page_title: John Kerr (actor)
hierarchical_section_title: John Kerr (actor)
caption_attribution_description: English: John Kerr in 1957
context_page_description: John Grinham Kerr was an American actor and attorney. He began his professional career on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for his performances in Mary Coyle Chase's Bernardine and Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, before transitioning into a screen career. He reprised his role in the film version of Tea and Sympathy, which won him a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and portrayed Joseph Cable in the Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical South Pacific. He subsequently appeared in number of television series, including a starring role on the primetime soap opera Peyton Place.
  In the 1970s, he largely moved away from acting to become a lawyer, making a few small cameos in Canadian-produced films like The Silent Partner and The Amateur. He operated a legal practice in Beverly Hills until 2000, when he retired from the profession.
context_section_description: John Grinham Kerr (November 15, 1931 – February 2, 2013) was an American actor and attorney. He began his professional career on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for his performances in Mary Coyle Chase's Bernardine and Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, before transitioning into a screen career. He reprised his role in the film version of Tea and Sympathy, which won him a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and portrayed Joseph Cable in the Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musical South Pacific. He subsequently appeared in number of television series, including a starring role on the primetime soap opera Peyton Place.
  In the 1970s, he largely moved away from acting to become a lawyer, making a few small cameos in Canadian-produced films like  The Silent Partner and The Amateur. He operated a legal practice in Beverly Hills until 2000, when he retired from the profession.
caption: Kerr in 1957
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