Lance Kerwin was an American actor, known primarily for roles in television and film during his childhood and teen years in the 1970s. He played lead roles in the TV series James at 15, and the made-for-TV films "The Loneliest Runner" and "Salem's Lot".

He continued acting through the 1980s and into 1990s. He appeared in the 1985 science fiction movie “Enemy Mine” and the 1995 thriller “Outbreak,” about a deadly plague.

By 1999, Lance Kerwin was struggling with drug abuse and said during an interview while he was in a rehabilitation center in Perris, California the following:

“I’ve been struggling with the sin of drug use for a long time, I’ve gotten in years of abstinence. The last time I found myself turning to drugs again, I came here to restore my walk with the Lord.”

After that, Lance Kerwin helped run the rehabilitation program U-Turn for Christ and was a youth pastor there for several years.

He was constantly trying to help people who were struggling to find God or become sober. That was his focus for the rest of his life.

Lance Kerwin is now at peace “In Heaven with the Stars.”