Brian Kerwin

Chicago-born actor Brian Kerwin's film appearances have been more plentiful on the small screen than on the large. Kerwin has been costarred on such TV movies as Bluegrass (1983), A Real American Hero (1978), The Challenger (1990) (as doomed astronaut Capt. Michael Smith) and Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992). He also had regular roles on the TV series The Chisholms (1979), and on Lobo (1980), playing the handsomer of Sheriff Claude Akins' two deputies. In addition, Brian Kerwin played Michelle Pfeiffer's married lover in the 1987 PBS adaptation of John O'Hara's Natica Jackson. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide