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Lance Kerwin

Lance Kerwin

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 06, 1960
Died Jan 24, 2023 (62)
Birthplace Newport Beach, California, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. Ker ... win 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]

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The Wind & the Reckoning

The Wind & the Reckoning

2022

as Anderson

Outbreak

Outbreak

1995

as American Mercenary

Final Verdict

Final Verdict

1991

as Harry Johnson

Enemy Mine

Enemy Mine

1985

as Joey Wooster

The Fourth Wise Man

The Fourth Wise Man

1985

as Passhur

A Killer in the Family

A Killer in the Family

1983

as Ray Tison

Side Show

Side Show

1981

as Nick Pallas

Advice to the Lovelorn

Advice to the Lovelorn

1981

as Larry Ames

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

1980

as Billy Carpenter

Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce

1980

as Tony Malik

James at 15

James at 15

1977

as James Hunter

The Death of Richie

The Death of Richie

1977

as Russell Werner

Cheering Section

Cheering Section

1977

as Bob

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy

1977

as Joe, Jr. (Age 14)

The Loneliest Runner

The Loneliest Runner

1976

as John Curtis as a Youth

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

1976

as David Putnam

Long Way Home

Long Way Home

1975

as Ramey Holvak

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

1974

as Todd Swimmer

The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift

1974

as Ramey Holvak

Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder

1974

as Chip

The Healers

The Healers

1974

as Kennedy Brown

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James at 16

as James Hunter

Episodes: 21

First Aired: Sep 05, 1977

Salem's Lot

as Mark Petrie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 17, 1979

Gunsmoke

as Tommy Harker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Wonder Woman

as Jeff Hadley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1975

Emergency!

as Wheeler Boy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1972

ABC Afterschool Special

as Ezzie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1972

CBS Library

as Russ

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 21, 1979

ABC Afterschool Special

as Peter Finley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1972

ABC Afterschool Special

as Buzz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1972

ABC Afterschool Special

as Adam Rush

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1972

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Kay

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1982

Finder of Lost Loves

as Adam Hill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1984

Police Story

as Joey Jr.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 20, 1973

Murder, She Wrote

as Eddie Frayne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

ABC Afterschool Special

as P.J. / The President's Son

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1972

The Family Holvak

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 07, 1975

100 Greatest Kid Stars

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jun 13, 2005

Battle of the Network Stars

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 13, 1976

Trapper John, M.D.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1979

Little House on the Prairie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1974

The Bionic Woman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1976

Simon & Simon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 1981

Hotel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

The New Lassie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1989

Good Heavens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 29, 1976

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