Lance Kerwin
Acting
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 the 1970s, Kerwin appeared in a number…
Filmography
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The Wind & the Reckoning
2022
Child Star Confidential
Child Star Confidential
2006
100 Greatest Kid Stars
100 Greatest Kid Stars
2005
Outbreak
1995
Final Verdict
1991
Challenger
1990
The New Lassie
1989
Enemy Mine
1985
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
The Snow Queen
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
A Killer in the Family
1983
The Mysterious Stranger
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Hotel
1982
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Side Show
1981
Children of Divorce
1980
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980
Salem's Lot
1979
CBS Library
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Meanest Men in the West
1978
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977
James at 15
1977
James at 16
1977
Cheering Section
1977
The Death of Richie
1977
The Loneliest Runner
1976
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Amelia Earhart
1976
Good Heavens
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
Long Way Home
1975
The Family Holvak
The Family Holvak
1975
Reflections of Murder
1974
The Greatest Gift
1974
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Healers
1974
Pssst! Hammerman's After You!
1974
Police Story
1973
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Emergency!
1972
Cannon
1971
Gunsmoke
1955
