Steve Terrell

Steve Terrell
Advertisement for Dragstrip Girl (1957) with Terrell
Born1929 or 1930 (age 96–97)
La Jolla, California, U.S.
EducationPasadena Playhouse School of Theater
OccupationActor
Years active1952–1965

Steven Terrell (born 1929 or 1930) is an American actor who worked extensively on American films and television series in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for his association with American International Pictures for whom he made Invasion of the Saucer Men and Runaway Daughters.

Biography

Born in La Jolla, California, Terrell attended Burbank High School and the Pasadena Playhouse School of Theater.

He played Grove Nichols in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Blushing Pearls" and as Nick Lacy in the Ripcord episode "Willie".[citation needed] He also appeared as Warren Thomas White in the 1954 Dragnet episode "The Big Winchester".

Terrell and his wife Else Terrell later started a theatre troupe that came out of Minnesota and moved to San Diego in 1971 called "Lamb's Players Theatre" which still exists as of January 2022. This company has been in residence in Coronado, California as a regional theatre since 1994.[citation needed] Steve and Else left the company in 1981.[citation needed]

Also appeared in the TV series The Restless Gun appearing as the title role in the episode "The Nowhere Kid".[citation needed] In 1957 he portrayed “Billy Baxter” on the TV series Gunsmoke in “Who Lives By The Sword” (S2E34), and again in 1960 as “Jerry Everly” in “Jailbait Janet” (S5E25).[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 "TV Actor Likes Home Roles". Valley Times. August 31, 1957. p. 31. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Steve Terrell". TCM. Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Steven Terrell New Clarence Day, Jr.". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. January 10, 1954. p. 71. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ Lamb's Players