Jerome Courtland
Actor, TV Producer
1926 – 2012
Who was Jerome Courtland?
Jerome Courtland 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.
In 1951 Courtland starred on Broadway as the romantic lead in the very short-lived musical, "Flahooley" with Barbara Cook. 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.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1926
Knoxville - Also known as
- Jerry
- Courtland Jourolman Jr.
- Spouses
- Polly Bergen
(1950/04/15 - 1955/02/18) - Janet Rose Gumprecht
(1955/12/09 - ) - Marlene Juttner
(1984/11/25 - 2012/03/01)
- Polly Bergen
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 1, 2012
Santa Clarita Valley
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on July 23, 2013
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