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Acting

Bill Kerr

Born
Jun 10, 1922 · Aged 92
Died
Aug 28, 2014
Place of birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Gender
Male
Movie credits
46
TV credits
19
Also known as (2)
  • William Henry Kerr
  • Willie 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…