Phillip Terry (born Frederick Henry Kormann, March 7, 1909 â€"
February 23, 1993) was an American actor.Terry was born in San
Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick
Andrew Kormann (1883â€"1948) and Ida Ruth Voll (1883â€"1954). His
father was a chemical engineer in the oil fields who moved often. To
ensure he receive a stable education, his parents sent him to live
with relatives in New Jersey and attend school while they travelled.He
attended grade school in Glendale, California. (A 1945 newspaper item
reported that Terry "had elementary education in various schools in
the oil country around Texas and Oklahoma.") He attended Iona High
School in New York and Sacred Heart College in San Francisco.During
the holidays, he would return to his parents in such places as
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Burkburnett, Texas. When he completed high
school, he rejoined them for good. He worked for a time in the oil
fields as a roustabout, then a tool pusher and rig builder. When he
was seventeen, they moved back to San Francisco.
February 23, 1993) was an American actor.Terry was born in San
Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick
Andrew Kormann (1883â€"1948) and Ida Ruth Voll (1883â€"1954). His
father was a chemical engineer in the oil fields who moved often. To
ensure he receive a stable education, his parents sent him to live
with relatives in New Jersey and attend school while they travelled.He
attended grade school in Glendale, California. (A 1945 newspaper item
reported that Terry "had elementary education in various schools in
the oil country around Texas and Oklahoma.") He attended Iona High
School in New York and Sacred Heart College in San Francisco.During
the holidays, he would return to his parents in such places as
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Burkburnett, Texas. When he completed high
school, he rejoined them for good. He worked for a time in the oil
fields as a roustabout, then a tool pusher and rig builder. When he
was seventeen, they moved back to San Francisco.
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