Kerwin Mathews

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Kerwin Mathews (January 8, 1926 – July 5, 2007) was an American actor.

Mathews was born in Seattle, Washington, USA. He attended Janesville High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended nearby Beloit College where he learned fencing. Before acting, he was briefly a high school teacher in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Mathews was best known for his roles in fantasy movies in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. He retired from acting in 1978.

He died in San Francisco on July 5, 2007 at the age of 81. He leaves behind his partner of 46 years, Tom Nicoll.

[edit] Filmography

• The escape of Mr Protrus (1954)
• Space Patrol (1954)
• 5 Against the House (1955)
• Charlie C company (1954)
• The Lady in the Wind (1955)
• Catch at Straws (1956)
• The Ford Television theatre (1954-1956,3 episodes)
• The Country Husband (1956)
• Playhouse 90 (1956)
• The Garment Jungle (1957)
• Show of Strength (1957)
• The Suicide Club (1958)
• Matinee Theatre (1957-1958,2 episodes)
• Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
• The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
• The Last Biltzkrieg (1959)
• The Obenaurf Story (1959)
• Goodyear Theatre (1959)
• Saffo, Venere de Lesbo( 1960)
• Man on a String (1960)
• The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
• The Devil at Four'O'clock (1961)
• Pirates of Bloodriver (1962)
• Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
• OSS 117 se' de'chaine (1963)
• Maniac (1963)
• The Waltz King (1963,2 episodes)
• Disneyland (1963,2 episodes)
• Panic in Bangkok (1964)
• Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
• The Viscount (1967)
• Ghostbrakers (1967)
• The Killer Likes Candy (1968)
• A Boy...a Girl (1969)
• Dead of the Night (1969)
• Barquero (1970)
• Octaman (1971)
• Death Takes a Holiday (1971)
• Achilles Heel (1972)
• Ironside (1972)
• The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
• Nightmare in Blood (1978)

[edit] External links

• IMDB:Kerwin Mathews
• meeker museum on Kerwin Mathews
• Films of Kerwin Mathews
• Kerwin Mathews