- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 6, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Newport Beach, California, USA
- Died
- January 24, 2023
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 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…
Filmography
movieThe Wind & the Reckoning
2022 · Anderson
Child Star Confidential
tvChild Star Confidential
2006 · Self
100 Greatest Kid Stars
tv100 Greatest Kid Stars
2005
movieOutbreak
1995 · American Mercenary
movieFinal Verdict
1991 · Harry Johnson
movieChallenger
1990
tvThe New Lassie
1989
movieEnemy Mine
1985 · Joey Wooster
movieThe Fourth Wise Man
1985 · Passhur
movieThe Snow Queen
1985 · Kay
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Eddie Frayne
tvFinder of Lost Loves
1984 · Adam Hill
movieA Killer in the Family
1983 · Ray Tison
movieThe Mysterious Stranger
1982 · #44
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Kay
tvHotel
1982 · Ron Kerwin
movieAdvice to the Lovelorn
1981 · Larry Ames
tvSimon & Simon
1981
movieSide Show
1981 · Nick Pallas
movieChildren of Divorce
1980 · Tony Malik
movieThe Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980 · Billy Carpenter
tvSalem's Lot
1979 · Mark Petrie
tvCBS Library
1979 · Russ
tvTrapper John, M.D.
1979
movieThe Meanest Men in the West
1978
movieYoung Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977 · Joe, Jr. (Age 14)
movieJames at 15
1977 · James Hunter
tvJames at 16
1977 · James Hunter
movieCheering Section
1977 · Bob
movieThe Death of Richie
1977 · Russell Werner
movieThe Loneliest Runner
1976 · John Curtis as a Youth
tvBattle of the Network Stars
1976
movieAmelia Earhart
1976 · David Putnam
tvGood Heavens
1976
tvThe Bionic Woman
1976
tvWonder Woman
1975 · Jeff Hadley
movieLong Way Home
1975 · Ramey Holvak
The Family Holvak
tvThe Family Holvak
1975
movieReflections of Murder
1974 · Chip
movieThe Greatest Gift
1974 · Ramey Holvak
movieThe Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974 · Todd Swimmer
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Danny Peters
movieThe Healers
1974 · Kennedy Brown
moviePssst! Hammerman's After You!
1974 · Ezzie
tvPolice Story
1973 · Joey Jr.
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Ezzie, Adam Rush, Peter Finley, Buzz, P.J. / The President's Son
tvEmergency!
1972 · Wheeler Boy
tvCannon
1971
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Tommy Harker