John Kerr

John Kerr was born on Nov 15, 1931 in USA. John Kerr's big-screen debut came with Gaby directed by Curtis Bernhardt in 1956, strarring Gregory Y. Wendell. John Kerr is known for Der Rosenkavalier directed by Brian Large, Kiri Te Kanawa stars as The Marschallin and Anne Howells as Octavian. The most recent award John Kerr achieved is Golden Globes, USA. The upcoming new movie John Kerr plays is Der Rosenkavalier which will be released on Apr 01, 1994.

His father Geoffrey Kerr (b. 25 Jan 1895, London; d. 1971) and mother June Walker (b. 14 June 1904, New York City; d. 1966) were successful Broadway and, occasionally, film actors. He went into theatre as soon as he graduated from Harvard. He had an important role in the stage play "Bernadine" in 1952, and achieved real recognition for the sensitive lead part of Tom Robinson Lee in the 1953 stage production of "Tea and Sympathy", a role he recreated in the 1956 film version. Audiences found him touching in the tragic-hero role of Lieutenant Joe Cable in the 1958 musical South Pacific (1958). He became a practicing attorney but also made rare film/TV appearances.