Phillip Terry
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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.
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Perry Mason
Peter Heywood
Perry Mason
Robert Doniger
Perry Mason
Lawrence Kent
Perry Mason
Latham Reed
Perry Mason
Rolf Thorsen
Lassie
Maverick
Chick Braus
Police Woman
Landon
Felony Squad
The Lost Weekend
Wick Birnam
77 Sunset Strip
MIke Lamson
Hawaiian Eye
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Kenneth Magee
Mr. Novak
Lewis Clinton
Mr. Novak
Mr. Burr
The Mod Squad
Deadline - U.S.A.
Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Bill Harding
The Monster and the Girl
Scot Webster
Wire Service
Phillip Tennant
Class of '74
Dave
Johnny Midnight
Too Hot to Handle
San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)
Spring Madness
Dartmouth College Student
Boys Town
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Bataan
Matthew Hardy
Honolulu
Nightclub Bandleader (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
New Roadways
Man in Photo (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time
Bill Lowry
Wake Island
Man from God's Country
Sheriff
Joaquin Murrieta
California Ranger (uncredited)
Duel Personalities
Hypnotist's Assistant (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
Tom McGrath
Yellow Jack
Ferguson
Navy Blue and Gold
Kelly
Philip Marlowe
Born to Kill
Fred Grover
The Leech Woman
Dr. Paul Talbot
Are Husbands Necessary?
Cory Cortwright
Somewhat Secret
Atlantic City Emcee (uncredited)
Torpedo Boat
Tommy Whelan
Money to Loan
MGM Crime Reporter
Calling Dr. Kildare
Bates
Culinary Carving
Mannequin
Man Outside Stage Door (Uncredited)
Music in Manhattan
Johnny Pearson
Pan-Americana
Dan Jordan
To Each His Own
Alex Piersen
Fast and Furious
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
Club 44 Radio Man (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
Pilot (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
Dr. Sidney
Money, Women and Guns
Damian Bard
The Explosive Generation
Mr. Carlyle
Hold That Kiss
Ted Evans
North West Mounted Police
Constable Judson
The Dark Horse
George Kelly
Sweater Girl
Prof. Martin Lawrence
The Parson of Panamint
Rev. Philip Pharo
Tell No Tales
Man on Stage (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Base Medical Officer
Beat the Band
Damon Dillingham
Those Were the Days!
Ransom
Young Dr. Kildare
Dr. Vickery (uncredited)
Gangs Of The City
Bill Raymond
Balalaika
Lieutenant Smirnoff
Ladies Courageous
Maj. Tommy Harper
Miracles for Sale
Magic Show Master of Ceremonies
Junior G-Men
Jim Bradford
Radio Hams
Copilot
Double Exposure
Ben Scribner
Anaesthesia
P.A. Wilhite (uncredited)
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
Jim Bradford