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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 7, 1909
Died
February 23, 1993
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Frederick Henry Kormann
- Philip Terry
- Phil Terry
Phillip Terry
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Police Woman
as Landon
1974
6.2
Class of '74
as Dave
1972
2.0
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
as Base Medical Officer
1966
4.2
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
Mr. Novak
as Lewis Clinton
1963
6.5
Mr. Novak
as Mr. Burr
1963
6.5
The Explosive Generation
as Mr. Carlyle
1961
5.0
The Leech Woman
as Dr. Paul Talbot
1960
4.6
Johnny Midnight
1960
0.0
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Philip Marlowe
1959
5.0
77 Sunset Strip
as MIke Lamson
1958
6.7
Money, Women and Guns
as Damian Bard
1958
5.3
Man from God's Country
as Sheriff
1958
4.8
Maverick
as Chick Braus
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Peter Heywood
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Robert Doniger
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Lawrence Kent
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Latham Reed
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Rolf Thorsen
1957
7.7
Wire Service
as Phillip Tennant
1956
0.0
Lassie
1954
6.1
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
1952
6.8
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Kenneth Magee
1947
6.2
Born to Kill
as Fred Grover
1947
6.7
Beat the Band
as Damon Dillingham
1947
4.0
The Dark Horse
as George Kelly
1946
0.0
To Each His Own
as Alex Piersen
1946
6.9
The Lost Weekend
as Wick Birnam
1945
7.6
George White's Scandals
as Tom McGrath
1945
5.3
Pan-Americana
as Dan Jordan
1945
3.2
Double Exposure
as Ben Scribner
1944
5.5
Music in Manhattan
as Johnny Pearson
1944
5.5
Ladies Courageous
as Maj. Tommy Harper
1944
3.5
Bataan
as Matthew Hardy
1943
6.4
Wake Island
1942
5.8
Sweater Girl
as Prof. Martin Lawrence
1942
4.0
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Cory Cortwright
1942
0.0
Torpedo Boat
as Tommy Whelan
1942
6.0
🎬
Gangs Of The City
as Bill Raymond
1941
0.0
The Parson of Panamint
as Rev. Philip Pharo
1941
5.0
The Monster and the Girl
as Scot Webster
1941
5.7
Junior G-Men
as Jim Bradford
1940
6.1
North West Mounted Police
as Constable Judson
1940
6.4
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
as Bill Harding
1940
0.0
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
as Jim Bradford
1940
0.0
Those Were the Days!
as Ransom
1940
0.0
Balalaika
as Lieutenant Smirnoff
1939
4.4
Fast and Furious
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1939
4.7
Miracles for Sale
as Magic Show Master of Ceremonies
1939
6.4
On Borrowed Time
as Bill Lowry
1939
7.5
🎬
Culinary Carving
1939
0.0
Tell No Tales
as Man on Stage (uncredited)
1939
4.6
It's a Wonderful World
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Radio Hams
as Copilot
1939
6.0
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Bates
1939
6.1
🎬
Somewhat Secret
as Atlantic City Emcee (uncredited)
1939
0.0
🎬
Duel Personalities
as Hypnotist's Assistant (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Money to Loan
as MGM Crime Reporter
1939
6.7
Honolulu
as Nightclub Bandleader (uncredited)
1939
6.1
🎬
New Roadways
as Man in Photo (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Four Girls in White
as Dr. Sidney
1939
6.3
Spring Madness
as Dartmouth College Student
1938
3.9
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Vickery (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Too Hot to Handle
as San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Boys Town
as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1938
6.8
Marie Antoinette
as Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Anaesthesia
as P.A. Wilhite (uncredited)
1938
0.0
Joaquin Murrieta
as California Ranger (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Yellow Jack
as Ferguson
1938
5.6
Hold That Kiss
as Ted Evans
1938
6.5
Mannequin
as Man Outside Stage Door (Uncredited)
1938
5.9
Love Is a Headache
as Club 44 Radio Man (uncredited)
1938
5.7
You're Only Young Once
as Pilot (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Navy Blue and Gold
as Kelly
1937
5.3