … David McAdam
 
1958 South Pacific
Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC
 
1957 The Vintage
Ernesto Barandero
 
1953-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Years in Between (1957)
– End of the Honeymoon (1953)
 
1955-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Danny Barron / Matt Sloane / Poggi / …
– Night of a Rebel (1957) … Poggi
– Child of the Wind/Throw Away the Cane (1956) … Danny Barron/Steve Barron (segment "Throw Away the Cane")
– A Man of Taste (1955) … Matt Sloane
 
1957 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Tom Parr
– Killer's Pride (1957) … Tom Parr
 
1953-1957 The Big Story (TV series)
Madden
– The James Dean Big Story (1957) … Madden
– Rex Newman, Reporter for the Globe and News (1953)
 
1956 Tea and Sympathy
Tom Robinson Lee
 
1956 Gaby
Gregory Y. Wendell
 
1956 The Corn Is Green (TV movie)
Morgan Evans
 
1955 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Jamie Hallock
– Undertow (1955) … Jamie Hallock
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Private Foster
– Combat Medics (1955) … Private Foster
 
1955 The Cobweb
Steven W. Holte
 
1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
George Avery
– The Bold and the Brave (1955) … George Avery
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– The Scandal That Rocked the Town (1954)
 
1953-1954 Suspense (TV series)
– The Hunted (1954)
– Come Into My Parlor (1953)
 
1953 Danger (TV series)
– Operation Nightmare (1953)
 
1953 Horace Mann's Miracle (TV movie)
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
Jesse James
– The Capture of Jesse James (1953) … Jesse James
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Tony
– The White Gown (1953) … Tony
 
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1958 South Pacific (performer: "Younger Than Springtime" 1949 - uncredited, "My Girl Back Home" 1949 - uncredited, "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" 1949 - uncredited)
 
1956 Tea and Sympathy (performer: "The Joys of Love")
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2011 Culver City, the Reel Hollywood (documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows (1999) … Himself
 
1973 Peyton Place Revisited (TV special)
Himself
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
– Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses (1957) … Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
 
1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV documentary)
Lt. Joe Cable
 
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (documentary)
 
2005 James Dean: Forever Young (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 Point Blank
Himself - Actor in Film Clip from 'The Cobweb' (uncredited)
 
1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

Son of Geoffrey Kerr and June Walker. Grandson of Frederick Kerr. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio