Phillip Terry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 7, 1909
- Died
- Feb 23, 1993 (aged 83)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Credits
- 71
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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.
Known for
The Lost Weekend
1945Movie
Wick Birnam
Perry Mason
1957TV
Peter Heywood, Robert Doniger, Lawrence Kent, Latham Reed, Rolf Thorsen
Boys Town
1938Movie
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Born to Kill
1947Movie
Fred Grover
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952Movie
Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Lassie
1954TV
John Myles
Filmography
Police Woman
1974TV
Landon
Class of '74
1972Movie
Dave
The Mod Squad
1968TV
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
1966Movie
Base Medical Officer
Felony Squad
1966TV
Mr. Novak
1963TV
Lewis Clinton, Mr. Burr
The Explosive Generation
1961Movie
Mr. Carlyle
The Leech Woman
1960Movie
Dr. Paul Talbot
Johnny Midnight
1960TV
Hawaiian Eye
1959TV
Philip Marlowe
1959TV
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
MIke Lamson
Money, Women and Guns
1958Movie
Damian Bard
Man from God's Country
1958Movie
Sheriff
Maverick
1957TV
Chick Braus
Perry Mason
1957TV
Peter Heywood, Robert Doniger, Lawrence Kent, Latham Reed, Rolf Thorsen
Wire Service
1956TV
Phillip Tennant
Lassie
1954TV
John Myles
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952Movie
Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947Movie
Kenneth Magee
Born to Kill
1947Movie
Fred Grover
Beat the Band
1947Movie
Damon Dillingham
The Dark Horse
1946Movie
George Kelly
To Each His Own
1946Movie
Alex Piersen
The Lost Weekend
1945Movie
Wick Birnam
George White's Scandals
1945Movie
Tom McGrath
Pan-Americana
1945Movie
Dan Jordan
Double Exposure
1944Movie
Ben Scribner
Music in Manhattan
1944Movie
Johnny Pearson
Ladies Courageous
1944Movie
Maj. Tommy Harper
Bataan
1943Movie
Matthew Hardy
Wake Island
1942Movie
Sweater Girl
1942Movie
Prof. Martin Lawrence
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942Movie
Cory Cortwright
Torpedo Boat
1942Movie
Tommy Whelan
Gangs Of The City
1941Movie
Bill Raymond
The Parson of Panamint
1941Movie
Rev. Philip Pharo
The Monster and the Girl
1941Movie
Scot Webster
Junior G-Men
1940Movie
Jim Bradford
North West Mounted Police
1940Movie
Constable Judson
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
1940Movie
Bill Harding
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
1940Movie
Jim Bradford
Those Were the Days!
1940Movie
Ransom
Balalaika
1939Movie
Lieutenant Smirnoff
Fast and Furious
1939Movie
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
1939Movie
Magic Show Master of Ceremonies
On Borrowed Time
1939Movie
Bill Lowry
Culinary Carving
1939Movie
Tell No Tales
1939Movie
Man on Stage (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
1939Movie
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Radio Hams
1939Movie
Copilot
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939Movie
Bates
Somewhat Secret
1939Movie
Atlantic City Emcee (uncredited)
Money to Loan
1939Movie
MGM Crime Reporter
Duel Personalities
1939Movie
Hypnotist's Assistant (uncredited)
Honolulu
1939Movie
Nightclub Bandleader (uncredited)
New Roadways
1939Movie
Man in Photo (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
1939Movie
Dr. Sidney
Spring Madness
1938Movie
Dartmouth College Student
Young Dr. Kildare
1938Movie
Dr. Vickery (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
1938Movie
San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)
Boys Town
1938Movie
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938Movie
Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
Anaesthesia
1938Movie
P.A. Wilhite (uncredited)
Joaquin Murrieta
1938Movie
California Ranger (uncredited)
Yellow Jack
1938Movie
Ferguson
Hold That Kiss
1938Movie
Ted Evans
Mannequin
1938Movie
Man Outside Stage Door (Uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
1938Movie
Club 44 Radio Man (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
1937Movie
Pilot (uncredited)
Navy Blue and Gold
1937Movie
Kelly