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Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Actor · 1909 – 1993 · San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phillip Terry (born Frederick Henry Kormann, March 7, 1909 – February 23, 1993) was an American actor. Terry was born in San Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick Andrew Kormann (1883–1948) and Ida Ruth Voll (1883–1954). He attended Stanford University, where he became interested in theatre. After a brief stay in New York, he went to London, in 1933, where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Afterwards he toured British provinces for four years doing stock theater. Upon returning to Hollywood he took a job with CBS Radio, where he performed in a number of plays on the air, specializing in Shakespearean roles. After a screen test at MGM in 193y he was awarded a contract with the studio. Among his motion picture appearances, he had a bit part in the movie Mannequin starring Joan Crawford. Phillip Terry appeared in more than eighty movies over the span of his career. Many of the early roles were small and often uncredited. But in the 1940s, he received bigger and more numerous roles in some quality movies, such as The Lost Weekend (1945) starring Ray Milland, and To Each His Own (1946) starring Olivia de Havilland, who won one of her Oscars for her role in the film. His career began to flag in the late 1940s. Through the 1950s and early 1970s, he took on occasional B movie roles including monster flick. In addition, he would accept television roles and was in episodes of The Name of the Game and Police Woman. He also made five guest appearances on Perry Mason. In 1973, he retired and moved to Santa Barbara, California. He suffered the first of a series of strokes in 1978. Because of the strokes, he lost his mobility and communication and was an invalid for several years before his death at the age of 83. Terry died at his home in Santa Barbara. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

Movies24

  • Movie7.6

    The Lost Weekend

    1945 · 684 votes

  • Movie7.6

    On Borrowed Time

    1939 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Deadline - U.S.A.

    1952 · 83 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Boys Town

    1938 · 109 votes

  • Movie6.5

    It's a Wonderful World

    1939 · 50 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Marie Antoinette

    1938 · 37 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Born to Kill

    1947 · 93 votes

  • Movie7.0

    To Each His Own

    1946 · 34 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie5.9

    Wake Island

    1942 · 28 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Navy Blue and Gold

    1937 · 11 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Bataan

    1943 · 37 votes

  • Movie5.7

    The Monster and the Girl

    1941 · 33 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Too Hot to Handle

    1938 · 21 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Radio Hams

    1939 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Sweater Girl

    1942 · 3 votes

  • Movie4.7
  • Movie6.5

    Honolulu

    1939 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Fast and Furious

    1939 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.7

    You're Only Young Once

    1937 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Money, Women and Guns

    1958 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Man from God's Country

    1958 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Mannequin

    1938 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Love Is a Headache

    1938 · 4 votes

Series12

  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV6.3

    Lassie

    1954 · 74 votes

  • TV6.4

    Police Woman

    1974 · 33 votes

  • TV5.6

    Hawaiian Eye

    1959 · 10 votes

  • TV7.3

    Mr. Novak

    1963 · 3 votes

  • TV7.2

    77 Sunset Strip

    1958 · 26 votes

  • TV6.5

    Felony Squad

    1966 · 6 votes

  • TV6.1

    The Mod Squad

    1968 · 27 votes

  • TV7.0

    Johnny Midnight

    1960 · 1 votes

  • TV9.0

    Wire Service

    1956 · 1 votes

  • TV7.5

    Philip Marlowe

    1959 · 2 votes