Kerwin Mathews

Kerwin Mathews
Date of Birth: 08 Jan 1926
Country: USA
Biography: Before there was a George Lucas and Harrison Ford running around creating special-effects excitement, there was a virile, boyishly handsome actor named Kerwin Mathews who was entertaining audiences battling a variety of creatures courtesy of pioneer special effects guru Ray Harryhausen.
Total Credits at Criticker: 22 (Actor)
Biography submitted by Dunstan-xxx and picture by Gauntlet
Titles you haven't rated - Actor (22)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
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. (imdb)
Man on a String
A spy thriller based on the true-life adventures of a real counter-spy Boris Morros... (IMDB Comments)
Jack the Giant Killer
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. Be assured Pendragon and his evil magic are far from done. (imdb)
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Octaman
A scientific expedition in Mexico discovers several unusual baby octopus specimens. When they capture several of the critters their half-man/half-octopus parent appears to terrorize the hapless scientists. (imdb)
+4
The Devil at 4 O\
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. (IMDb)
Barquero
The picture narrates as a renegade motley group (Warren Oates, Kerwin Matthews, Armando Sivestre) execute a massacre and they are robbing to the village's inhabitants. They flee but are stopped for a barge's proprietary(Lee Van Cleef) in the frontier on the river Grande. He only is helped for a mountain man (Forrest Tucker).The confrontation will be terrible and they will fight until the death. (imdb)
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Pirates of Blood River
In a village of Huguenot refugees, Jonathan Standish is exiled by his father to a nearby penal colony for his improper relationship with a married woman. This penal colony is then invaded by pirates who force Jonathan to lead them back to his village, convinced that it contains a great treasure. (imdb)
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me
Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen. (imdb)
Battle Beneath the Earth
A Chinese general goes berserk and has a system of tunnels made all the way from China to USA, under the Pacific Ocean! Wherever there is an important military base, he places atomic bombs... (imdb)
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
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 inhabited 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. (imdb)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Little Richie Bridgestone (whose parents are divorced) 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 spends the rest of the film trying to convince his mother, and his therapist that his father is now a werewolf. (imdb)
The Garment Jungle
A dress manufacturer brings in the mob to fight unionization. (TCM.com)
A Boy... a Girl
A boy and a girl, both 15, meet and fall in love. Shattered by his first encounter with death in a motorcycle race, the Boy makes love for the first time; he feels confused and seeks advice from an attractive older woman, who helps him explore his consciousness with LSD. Mr. Christian, a sympathetic and wealthy stable owner, offers the Girl his love along with the gift of a horse. (TCM)
Nightmare in Blood
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. (imdb)
Death Takes a Holiday
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. (imdb)
The Maniac
A man being lost in love with the owner of a lodging house would do anything to satisfy her wishes. In order to proof his love for her she makes him free a dangerous maniac from the psychiatric hospital. (imdb)
The Last Blitzkrieg
The son of a high-ranking Nazi official, Kroner is called upon to lead a dangerous mission in the waning days of the war. He and several other English-speaking Germans are dressed in American uniforms and ordered to infiltrate the Allied troops for sabotage purposes. Kroner does what is expected of him, though it is clear that he has become disillusioned with the "glories" of the Third Reich. (allrovi.com)
The Killer Likes Candy
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. (imdb)
A Darkness at Blaisedon
Investigator Jonathon Fletcher and his assistant Sajeed Rau investigate supernatural incidents that the local authorities either cannot or will not tackle. (imdb)
Tarawa Beachhead
A marine sergeant witnesses a captain kill one of their men at Guadalcanal to cover his own incompetence, and fears he won't be believed because of rank. He then finds the captain has had him assigned to his next command, plus is cosying up to the family of his victim.
Shadow of Evil
An American agent is killed in Bangkok while investigating suspicious virus outbreaks in south east Asia. Agent OSS 117 is sent to Thailand to unravel the mysteries behind the man called Dr. Sinn. (imdb)
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate. (themoviedb.org)