Joan Crawford's 3rd husband Phillip Terry

Which one is he in the photo?

I would have expected her to marry someone more studly. Must have had a big cock.

R2 - Yes, Joan certainly had several in the closet. Mostly double-sided.

Yes, I briefly re-named one of the Christopher children (there were several who we tried out for that part before I made the final casting decision) after, as I recall...

But somehow the name "Phillip Terry Jr" had an aura of mediocrity and failure about it...after Phillip Sr...well, let's just say he failed to meet my connubial expectations.

I would never burden a child of mine with a disadvantage like that.

But I do remember Phillip Terry vaguely....it was during the war, I believe.

Phillip Terry guest-starred on the Perry Mason TV show during the late 1950s and 60s quite a bit.

He was handsome even as an older actor...I wonder how he might have persuaded Raymond Burr to give him all those parts.

^ If they weren't fags when Joan married them...they were when she finished with them.

Oh dear, dear Bette, how lovely to hear from you!

I worry so about you, because you never seem to work or be invited out anymore.

And how are YOUR darling children, especially that adorable retarded one who looks so much like you!

“Phillip and I were in bed one night, and for fun, I yelled to Christina to bring mommy the axe. Phillip left hastily that night under cloak of darkness and I never knew why.”

Ah yes, that picture brings back the fondest of memories when Christina and I tried to teach Phillip how to read.

Phil Terry was hot and he had a big cock.

But it took a lot more than THAT to satisfy Joanie.

He exudes the fragrance of freshly baked cookies!

He's been forgotten for reasons which aren't well known to anyone.

Phil was about 6'1".

Joan was about 5'3' or 5'4".

But somehow Joan always towered over him.

He must have been huge to satisfy sizemologist Joan!

Did she prefer women?

Memories...misty watered-colored memories

It wasn't a very long marriage, but I'm sure I can remember something more about it.

I'm sure the studio approved of the marriage, but we married less than a year before I left MGM. The war was going on. I had already adopted Christina and I was on my second (or third) Christopher.

I may have been looking for stability and security with Phillip at that time, especially for my children.

You know, there's was nothing I wouldn't do for my children.

Just give me a little more time to think about it when I'm not so busy - I'm sure something will come back to me.

He sounds like he may have been like Lucy's Gary Morton:

[quote] The auburn-haired Academy Award winner told Superior Judge Myron Westover her husband, actor Phillip Terry, criticized her for her selection of stories in which she played....... The screen actress said she turned down “script after script that I felt I should have done” because of Terry’s objections. She said she read between 200 and 300 scripts a year.

Joan had certain needs, in addition to her physical ones. A big cock is nice, but if he's making you turn down scripts and not allowing you to entertain, there is only one solution. It's LA, you can always find another big cock, but a great script and the ability to host an impeccable garden party is quite rare.

[quote] Phil Terry was hot and he had a big cock.

Oh R10, tepid would be a compliment.

He was a B-movie type (often in bit parts) who spent most of his career doing doing guest shots on tv dramas. He also did some Grade-Z sc-ifi flicks ("Leech Women", "Navy and Night Monsters") in the 50s. He was probably a bit better known to the general public than Gary Morton (who was a Borscht belt obscurity), but the relative fame levels between him and Joan would have been similar to that of Lucy and Gary.

Joan was set to be cast as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate," but Phil and Gary talked her out of it.

R21 - Not quite. She threw a huge hissy fit when she found out they wanted her for the mother and not Elaine.

She was not one of his FAAAAANS!