Bill Kerr

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-06-10 (92 years old)

Deathday

2014-08-28

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Bill Kerr

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   William Henry Kerr (10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a British and Australian film and television actor. He was born into a performing arts family in Cape Town, South Africa, but grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. He began working as a child actor in depression era Australia, taking his first major role in The Silence of Dean Maitland, one of Australia's first talking films. After serving in the Second World War, Kerr moved to England to further his acting career, and during the 1940s he was regularly featured in the BBC radio series Variety Bandbox. His trademark was his catch p...

Acting

1981

Gallipoli

as Jack

1982

The Pirate Movie

as Major General

1984

Razorback

as Jake Cullen

1984

Vigil

as Birdie

1963

1981

Save the Lady

as MacDuff

1987

Bushfire Moon

as Trevor Watson

2001

Let's Get Skase

as Mitchell Vendieks

1983

Dusty

as Tom Lincoln

1962

A Pair of Briefs

as Victor - Club Owner

1991

Sweet Talker

as 'Uncle' Cec

1984

The Settlement

as Kearney

1989

1959

1985

The Coca-Cola Kid

as T. George McDowell

1982

Deadline

as Willliam Ashby

1986

Platypus Cove

as Mr. Anderson

1933

Harmony Row

as Leonard

1976

1982

The Year of Living Dangerously

as Colonel Henderson

1963

Doctor in Distress

as Australian Sailor

1988

1975

Girls Come First

as Hugh Jampton

1956

Port of Escape

as Dinty Missouri

1953

2003

Peter Pan

as Fairy Guide

1955

The Dam Busters

as Flight Lieutenant H. B. Martin, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.

1986

1951

Penny Points to Paradise

as Digger Graves

1992

Over the Hill

as Maurice

1962

1987

The Lighthorsemen

as Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel

1957

The Shiralee

as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

1966

1983

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