Lance Kerwin
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. Kerwin died in San Clemente, California, on January 24, 2023, at the age of 62. [preceding biography, edited, from Wikipedia]
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 06, 1960
Deathday: January 24, 2023
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Cheering Section
1977-08-19
Cheering Section
Overview: It's the Autumn of '77! High School The Way It Is!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-19
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Enemy Mine
1985-12-12
Enemy Mine
Overview: A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-12
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The Fourth Wise Man
1985-03-30
The Fourth Wise Man
Overview: Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family. Carrying three precious jewels to give to the baby Messiah, Artaban and his reluctant servant Orontes set off to join the caravan of the three other wise men. They miss the caravan, but Artaban continues the search for his King, always one step behind. Artaban spends much of his remaining wealth and all of his energy helping the poor and unfortunate people he meets, until at the end of his life he finally finds Jesus--at His trial! Has Artaban wasted his life in a foolish quest? Will he ever get the chance to present his gifts to the King?
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-30
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Reflections of Murder
1974-11-24
Reflections of Murder
Overview: The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-24
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The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980-02-06
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
Overview: A high school athlete is well on the road to becoming an alcoholic like his ex-hockey pro father until his teammate and best friend commits himself to saving him from his self-destructive habit.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-06
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A Killer in the Family
1983-10-30
A Killer in the Family
Overview: Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-30
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The Loneliest Runner
1976-12-20
The Loneliest Runner
Overview: A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-20
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The Mysterious Stranger
1982-10-11
The Mysterious Stranger
Overview: The film version of the same-titled book by Mark Twain. A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to print the Bible. The next thing he knows he has conjured up a young spirit from the future who casts spells over striking printers and causes general mischief.
Genres: Mystery Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-11
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The Meanest Men in the West
1978-05-04
The Meanest Men in the West
Overview: Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-04
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Amelia Earhart
1976-10-25
Amelia Earhart
Overview: Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-25
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James at 15
1977-09-05
James at 15
Overview: A 15-year-old whose family moves from Oregon to Boston misses the girlfriend he left behind, so he runs away to see her. On the way he hooks up with a female art student in her 20s who is also hitchhiking across the country, from whom he learns some valuable lessons about life. This was the pilot film for the two-season series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-05
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Advice to the Lovelorn
1981-11-30
Advice to the Lovelorn
Overview: A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-30
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The Wind & the Reckoning
2022-09-24
The Wind & the Reckoning
Overview: As an outbreak of leprosy engulfs 19th-century colonial Hawai'i, a small group of infected Native Hawaiians resist government-mandated exile, taking a courageous stand against the provisional government. Inspired by real-life events.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-24
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The Death of Richie
1977-01-10
The Death of Richie
Overview: A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-10
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Children of Divorce
1980-11-24
Children of Divorce
Overview: The conflict and separation of their parents and the impact on four youngsters from three socially different families is the thrust of this drama.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-24
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Side Show
1981-06-05
Side Show
Overview: A teenage boy who runs off to join the circus as a side show puppeteer stumbles onto the dark secrets of the fellow performers.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-05
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The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974-11-01
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
Overview: Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. With the help of a scientist he clones a replacement who takes over as head of the family while the real Clifford travels the world. The clone turns out to be a gentle and sensitive husband and father, a complete opposite of the original, and the wife and son come to love him. When the real Clifford comes back and finds his family happy with the clone he becomes angry and jealous and things take a deadly turn.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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Long Way Home
1975-09-07
Long Way Home
Overview: The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's faith is tested and young Ramey faces a choice between a friendship and his family.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-07
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Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977-09-18
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Overview: The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-18
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The Greatest Gift
1974-11-04
The Greatest Gift
Overview: Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with a violent, bullying sheriff whilst protecting his loved ones.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-04
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Outbreak
1995-03-10
Outbreak
Overview: A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-10
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Final Verdict
1991-09-09
Final Verdict
Overview: A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-09
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The Healers
1974-05-22
The Healers
Overview: The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-22
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