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Lance Kerwin

Lance Kerwin

Acting

November 6, 1960 – January 24, 2023 (died at 62)
Newport Beach, California, USA
Male
25 Movies
27 TV Shows

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]

Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine

Enemy Mine

1985 7.0

as Joey Wooster

Age 25 (now 62)
A Killer in the Family
A Killer in the Family

A Killer in the Family

1983 6.5

as Ray Tison

Age 22 (now 62)
The Loneliest Runner
The Loneliest Runner

The Loneliest Runner

1976 7.1

as John Curtis as a Youth

Age 16 (now 62)
The Fourth Wise Man
The Fourth Wise Man

The Fourth Wise Man

1985 7.0

as Passhur

Age 24 (now 62)
The Death of Richie
The Death of Richie

The Death of Richie

1977 7.0

as Russell Werner

Age 16 (now 62)
Outbreak
Outbreak

Outbreak

1995 6.6

as American Mercenary

Age 34 (now 62)
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

1979 6.8

as Mark Petrie

Age 19 (now 62)
2 eps
James at 16
James at 16

James at 16

1977 6.8

as James Hunter

Age 16 (now 62)
21 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974 7.9

as Danny Peters

Age 13 (now 62)
1 ep
Reflections of Murder
Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder

1974 6.8

as Chip

Age 14 (now 62)
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 7.5

as Eddie Frayne

Age 23 (now 62)
1 ep
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

1975 7.0

as Jeff Hadley

Age 15 (now 62)
1 ep
The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman

1976 7.0
Age 15 (now 62)
1 ep
The Meanest Men in the West
The Meanest Men in the West

The Meanest Men in the West

1978 4.4
Age 17 (now 62)
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
The Boy Who Drank Too Much

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

1980 4.7

as Billy Carpenter

Age 19 (now 62)
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955 6.7

as Tommy Harker

1 ep