Lance Kerwin
Born in Newport Beach, California, USA — Nov 06 1960• Died Jan 24 2023
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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…
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Lance Kerwin's Credits
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Murder, She Wrote
Eddie Frayne
Emergency!
Wheeler Boy
Little House on the Prairie
Danny Peters
ABC Afterschool Special
Ezzie
Hotel
Cannon
Simon & Simon
Faerie Tale Theatre
Kay
Trapper John, M.D.
Gunsmoke
Tommy Harker
The Bionic Woman
Police Story
Joey Jr.
Wonder Woman
Jeff Hadley
Finder of Lost Loves
Adam Hill
Battle of the Network Stars
Outbreak
American Mercenary
Salem's Lot
Mark Petrie
The New Lassie
Enemy Mine
Joey Wooster
Good Heavens
The Family Holvak
James at 16
James Hunter
Child Star Confidential
Self
100 Greatest Kid Stars
Advice to the Lovelorn
Larry Ames
CBS Library
Russ
The Fourth Wise Man
Passhur
The Snow Queen
Kay
Long Way Home
Ramey Holvak
The Healers
Kennedy Brown
Final Verdict
Harry Johnson
Side Show
Nick Pallas
The Wind & the Reckoning
Anderson
Challenger
The Death of Richie
Russell Werner
The Meanest Men in the West
James at 15
James Hunter
Children of Divorce
Tony Malik
Amelia Earhart
David Putnam
The Loneliest Runner
John Curtis as a Youth
A Killer in the Family
Ray Tison
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Joe, Jr. (Age 14)
The Mysterious Stranger
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Reflections of Murder
Chip
The Greatest Gift
Ramey Holvak
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
Billy Carpenter
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
Todd Swimmer
Cheering Section
Bob