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John Grinham Kerr was an American actor and attorney. He began his professional career on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for his performances in Mary Coyle Chase's Bernardine and Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, before transitioning into a screen career. He reprised his role in the film version of Tea and Sympathy, which won him a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and portrayed Joseph Cable in the Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical South Pacific. He subsequently appeared in number of television series, including a starring role on the primetime soap opera Peyton Place.
Birth Name
John Grinham Kerr
Born
Sunday, 15 November 1931
Died
Saturday, 02 February 2013
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Cane Fire | Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific | 2020 |
The 67th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Actor (In Memoriam) | 2013 |
Not Fade Away | Lt. Joseph Cable USMC in South Pacific | 2012 |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | (archive footage) | 2011 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Francis Barnard | 2007 |
James Dean: Forever Young | Self | 2005 |
Bay Cove | Ferry Captain | 1987 |
The Park Is Mine | Reporter - Conference | 1985 |
The Bill | Tony Langham | 1984 |
Sons and Daughters | Policeman | 1982 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Cane Fire | Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific | 2020 |
The 67th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Actor (In Memoriam) | 2013 |
Not Fade Away | Lt. Joseph Cable USMC in South Pacific | 2012 |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | (archive footage) | 2011 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Francis Barnard | 2007 |
James Dean: Forever Young | Self | 2005 |
Bay Cove | Ferry Captain | 1987 |
The Park Is Mine | Reporter - Conference | 1985 |
The Bill | Tony Langham | 1984 |
Sons and Daughters | Policeman | 1982 |
The Amateur | CIA Security Guard | 1981 |
Plague | 1979 | |
Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Ashton | 1977 |
The Feather and Father Gang | Martin Stoddard | 1976 |
Medical Story | Dr. Barrett | 1975 |
The Invisible Man | Kirk | 1975 |
Madhouse | Clip from 'The Pit and the Pendulum' | 1974 |
Class of '44 | Ford Hotel Bartender | 1973 |
Police Story | Dr. Ullman / Kimbrough / Morrissey / Prosecutor / the Prosecutor | 1973 |
Barnaby Jones | Dr. Lincoln | 1973 |
Incident on a Dark Street | Gallagher - Trenier's Lawyer | 1973 |
The Streets of San Francisco | Gerald O'Brien / D.A. Gerald O'Brien | 1972 |
Search | Senator Gordon | 1972 |
The Longest Night | Agent Jones | 1972 |
The Rookies | Price | 1972 |
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Stockbroker | 1972 |
McMillan & Wife | Richard Valentine | 1971 |
Columbo | Col. Roger Dutton | 1971 |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Clay Arnold | 1971 |
Police Surgeon | Shay | 1971 |
Yuma | Capt. White | 1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones | George Sterling | 1971 |
The Young Lawyers | Andrew Rogers | 1969 |
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Dr. Philip Blackburn | 1969 |
Mod Squad | Dr. Freilich / Dr. Eggers | 1968 |
Adam-12 | Father Joe | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Stuart Clark / Father Billy Keaton | 1968 |
The High Chaparral | Creed Hallock | 1967 |
The F.B.I. | SAC Gary Morgan / SAC William Converse / S.A.C. Douglas Parker / Clayton McGregor / Chicago Special Agent / Agent Morgan | 1965 |
The Long, Hot Summer | Duane Galloway | 1965 |
Run for Your Life | Alex Ryder | 1965 |
Profiles in Courage | Whitlock | 1964 |
Flipper | Keller | 1964 |
12 O'Clock High | Maj. Herrick / Lt. Ray Thacker | 1964 |
Peyton Place | District Attorney John Fowler / John Fowler | 1964 |
Arrest and Trial | Assistant Deputy District Attorney Barry Pine / ADA Barry Pine / Barry Pine / Asst. DA Barry Pine / Asst. Deputy Dist. Atty. Barry Pine | 1963 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Glendon Baker | 1962 |
The Virginian | Oliver Smith | 1962 |
The Lloyd Bridges Show | David | 1962 |
King of Kings | Man at Sermon on the Mount | 1961 |
7 Women from Hell | Lt. Bill Jackson | 1961 |
Bus Stop | Jim Carmody | 1961 |
The Defenders | Jonathan Winthrop | 1961 |
The Pit and the Pendulum | Francis Barnard | 1961 |
Girl of the Night | Larry Taylor | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Checkmate | Whit Kamens | 1960 |
The Crowded Sky | Mike Rule | 1960 |
Riverboat | Jefferson Carruthers | 1959 |
Rawhide | Bert Eaton | 1959 |
South Pacific | Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC | 1958 |
Alcoa Theatre | Flight Lieutenant Upton | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Jim Whitlow | 1957 |
The Vintage | Ernesto Barandero | 1957 |
Playhouse 90 | Capt. Neil Dameron / David McAdam / Self - Announcing Next Week's Show / Self - Introductory Host | 1956 |
Tea and Sympathy | Tom Robinson Lee | 1956 |
Gaby | Gregory Y. Wendell | 1956 |
The Alcoa Hour | Jamie Hallock | 1955 |
MGM Parade | Gregory Y. Wendell | 1955 |
Gunsmoke | Lute | 1955 |
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Tom Parr | 1955 |
The Cobweb | Steven W. Holte | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Martin Didler | 1954 |
Climax! | Poggi / Matt Sloane / Danny Barron / Steve Barron (segment "Throw Away the Cane") | 1954 |
The Elgin Hour | Private Foster | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | Ray | 1953 |
You Are There | Jesse James | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Freddie | 1953 |
Lux Video Theatre | Tony | 1950 |
The Big Story | Madden | 1949 |
Suspense | Derek Howard | 1949 |
Studio One | The Boy | 1948 |
The Philco Television Playhouse | George Avery | 1948 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1957 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Won |