Phillip Terry
Acting • Born 1909-03-07 – Died 1993-02-23
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.
Filmography
76 credits
Born to Kill
Movie • 1947
Fred Grover
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
Movie • 1940
Bill Harding
The Lost Weekend
Movie • 1945
Wick Birnam
The Leech Woman
Movie • 1960
Dr. Paul Talbot
To Each His Own
Movie • 1946
Alex Piersen
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
Movie • 1940
Jim Bradford
The Monster and the Girl
Movie • 1941
Scot Webster
Money, Women and Guns
Movie • 1958
Damian Bard
Double Exposure
Movie • 1944
Ben Scribner
Balalaika
Movie • 1939
Lieutenant Smirnoff
Music in Manhattan
Movie • 1944
Johnny Pearson
Hold That Kiss
Movie • 1938
Ted Evans
Sweater Girl
Movie • 1942
Prof. Martin Lawrence
Are Husbands Necessary?
Movie • 1942
Cory Cortwright
Pan-Americana
Movie • 1945
Dan Jordan
On Borrowed Time
Movie • 1939
Bill Lowry
Beat the Band
Movie • 1947
Damon Dillingham
You're Only Young Once
Movie • 1937
Pilot (uncredited)
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1938
Dr. Vickery (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
Movie • 1938
Club 44 Radio Man (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Movie • 1939
Man on Stage (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
Movie • 1939
Dr. Sidney
Spring Madness
Movie • 1938
Dartmouth College Student
Honolulu
Movie • 1939
Nightclub Bandleader (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Kelly
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Bates
It's a Wonderful World
Movie • 1939
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
Movie • 1939
Magic Show Master of Ceremonies
Fast and Furious
Movie • 1939
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
Movie • 1945
Tom McGrath
Gangs Of The City
Movie • 1941
Bill Raymond
Wake Island
Movie • 1942
Class of '74
Movie • 1972
Dave
Ladies Courageous
Movie • 1944
Maj. Tommy Harper
The Parson of Panamint
Movie • 1941
Rev. Philip Pharo
Money to Loan
Movie • 1939
MGM Crime Reporter
Torpedo Boat
Movie • 1942
Tommy Whelan
Junior G-Men
Movie • 1940
Jim Bradford
Radio Hams
Movie • 1939
Copilot
The Dark Horse
Movie • 1946
George Kelly
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Constable Judson
The Explosive Generation
Movie • 1961
Mr. Carlyle
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie • 1947
Kenneth Magee
Man from God's Country
Movie • 1958
Sheriff
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie • 1952
Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Yellow Jack
Movie • 1938
Ferguson
Mannequin
Movie • 1938
Man Outside Stage Door (Uncredited)
Somewhat Secret
Movie • 1939
Atlantic City Emcee (uncredited)
New Roadways
Movie • 1939
Man in Photo (uncredited)
Boys Town
Movie • 1938
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Bataan
Movie • 1943
Matthew Hardy
Duel Personalities
Movie • 1939
Hypnotist's Assistant (uncredited)
Joaquin Murrieta
Movie • 1938
California Ranger (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
Anaesthesia
Movie • 1938
P.A. Wilhite (uncredited)
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Movie • 1966
Base Medical Officer
Culinary Carving
Movie • 1939
Those Were the Days!
Movie • 1940
Ransom
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
MIke Lamson
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Peter Heywood
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Lassie
TV • 1954
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Lewis Clinton
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Phillip Tennant
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
Maverick
TV • 1957
Chick Braus
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Mr. Burr
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Robert Doniger
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Lawrence Kent
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Latham Reed
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Rolf Thorsen
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Landon