Acting
Kerwin Mathews
Born January 8, 1926 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Died July 5, 2007 · aged 81
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.
Known For
Tarawa Beachhead · 1958Tarawa Beachhead
★ 6.61958
MovieWarDrama
A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself facing a difficult dilemma in this provocative war drama.
Maniac · 1963Maniac
★ 6.21963
MovieCrimeMystery
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad · 1958The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
★ 6.91958
MovieActionAdventure
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.
Ghostbreakers · 1967Ghostbreakers
★ 4.51967
MovieTV MovieHorror
A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
The Waltz King · 1964The Waltz King
★ 9.01964
MovieMusicComedy
A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous father’s displeasure when he tries his hand at composing. But he eventually proves to his father and the world that he is a fine musician.
Nightmare in Blood · 1978Nightmare in Blood
★ 6.01978
MovieComedyHorror
Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.
5 Against the House · 19555 Against the House
★ 5.91955
MovieCrimeDrama
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Jack the Giant Killer · 1962Jack the Giant Killer
★ 6.61962
MovieAdventureFantasy
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.
Movies
Tarawa Beachhead · 1958Tarawa Beachhead
★ 6.61958
MovieWarDrama
A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself facing a difficult dilemma in this provocative war drama.
Maniac · 1963Maniac
★ 6.21963
MovieCrimeMystery
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad · 1958The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
★ 6.91958
MovieActionAdventure
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.
Ghostbreakers · 1967Ghostbreakers
★ 4.51967
MovieTV MovieHorror
A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
The Waltz King · 1964The Waltz King
★ 9.01964
MovieMusicComedy
A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous father’s displeasure when he tries his hand at composing. But he eventually proves to his father and the world that he is a fine musician.
Nightmare in Blood · 1978Nightmare in Blood
★ 6.01978
MovieComedyHorror
Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.
5 Against the House · 19555 Against the House
★ 5.91955
MovieCrimeDrama
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Jack the Giant Killer · 1962Jack the Giant Killer
★ 6.61962
MovieAdventureFantasy
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 3 Worlds of Gulliver · 1960The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
★ 6.61960
MovieMusicAdventure
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.
OSS 117 Is Unleashed · 1963OSS 117 Is Unleashed
★ 6.11963
MovieActionCrime
An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
The Garment Jungle · 1957The Garment Jungle
★ 6.51957
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Man on a String · 1960Man on a String
★ 6.61960
MovieCrimeDrama
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
Barquero · 1970Barquero
★ 6.21970
MovieWestern
Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.
OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok · 1964OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
★ 7.71964
MovieActionCrime
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.
A Boy... A Girl · 1969A Boy... A Girl
★ 4.01969
MovieDrama
A teenage girl reunites with her estranged young boyfriend following an affair with a much older man.
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me · 1983Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
★ 9.01983
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.
The Devil at 4 O'Clock · 1961The Devil at 4 O'Clock
★ 6.41961
MovieAdventureDrama
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.
Octaman · 1971Octaman
★ 3.71971
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A scientific team in Mexico discover a pool of unusual baby "octopus-like" specimens. Gathering a few for analysis back at the lab, it is soon discovered that the critters belong to a gangly six-foot half man/half octopus-like creature, that's pretty angry and wants her 'babies' returned…
The Last Blitzkrieg · 1959The Last Blitzkrieg
★ 5.61959
MovieWarDrama
The fanatical son of a Nazi General leads a squad of German commandos, disguised as American Troops, behind the lines in order to sabotage the Allied Forces.
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf · 1973The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
★ 5.81973
MovieHorrorMystery
Little Richie Bridgestone goes to spend the weekend with his father at his secluded mountain cabin, and witnesses his father being attacked by 'a creature' that the boy recognizes as a werewolf. He tries to convince his mother and his therapist that his father is now a werewolf.
The Pirates of Blood River · 1962The Pirates of Blood River
★ 6.21962
MovieAdventureAction
A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
The Warrior Empress · 1960The Warrior Empress
★ 6.01960
MovieHistoryAdventure
The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.
Battle Beneath the Earth · 1967Battle Beneath the Earth
★ 4.81967
MovieScience FictionThriller
Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.
The Killer Likes Candy · 1968The Killer Likes Candy
★ 5.31968
MovieActionThriller
Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiristan. Snell's sole weakness is his sweet tooth; he leaves candy wrappers at the scene of his every crime. It's up to no-nonsense CIA agent Mark Stone to find Snell and stop him before it's too late.
TV Shows
Ironside · 1967Ironside
★ 6.91967
SeriesCrimeDrama
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.
Matinee Theater · 1955Matinee Theater
★ 5.31955
SeriesDrama
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets.
Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled:
When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
The World of Hammer · 1994The World of Hammer
★ 6.81994
SeriesDocumentary
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.