Person
Lance Kerwin
Born 6 November 1960 Died 24 January 2023, aged 62 Newport Beach, California, USA TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
10age in their first credit on record (1971)
51years on screen and counting
6credits in 1974, their busiest year
51dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 61 The Wind & the Reckoning
2022as Anderson
Age: 34 Outbreak
1995as American Mercenary
Age: 30 Final Verdict
1991as Harry Johnson
Age: 29 Challenger
1990
Age: 25 Enemy Mine
1985as Joey Wooster
Age: 24 The Fourth Wise Man
1985as Passhur
Age: 24 The Snow Queen
1985as Kay
Age: 22 A Killer in the Family
1983as Ray Tison
Age: 21 The Mysterious Stranger
1982as #44
Age: 21 Advice to the Lovelorn
1981as Larry Ames
Age: 20 Side Show
1981as Nick Pallas
Age: 20 Children of Divorce
1980as Tony Malik
Age: 19 The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980as Billy Carpenter
Age: 17 The Meanest Men in the West
1978
Age: 16 Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977as Joe, Jr. (Age 14)
Age: 16 James at 15
1977as James Hunter
Age: 16 Cheering Section
1977as Bob
Age: 16 The Death of Richie
1977as Russell Werner
Age: 16 The Loneliest Runner
1976as John Curtis as a Youth
Age: 15 Amelia Earhart
1976as David Putnam
Age: 14 Long Way Home
1975as Ramey Holvak
Age: 14 Reflections of Murder
1974as Chip
Age: 13 The Greatest Gift
1974as Ramey Holvak
Age: 13 The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974as Todd Swimmer
Age: 13 The Healers
1974as Kennedy Brown
Age: 13 Pssst! Hammerman's After You!
1974as Ezzie
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TV credits
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Age: 44 100 Greatest Kid Stars
2005
Age: 28 The New Lassie
1989
Age: 23 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Eddie Frayne
Age: 23 Finder of Lost Loves
1984as Adam Hill
Age: 21 Faerie Tale Theatre
1982as Kay
Age: 21 Hotel
1982as Ron Kerwin
Age: 21 Simon & Simon
1981
Age: 19 Salem's Lot
1979as Mark Petrie
Age: 18 CBS Library
1979as Russ
Age: 18 Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Age: 16 James at 16
1977as James Hunter
Age: 16 Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Age: 15 Good Heavens
1976
Age: 15 The Bionic Woman
1976
Age: 15 Wonder Woman
1975as Jeff Hadley
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Age: 14 The Family Holvak
1975
Age: 13 Little House on the Prairie
1974as Danny Peters
Age: 12 Police Story
1973as Joey Jr.
Age: 11 ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Ezzie
Age: 11 ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Buzz
Age: 11 ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Adam Rush
Age: 11 ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Peter Finley
Age: 11 ABC Afterschool Special
1972as P.J. / The President's Son
Age: 11 Emergency!
1972as Wheeler Boy
Age: 10 Cannon
1971
Gunsmoke
1955as Tommy Harker