Lance Kerwin (born November 6, 1960) is a former 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.Lance Kerwin currently sells timeshares with Diamond Resorts and
lives on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.He was raised in Lake Elsinore,
California. Kerwin's 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 is the youngest of five brothers. His
brother Shane was his stand-in.In the 1970s, Kerwin appeared in a
number of made-for-TV movies and series. He was, said former theater
critic and British Film Institute governor John Holmstrom, "probably
America's leading boy actor of the late Seventies ... a handsome lad
... [with] considerable sensitivity as an actor". His serious acting
roles often portrayed anguished characters facing difficult
challenges, such as in The Loneliest Runner, The Boy Who Drank Too
Much, and Children of Divorce.
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.Lance Kerwin currently sells timeshares with Diamond Resorts and
lives on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.He was raised in Lake Elsinore,
California. Kerwin's 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 is the youngest of five brothers. His
brother Shane was his stand-in.In the 1970s, Kerwin appeared in a
number of made-for-TV movies and series. He was, said former theater
critic and British Film Institute governor John Holmstrom, "probably
America's leading boy actor of the late Seventies ... a handsome lad
... [with] considerable sensitivity as an actor". His serious acting
roles often portrayed anguished characters facing difficult
challenges, such as in The Loneliest Runner, The Boy Who Drank Too
Much, and Children of Divorce.
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