About John Kerr (actor)
John Grinham Kerr (November 15, 1931 – February 2, 2013) was an American actor and attorney. He began his professional career on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for his performances in Mary Chase's Bernardine and Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, then made a transition into a screen career. He reprised his role in the film version of Tea and Sympathy, which won him the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and portrayed Lieutenant Joseph Cable in the Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical South Pacific. He appeared in a number of television series, including a starring role on Peyton Place. In the 1970s, he largely moved from acting to becoming a lawyer, making appearances in a few small roles in Canadian-produced films such as Plague and The Amateur. He operated a legal practice in Beverly Hills until 2000, when he retired from the profession. He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in Mary Coyle Chase's Bernardine, a high-school comedy for which he won a Theatre World Award. In 1954, he won a Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Award, and Donaldson Award for his performance, and he later starred in the film version in 1956.
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