Jerome Courtland(1926-2012)

Director
Actor
Producer

Corporal Brady (Brian Keith) an American soldier captured during the Korean War, is taken to a POW camp. There he meets Sergeant Rand (Robert Francis) a prisoner who is cooperating with the North Koreans. Brady is disgusted by these actions, but he soon discovers that Rand is actually an intelligence officer playing along to access important secrets. Rand also becomes close to Tanya Clanton (Dianne Foster), the wife of an American traitor, in order to exact information.

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The Bamboo Prison (1954)

Jerome Courtland was born on 27 December 1926 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Kiss and Tell (1945), Together Again (1944) and Pete's Dragon (1977). He was married to Marlene Juttner, Janet Rose Gumprecht and Polly Bergen. He died on 1 March 2012 in Santa Clarita Valley, California, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Known for

Kiss and Tell

6.5

Dexter Franklin

1945

Together Again

6.7

Gilbert Parker

1944

Pete's Dragon

6.3

Producer

1977

Make Believe Ballroom

6.8

Gene Thomas

1949

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Director

Knots Landing
7.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1988–1993
Falcon Crest
6.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1988–1990
Island Son
7.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1989–1990
Hotel
6.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1983–1987
The Colbys
6.0
TV Series
- Director
- 1985–1986
Dynasty
6.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1981–1986
The Love Boat
6.3
TV Series
- Director
- 1982–1986
Fantasy Island
6.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1982–1984
Matt Houston
6.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1982
The Magical World of Disney
8.4
TV Series
- Director
- 1973–1979
Hog Wild
7.7
TV Movie
- Director
- 1974
Diamonds on Wheels
6.4
TV Movie
- Director
- 1973
Run, Cougar, Run
5.8
- Director
- 1972
The Partridge Family
6.6
TV Series
- Director
- 1972
Nancy
6.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1970–1971

Actor

Knots Landing
7.0
TV Series
- Dr. Green
- 1992
Dear John
6.8
TV Series
- Frank
- 1991
L.A. Law
7.1
TV Series
- Professor Thomas Wadkins
- 1991
The Restless Ones
6.3
- Tim Reynolds
- 1965
Black Spurs
5.8
- Sam Grubbs
- 1965
The Virginian
7.6
TV Series
- Byron Prescott
- 1965
Death Valley Days
7.5
TV Series
- William Byers
- 1965
Tharus figlio di Attila
4.3
- Tharus
- 1962
Café Oriental
5.3
- Michael
- 1962
Queen of the Seas
5.5
- Peter Goodwin
- 1961
The Gillmen
TV Movie
- Captain Ben Brady
- 1960
O sole mio
4.8
- Teddy Hill
- 1960
Tales of the Vikings
8.0
TV Series
- Leif
- Leif Ericson
- Leif Erikson
- 1959–1960
Noah's Ark
6.2
Short
- Narrator (voice)
- 1959
Tonka
6.2
- Lt. Henry Nowlan
- 1958

Producer

Amy-on-the-Lips
Video
- producer (uncredited)
- 1982
Amy
6.4
- producer (produced by)
- 1981
The Devil and Max Devlin
5.0
- producer
- 1981
The Magical World of Disney
8.4
TV Series
- producer
- co-producer
- 1974–1980
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
5.6
TV Movie
- producer (produced by)
- 1980
Return from Witch Mountain
5.7
- producer
- 1978
The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
7.8
TV Movie
- producer
- 1978
Pete's Dragon
6.3
- producer
- 1977
Harness Fever
6.1
TV Movie
- producer
- 1977
Ride a Wild Pony
6.0
- producer
- 1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
6.3
- producer (produced by)
- 1975
Hog Wild
7.7
TV Movie
- co-producer
- 1974
Help, Inc.
TV Movie
- producer
- 1972
Movin' On
5.9
TV Movie
- producer
- 1972
Nancy
6.5
TV Series
- producer
- 1970–1971

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Alternative name
- Jerome C. Courtland
Height
- 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
Born
- December 27, 1926
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Died
- March 1, 2012
- Santa Clarita Valley, California, USA(heart disease)
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Talked into a screen test by Columbia director Charles Vidor and subsequently signed to a seven-year contract. Appeared as a gangling juvenile in several 1940's comedies, before wartime military service in the Pacific Theater. Continued to act after the war, initially on Broadway, then increasingly drawn towards television. Later switched to directing and producing for Disney, Screen Gems and Aaron Spelling Productions.