Kerr was born in
Burlington, Connecticut on October 9, 1892, to Milton Royce Kerr and Francis Perry Kerr. His father was a
Protestant minister that preached across the
East Coast. His family immigrated from
Scotland to
New York State before moving to Connecticut. He spent much of his early life around the
Cape Cod area of
Massachusetts. Fascinated by show business from an early age, Kerr would work for the circus whenever it came around town. He attended college in
Carthage, Illinois. After graduation, he joined several circus troops and traveled across the United States and
Canada, serving as a stand-up comedian for one of them. He married his first wife, Elsie Helen Olchvary, on January 9, 1914. He served in
World War I and was stationed in
France from 1918 to 1919. He married his second wife, Katheryn S. Allison in 1922. He moved to
Porterville, California in 1942. He died at a hotel in Porterville where he was a tenent at from a
heart attack. He is buried at the Home of Peace
cemetery in Porterville. ==Film career==