Lance Kerwin
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1960-11-06
- Died
- 2023-01-24
- Place of birth
- Newport Beach, California, USA
- Also known as
- Лэнс Кервин · Lance Michael Kerwin · لنس کروین
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (23)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eddie Frayne
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Danny Peters
Hotel
1982
Emergency!
1972
as Wheeler Boy
Simon & Simon
1981
Cannon
1971
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Gunsmoke
1955
as Tommy Harker
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Kay
The Bionic Woman
1976
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Ezzie / Buzz / Adam Rush / Peter Finley / P.J. / The President's Son
Wonder Woman
1975
as Jeff Hadley
Police Story
1973
as Joey Jr.
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Adam Hill
Salem's Lot
1979
as Mark Petrie
Good Heavens
1976
The New Lassie
1989
James at 16
1977
as James Hunter
The Family Holvak
1975
100 Greatest Kid Stars
2005
Child Star Confidential
2006
as Self
CBS Library
1979
as Russ
Movies (25)
Outbreak
1995
as American Mercenary
Enemy Mine
1985
as Joey Wooster
The Meanest Men in the West
1978
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980
as Billy Carpenter
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
as Passhur
The Death of Richie
1977
as Russell Werner
Challenger
1990
The Healers
1974
as Kennedy Brown
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974
as Todd Swimmer
Side Show
1981
as Nick Pallas
Final Verdict
1991
as Harry Johnson
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
as Larry Ames
Children of Divorce
1980
as Tony Malik
Long Way Home
1975
as Ramey Holvak
James at 15
1977
as James Hunter
The Wind & the Reckoning
2022
as Anderson
A Killer in the Family
1983
as Ray Tison
Reflections of Murder
1974
as Chip
Amelia Earhart
1976
as David Putnam
The Loneliest Runner
1976
as John Curtis as a Youth
The Mysterious Stranger
1982
as #44
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977
as Joe, Jr. (Age 14)
The Greatest Gift
1974
as Ramey Holvak
Cheering Section
1977
as Bob
The Snow Queen
1985
as Kay
About Lance Kerwin
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 sta… With 48 credits spanning from 1955 to 2022, Lance Kerwin has appeared in 25 films and 23 TV shows.
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- Outbreak (1995) — as American Mercenary
- Enemy Mine (1985) — as Joey Wooster
- The Meanest Men in the West (1978)
- The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980) — as Billy Carpenter
- The Fourth Wise Man (1985) — as Passhur
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