![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: March 7, 1909 in San Francisco, CA Death: February 23, 1993 Biography:"Philip Terry" labored away as an oil-rig worker until enrolling at Stanford University, where the 6'1" San Franciscan distinguished himself on the football field. After college, Terry travelled to London to study acting, assuming that a British accent would automatically assure him good roles upon his return to America (it didn't). A nominal movie leading man at RKO and Paramount in the early 1940s, Terry managed to pick up a few good notices for his star turn in the 1941 western "The Parson of Panamint." The following year, Terry became the third husband of superstar "Joan Crawford" (he'd been a bit player in Crawford's 1937 vehicle "Mannequin," but was not formally introduced to the actress until four years later). A competent but bland screen presence, Terry tended to be overshadowed by his world-famous spouse. Though all reports indicate that the marriage was a happy one, Terry eventually chafed... Full Biography
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