Phillip Terry

Born: 1909-03-07

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.


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The Lost Weekend

as Wick Birnam
Released: 1945-11-29

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the...

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It's a Wonderful World

as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-19

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he...

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Deadline - U.S.A.

as Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Released: 1952-03-14

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.

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Born to Kill

as Fred Grover
Released: 1947-04-30

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by...

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Boys Town

as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1938-09-08

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of...

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Marie Antoinette

as Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-26

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...

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The Monster and the Girl

as Scot Webster
Released: 1941-02-28

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an...

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Bataan

as Matthew Hardy
Released: 1943-06-03

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a...

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North West Mounted Police

as Constable Judson
Released: 1940-10-22

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him)...

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Mannequin

as Man Outside Stage Door (Uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-21

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only...

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On Borrowed Time

as Bill Lowry
Released: 1939-07-07

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather...

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Man from God's Country

as Sheriff
Released: 1958-02-09

Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt...

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Wake Island

as uncredited
Released: 1942-08-11

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries...

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To Each His Own

as Alex Piersen
Released: 1946-03-12

During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant...

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The Explosive Generation

as Mr. Carlyle
Released: 1961-10-19

Peter Gifford is a likable, dedicated schoolteacher that teaches a senior life skills class....

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The Leech Woman

as Dr. Paul Talbot
Released: 1960-05-01

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa...

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Miracles for Sale

as Magic Show Master of Ceremonies
Released: 1939-08-10

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

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Fast and Furious

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-06

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...

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Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Kenneth Magee
Released: 1947-06-05

Writer Kenneth Magee has bet that he can finish a story at rural resort Baldpate Inn, now closed...

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Love Is a Headache

as Club 44 Radio Man (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-14

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some...

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Fugitive from a Prison Camp

as Bill Harding
Released: 1940-10-05

Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into...

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Four Girls in White

as Dr. Sidney
Released: 1939-01-27

Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there....

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You're Only Young Once

as Pilot (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-10

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

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Calling Dr. Kildare

as Bates
Released: 1939-04-28

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare...

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Beat the Band

as Damon Dillingham
Released: 1947-02-19

Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.

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Tell No Tales

as Man on Stage (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-12

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could...

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Vickery (uncredited)
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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Money, Women and Guns

as Damian Bard
Released: 1958-10-01

Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by...

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Junior G-Men

as Jim Bradford
Released: 1940-11-01

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals,...

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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

as Base Medical Officer
Released: 1966-11-01

US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.

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Honolulu

as Nightclub Bandleader (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-03

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner...

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Navy Blue and Gold

as Kelly
Released: 1937-11-19

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

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Yellow Jack

as Ferguson
Released: 1938-05-19

A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or...

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Sweater Girl

as Prof. Martin Lawrence
Released: 1942-07-13

College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put...

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Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

as Jim Bradford
Released: 1940-10-01

The Dead End Kids smash a spy ring in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior...

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Double Exposure

as Ben Scribner
Released: 1944-12-18

In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is...

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Hold That Kiss

as Ted Evans
Released: 1938-05-13

Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely...

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George White's Scandals

as Tom McGrath
Released: 1945-10-09

Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.

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Pan-Americana

as Dan Jordan
Released: 1945-03-22

A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls.

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The Dark Horse

as George Kelly
Released: 1946-07-19

This 1946 film stars Phillip Terry as a war veteran, who is persuaded by machine politico Donald...

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Ladies Courageous

as Maj. Tommy Harper
Released: 1944-02-02

Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.

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Balalaika

as Lieutenant Smirnoff
Released: 1939-12-15

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...

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Torpedo Boat

as Tommy Whelan
Released: 1942-01-24

Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a...

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The Parson of Panamint

as Rev. Philip Pharo
Released: 1941-07-25

As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...

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Money to Loan

as MGM Crime Reporter
Released: 1939-03-11

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who...

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Class of '74

as Dave
Released: 1972-06-14

Four young modern women in college set out to explore all that life has to give with various new...

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Music in Manhattan

as Johnny Pearson
Released: 1944-10-06

Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it...

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Anaesthesia

as P.A. Wilhite (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-09

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

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Radio Hams

as Copilot
Released: 1939-05-19

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows...

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Are Husbands Necessary?

as Cory Cortwright
Released: 1942-06-15

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and...

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Spring Madness

as Dartmouth College Student
Released: 1938-11-11

Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to...

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Joaquin Murrieta

as California Ranger (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-11

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin...

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Perry Mason

as Peter Heywood
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Robert Doniger
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Lawrence Kent
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Latham Reed
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Rolf Thorsen
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Lassie

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-12

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy...

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Police Woman

as Landon
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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Maverick

as Chick Braus
First aired: 1957-09-22

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Felony Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western...

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77 Sunset Strip

as MIke Lamson
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Mr. Novak

as Lewis Clinton
First aired: 1963-09-24

Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which...

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Mr. Novak

as Mr. Burr
First aired: 1963-09-24

Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which...

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The Mod Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...

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Johnny Midnight

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-01-03

Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January...

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Wire Service

as Phillip Tennant
First aired: 1956-10-04

Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.

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Philip Marlowe

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-06

Philip Marlowe is a 1959-1960 half-hour ABC crime series, featuring Philip Carey as Marlowe, the...

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