Phillip Terry
| Phillip Terry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Frederick Henry Kormann March 7, 1909 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 23, 1993 (aged 83) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1937–1974 |
| Spouse(s) |
Joan Crawford (m. 1942–1946; divorced) Helen Murphy (m. 1949–1954; divorced) Rosalind Lee (m. 1973–1993; his death) |
Phillip Terry (March 7, 1909 – February 23, 1993) was an American actor.
He was born Frederick Henry Kormann in San Francisco, California, the only child of German Americans, Frederick Andrew Kormann (1883–1948) and Ida Ruth Voll (1883–1954). His father was a chemical engineer in the oil fields who moved often. To ensure he receive a stable education, his parents sent him to live with relatives in New Jersey and attend school while they travelled.
He attended grade school in Glendale, California. (A 1945 newspaper item reported that Terry "had elementary education in various schools in the oil country around Texas and Oklahoma.") He attended Iona High School in New York and Sacred Heart College in San Francisco.
During the holidays, he would return to his parents in such places as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Burkburnett, Texas. When he completed high school, he rejoined them for good. He worked for a time in the oil fields as a roustabout, then a tool pusher and rig builder. When he was seventeen, they moved back to San Francisco.
He attended Stanford University, ("where he interested himself in theatricals and resolved to become an actor") and where he played football. He then became interested in theatre. After a brief stay in New York, he went to London, in 1933, where he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
After studying at the Royal Academy, he toured British provinces for four years doing stock theater. He went to Hollywood, California and took a job with CBS Radio, where he performed in a number of plays on the air, specializing in Shakespearean roles. In 1937, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent scout heard him in one of these broadcasts and arranged an interview. Terry made a screen test and was awarded a contract with the studio. Among his motion picture appearances, he had a bit part in the movie Mannequin starring Joan Crawford.
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