Kerwin Mathews

Acting

Kerwin Mathews

Born 1926-01-08 · Seattle, Washington, USA

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.

Acting credits

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad poster
6.9

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.

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

1958

Jack the Giant Killer poster
6.6

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.

Jack the Giant Killer

1962

Maniac poster
6.2

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.

Maniac

1963

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver poster
6.6

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.

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

1960

Barquero poster
6.2

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.

Barquero

1970

Tarawa Beachhead poster
6.6

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.

Tarawa Beachhead

1958

5 Against the House poster
5.9

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

5 Against the House

1955

The Garment Jungle poster
6.5

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.

The Garment Jungle

1957

The Pirates of Blood River poster
6.2

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 Pirates of Blood River

1962

The Devil at 4 O'Clock poster
6.3

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.

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961

Man on a String poster
6.6

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

Man on a String

1960

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf poster
5.8

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 Boy Who Cried Werewolf

1973

Ghostbreakers poster
4.5

A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.

Ghostbreakers

1967

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok poster
7.7

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.

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok

1964

OSS 117 Is Unleashed poster
6.1

An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.

OSS 117 Is Unleashed

1963

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me poster
9.0

Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me

1983

Octaman poster
3.7

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…

Octaman

1971

Nightmare in Blood poster
6.3

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.

Nightmare in Blood

1978

The Killer Likes Candy poster
5.3

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.

The Killer Likes Candy

1968

Death Takes a Holiday poster
4.9

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.

Death Takes a Holiday

1971

The Warrior Empress poster
6.0

The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.

The Warrior Empress

1960

The Last Blitzkrieg poster
6.0

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 Last Blitzkrieg

1959

The Waltz King poster
9.0

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.

The Waltz King

1964

Battle Beneath the Earth poster
4.8

Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.

Battle Beneath the Earth

1967