Jerome Courtland

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Jerome Courtland , actually Courtland Jourolmon (born December 27, 1926 in Knoxville , Tennessee , † March 1, 2012 in Santa Clarita , California ) was an American film director , producer and actor . He was best known for his work for Walt Disney Productions in the 1970s.

Life and acting career

Courtland Jourolmon attended Knoxville High School in his hometown.

At the age of 17 he got a multi-year contract with Columbia Pictures and called himself Jerome Courtland as an actor in Hollywood films. He made his screen debut in 1944 in the directed by Charles Vidor comedy Model Against Will ( Together Again ) with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer . For this he got good reviews. The main male role followed in kisses and didn't hide anything from me! ( Kiss and Tell , 1945) alongside former child star Shirley Temple , directed by Richard Wallace . He then did his military service, which fell into the final phase of World War II . In 1947 he returned to Hollywood and got the lead roles in Make Believe Ballroom (1949) and When You're Smiling (1950) - both directed by Joseph Santley - and in The Palomino (1950) directed by Ray Nazarro .

He played major roles in addition to the Western The Man from Colorado ( The Man from Colorado , 1947) by Henry Levin and Randolph Scott -Vehikeln Quicksand (1949) - an early film by John Sturges - and Invisible Adversaries (1951) of Irving Pichel . The 1.93 meter tall Jerome Courtland also appeared in comedies such as Die Männerfeindin (1950) with Rosalind Russell , Ray Milland and Edmund Gwenn . In 1951 he appeared on Broadway alongside the puppets by Bil Baird ( Bil Baird's Marionettes ) in the musical Flahooley with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by EY Harburg . During his film work he was occasionally heard as a singer.

Jerome Courtland had other roles in the war films Kesselschlacht ( Battleground , 1949), directed by William A. Wellman and in the Richard Brooks- directed Jump Up, March, March ! ( Take the High Ground ! , 1953).

After that, however, Courtland, like many Hollywood stars, found himself increasingly forced to work for the emerging television. Walt Disney finally gave him the leading role of "Andy Burnett" in the 1957/1958 broadcast seven-part Disneyland miniseries The Saga of Andy Burnett , which was to build on the great success of Davy Crockett , but did not succeed. Courtland also appeared for the Disney studios in the western They called him Komantsche ( Tonka , 1958) and took on the role of narrator in the animated film Noah’s Ark (1959). In a similar form, he was involved in the Disneyland television film Rusty and the Falcon (1958). However, this did not result in long-term contracts with the studio.

From the late 1950s, Jerome Courtland worked in mainland Europe for a few years. He took on the leading role of Leif Eriksson in the TV series Tales of the Vikings , which was filmed in Germany in the wake of the movie Die Wikinger ( The Vikings , 1958) and broadcast in 1959/1960. As a result, Courtland also appeared in two German musical comedies: In O sole mio (1960), he played the leading role alongside Senta Berger alongside well-known German comedians such as Trude Herr and Gunther Philipp , and in Café Oriental (1962), in Courtland Elke Sommer also sang two songs himself, was his film partner. Trude Herr was also there, supported by Bill Ramsey . He also had a leading role in the Franco-Italian pirate film Piratenkapitän Mary ( Le avventure di Mary Read ), directed by Umberto Lenzi in 1961 .

While US colleagues such as Steve Reeves , Clint Eastwood or Lee van Cleef achieved their breakthrough as international stars via Europe, Jerome Courtland did not succeed and he returned to the USA. The films Black Spurs (Black Spurs) and The Restless Ones , released in 1965, were his last appearances in front of the camera for many years.

Producer and director

Jerome Courtland decided to go behind the camera and try his hand at producing and directing. In order to learn the production trade, he worked again for the Disney Studios, where he worked as assistant to the producer on the Disneyland series Gallegher Goes West and the film Forty Daredevils ( Follow Me, Boys!, 1966) in 1966/1967 . He then left the studio for a few years to direct for the Screen Gems production company from 1968 to 1970 in ten episodes of the television series The Flying Nun with Sally Field in the title role and to produce the television film Gidget Grows Up (1969).

From 1972, his real career began at Walt Disney Studios, which lasted a good decade. His best-known directorial works are the animal film Die Flucht des Pumas ( Run, Cougar, Run , 1972) and the television film Snow above the Clouds ( The Sky Trap , 1979), which - rather unusual for a Disney film of the time - deals with the The subject of drug smuggling . His most successful films as a producer turned out to be Die Flucht zum Hexenberg ( Escape to Witch Mountain , 1975) and its sequel Der Sieg der Sternenkinder ( Return from Witch Mountain , 1978) as well as the fantasy musical Elliot directed by Don Chaffey , the Smirking Monster ( Pete's Dragon , 1977). With Chaffey Courtland had already in 1975 at the literature My Wild Pony (Ride a Wild Pony) and 1977 Born to Run worked, both in Australia were filmed. After the two films produced by him and released in 1981, The Devil with Max ( The Devil and Max Devlin ) and Amy - The Hour of Truth ( Amy ) ended his work at Disney Studios.

Courtland then switched to television as a director and staged numerous episodes of such successful soap operas as The Denver Clan (Dynasty) , Falcon Crest (Falcon Crest) and Under the California Sun (Knots Landing) . In the latter series he appeared again in a supporting role in front of the camera in 1992, before he retired in 1993.

Private life

From 1954 to 1955, Jerome Courtland was briefly married to his fellow actor Polly Bergen, who was also from Knoxville .

Filmography

actor

  • 1944: Model Against Will (Together Again)
  • 1945: kisses and don't hide anything from me! (Kiss and tell)
  • 1948: The Man from Colorado (The Man from Colorado)
  • 1949: Quicksand (The Walking Hills)
  • 1949: Tokio-Joe (Tokyo Joe)
  • 1949: Kesselschlacht (Battleground)
  • 1950: A Woman of Distinction
  • 1950: The Palomino
  • 1950: When You're Smiling
  • 1951: Invisible Adversaries (Santa Fe)
  • 1951: Border Police in Texas (The Texas Rangers)
  • 1951: Sunny Side of the Street
  • 1951: Florida wreckers (The Barefoot Mailman)
  • 1952: Two gringos ride west; also: Two clean up (Cripple Creek)
  • 1953: Jump up, march, march! (Take the High Ground!)
  • 1954: The Bamboo Prison
  • 1957–1958: Disneyland: The Saga of Andy Burnett (TV series, seven episodes)
  • 1958: They called him Komantsche (Tonka)
  • 1959: Noah's Ark (speaking role)
  • 1959–1960: Tales of the Vikings (TV series)
  • 1960: O sole mio
  • 1961: Pirate Captain Mary (Le avventure di Mary Read)
  • 1962: Café Oriental
  • 1962: Tharus, son of Attila (Tharus figlio di Attila)
  • 1965: Black spores (Black Spurs)
  • 1965: The Restless Ones
  • 1992: Under the California Sun (Knots Landing) (TV series, two episodes)

Director

producer

  • 1969: Gidget Grows Up (TV movie)
  • 1972: Movin 'On (TV movie)
  • 1974: Hog Wild - co-producer (TV movie)
  • 1975: Escape to Witch Mountain (Escape to Witch Mountain)
  • 1975: Ride a Wild Pony
  • 1977: Harness Fever; also: Born to Run (TV movie)
  • 1977: Elliot, the Schmunzelmonster (Pete's Dragon) - co-producer
  • 1978: The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance (TV movie)
  • 1978: The Victory of the Star Children (Return from Witch Mountain)
  • 1978: The Young Runaways (TV movie)
  • 1979: Snow above the Clouds (The Sky Trap) (TV movie)
  • 1980: The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (TV movie)
  • 1981: To hell with Max (The Devil and Max Devlin)
  • 1981: Amy - The Moment of Truth (Amy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Shearer: Famous alumni from Knoxville High School ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.knoxnews.com on the Knoxville News Sentinel on May 28, 2010; Retrieved September 12, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.knoxnews.com
  2. ↑ Gay Lyons: KHS's 100th birthday party a 'Sentimental Journey'. ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at knoxnews.com on the Knoxville News Sentinel. dated July 18, 2010; Retrieved September 12, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.knoxnews.com
  3. ↑ Short biography in the All Movie Guide ; Retrieved September 12, 2010
  4. ↑ Specification of the imdb ; Retrieved September 12, 2010
  5. ^ Flahooley in the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) ; Retrieved September 13, 2010
  6. ↑ Information on the number of episodes according to imdb ; Retrieved September 12, 2010
  7. ↑ This short biography contains inaccuracies
personal data
SURNAME Courtland, Jerome
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jourolmon, Courtland (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, film producer, and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Knoxville , Tennessee, United States
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 2012
Place of death Santa Clarita , California, United States