
He attended Janesville High School, graduating in 1943. Mathews was born in Seattle, Washington and was two years old when he moved with his divorced mother to Janesville, Wisconsin. The renovated building now houses the Janesville Performing Arts Center. The City of Janesville subsequently renamed a one-block street adjacent to the former Janesville High School "Kerwin Mathews Court". He was survived by his partner of 46 years, Tom Nicoll. He died in his sleep in San Francisco on Jat the age of 81. He retired from acting in 1978 and moved to San Francisco, where he ran a clothing and antiques shop. Elisa_rolle Kerwin Mathews (Janu– 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).
