
John Kerr
Known for: Acting
Born: November 15, 1931
Died: February 2, 2013
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…
Known for

The Ninth Day
1957

The Pit and the Pendulum
1961

Tea and Sympathy
1956

Gaby
1956

Rex Newman
1953

South Pacific
1958

The Vintage
1957
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999

The Crowded Sky
1960

Girl of the Night
1960
Horace Mann's Miracle
1953

The Cobweb
1955

Yuma
1971

Class of '44
1973

Search and Destroy
1979

The Longest Night
1972

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957

Incident on a Dark Street
1973

Plague
1979

Bay Coven
1987

The Quatermass Xperiment
1955

The Silent Partner
1978

The Amateur
1981

Only God Knows
1974

The Rookies
1972

The F.B.I.
1965

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

The Mod Squad
1968

Arrest and Trial
1963

Gunsmoke
1955

Studio One
1948

General Electric Theater
1953

King of Kings
1961

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Long, Hot Summer
1965

Bus Stop
1961

Rawhide
1959

Run for Your Life
1965

Police Story
1973

The High Chaparral
1967

The Virginian
1962

Search
1972
Lux Video Theatre
1950

Climax!
1954

The United States Steel Hour
1953
Profiles in Courage
1964

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Toma
1973

Riverboat
1959

Suspense
1949

The Defenders
1961

Adam-12
1968

Columbo
1971

The Name of the Game
1968

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

MGM Parade
1955

Medical Story
1975