Kerwin Mathews
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kerwin Mathews (January 8, 1926 – July 5, 2007) was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jack the Giant Killer (1962). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerwin Mathews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: January 8, 1926
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
Known For
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.
OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Ironside
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.
Jack the Giant Killer
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
The World of Hammer
The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is narrated by English actor and frequent Hammer collaborator Oliver Reed.
The Garment Jungle
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
Investigator Jonathon Fletcher and his assistant Sajeed Rau investigate an apparently haunted mansion at the request of the woman who has inherited it.
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Prince Zaroff
as Robert Bridgestone
as Dr. Rick Torres
as Senator Earl Chapman, Jr.
as Marquette
as Jonathan Fletcher
as Mr Christian
as Mark
as Cmdr. Jonathan Shaw
as Dr. Barnaby Cross
as Clint de la Roche, the Viscount
as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117 / Tony Burt
as Johann Strauss (Sohn)
as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117
as Paul Farrell
as Jack
as Jonathon Standing
as Father Joseph Perreau
as Dr. Lemuel Gulliver
as Phaon
as Bob Avery
as Wilitz
as Sinbad
as Sgt. Thomas A. 'Tom' Sloan
as Alan Mitchell
as Clay Farrell
as Ronnie