Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/15/1931
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
John Kerr
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
South Pacific
as Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC
King of Kings
as Man at Sermon on the Mount (uncredited)
Class of '44
as Hotel Bartender
Class of '44
as Ford Hotel Bartender (uncredited)
Gaby
as Gregory Y. Wendell
The Silent Partner
as Detective #3
The Crowded Sky
as Mike Rule
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Tea and Sympathy
as Tom Robinson Lee
The Vintage
as Ernesto Barandero
Only God Knows
as Health Inspector
Plague
as Escaping Guard
The Amateur
as CIA Security Guard
Yuma
as Capt. White
Girl of the Night
as Larry Taylor
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
The Longest Night
as Agent Jones
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Francis Barnard
Incident on a Dark Street
as Gallagher - Trenier's Lawyer
The Cobweb
as Steven W. Holte