Phillip Terry

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Phillip Terry , born Frederick Henry Korman (born March 7, 1909 in San Francisco , California - † February 23, 1993 in Santa Barbara , California) was an American actor of German descent .

Life

Phillip Terry was born under the name Frederick Henry Korman, his parents were the German immigrants Frederick Andrew Kormann (1883-1948) and Ida Ruth Voll (1883-1954). The father of the family worked as a chemical engineer on oil fields - because these were constantly changing, the family also had to move frequently from one place to another. In order to get a decent education, Terry lived with relatives in New Jersey for several years . After graduating from high school there, he returned to live with his parents. For some time, like his father, he was employed in various jobs on oil fields. Eventually he attended Stanford University , where he discovered American football as well as his interest in theater. He became an actor, initially largely unsuccessful in New York City , then in London . In London he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because he believed that a British accent would help his acting career - it didn't help, on the contrary, the accent was broken off in Hollywood.

Terry ultimately returned to his native California, where he spoke on a series of radio plays for CBS in Hollywood . The film industry was not far away and so Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer discovered him . After successful test recordings, he received one of the usual studio contracts at the time . Terry had his first appearance mentioned in the credits in 1937 in the film Sea Cadets alongside Robert Young and James Stewart , but he could not assert himself at MGM and was mostly limited to small supporting roles. Terry only got bigger roles at Paramount Pictures in the early 1940s and was able to establish himself as a supporting actor. At Paramount he starred in films of varying quality, including now almost forgotten films such as Music in Manhattan (1944) and Pan-Americana (1945). The highlights of his film career included his appearance as the brother of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's drama The Lost Weekend (1945) and in Mutterherz (1946) as Alex Pierson, who was in love with Olivia de Havilland .

When his career peaked in the late 1940s, Terry began working as a real estate agent and made his fortune in the industry. Nonetheless, Terry repeatedly took on roles in film and television until the mid-1970s, for example in the trashy horror film The Leech Woman (1960) with Grant Williams . Between 1937 and 1974 she made a total of almost 110 film and television appearances.

Phillip Terry had a pilot's license, but was not allowed to participate in World War II, partly because of his severe nearsightedness. At times he also owned a large collection of miniature trains. In 1942 he met the film star Joan Crawford , just six weeks later - on July 21, 1942 - they married. The couple adopted a child named Phillip Terry Junior , who was renamed by Joan to Christopher Crawford after they divorced in 1946. Terry's second marriage to Helen Murphy between 1949 and 1954 also ended in divorce. In 1973 he married Rosalind L. Kaufman, a third marriage, which lasted until his death. In the last years of his life he suffered from the consequences of a number of heart attacks. In 1993 he died of pneumonia at the age of 83.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Phillip Tery at Rotten Tomatoes
personal data
SURNAME Terry, Phillip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korman, Frederick Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1993
Place of death Santa Barbara , California