Jerome Courtland
| Jerome Courtland | |
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Courtland in Death Valley Days in 1967
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| Born |
December 27, 1926 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 2012 (aged 85) Santa Clarita Valley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1942–1993 |
| Spouse(s) |
Polly Bergen (1950-1955) (divorced) Janet Rose Gumprecht (1955-?) (divorced) 5 children Marlene Juttner (1984-2012) (his death) |
| Military career | |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Jerome Courtland (December 27, 1926 – March 1, 2012) was an American actor, director and producer. He acted in films in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and in television in the 1950s and 1960s. Courtland also appeared on Broadway in the musical, "Flahooley" in the early 1950s. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He directed and produced television series in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He served in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Jerome "Jerry" Courtland was born Courtland Jourolmon Jr. on December 27, 1926 in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 17, Courtland attended a Hollywood party with his mother, a professional singer. A chance meeting with director Charles Vidor led to a screen test at Columbia Pictures and a seven-year contract. His feature debut was in Vidor’s 1944 screwball comedy Together Again, before he joined the military, seeing service in the Pacific.
After the War, Courtland starred opposite Shirley Temple in Kiss and Tell, followed by a succession of more than a dozen films including The Man From Colorado (1948), Battleground (1949), The Palomino (1950), The Barefoot Mailman (1951), and Take the High Ground (1953). He was a licensed pilot and trained in stunt flying.
In 1951 Courtland starred on Broadway as the romantic lead in the very short-lived musical, "Flahooley" with Barbara Cook. Returning to California, he was frequently seen in guest roles on Westerns including The Rifleman, Death Valley Days and The Virginian.
In 1957, he starred in six episodes of ABC's Disneyland in the miniseries "The Saga of Andy Burnett", the story of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, man who comes west to the Rocky Mountains. The Burnett role was an attempt by Walt Disney to follow up on the success of the first television miniseries, Davy Crockett. In 1958, he guest starred in an episode of the television Western series The Rifleman. His voice was heard singing the title song during the credits in the movie Old Yeller. In 1959 he played the role of Army Lt. Henry Nowlan in the Disney film Tonka. Also that year he narrated the Disney short Noah's Ark, nominated for an Oscar the following year for Best Short Subject (Cartoon).
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