The tv business has misplaced a lifelong expertise.

Lance Kerwin, who rose to stardom within the ’70s for exhibits akin to Salem’s Lot and James at 15, died on Jan. 24, his agent John Boitano confirmed to E! Information. He was 62. No explanation for dying has been revealed.

“I’ve labored with Lance for 2 years, he was an clever, humorous and compassionate individual,” Boitano stated in an announcement. “He was wanting ahead to resuming his performing profession, he not too long ago had a job within the The Wind and the Reckoning, I loved our time collectively and thought of him a pal in addition to shopper. I’ll miss him.”

Kerwin emerged on the scene as a baby actor, showing in a number of tv collection together with Little Home on the Prairie, The Household Holvak and Surprise Lady.

He starred in James at 15—later often known as James at 16 when the character turned 16—as titular character James Hunter, the son of a faculty professor with a ardour for pictures. Within the collection, James struggles with adjusting to his new life after his household strikes throughout the nation from Oregon to Massachusetts.