Jerome Courtland

Courtland Jourolmon, Jr. was an American actor, singer, director, and producer, who worked on various projects for Disney ranging from his many talents, such as Tonka, Old Yeller, Follow Me, Boys!, Noah's Ark, Pete's Dragon, and the Disney anthology series, such as The Saga of Andy Burnett.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee; Courtland attended a Hollywood party with his mother, where he met director Charles Vidor. He got a screen test and obtained a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures and made his film debut was in the screwball comedy Together Again. After the film was completed, Courtland joined the military and was stationed in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he returned to acting where he would appear in films, like Kiss and Tell, The Man From Colorado, Battleground, The Palomino, Tokyo Joe, The Barefoot Mailman, Take the High Ground, Café Oriental, Sunny Side of the Street, The Texas Rangers, When You're Smiling, Tharus, Son of Attila, Santa Fe, Black Spurs, and The Restless Ones. His television acting credits included The Rifleman, Death Valley Days, The Virginian, Tales of the Vikings, The Millionaire, West Point, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, and L.A. Law. In 1951, Courtland starred on Broadway in the very short-lived musical Flahooley with Barbara Cook.
In the 1960s, Courtland quit acting and switched to producing and directing film and television productions, such as Screen Gems' The Flying Nun and Nancy, Lorimar Television's Falcon Crest and Knots Landing, and Aaron Spelling productions, like Dynasty, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel, Matt Houston, and The Colbys.
In 1997, he moved to the Chicago area, where for five years he taught acting and directing for the camera at Columbia College. He died of a heart disease in 2012.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1957 	Old Yeller 	Performer: "Old Yeller"
1957-1979	The Magical World of Disney 	Andy Burnett: "The Saga of Andy Burnett"Assistant to producer: "Gallegher Goes West"Producer: "The Young Runaways""Shadow of Fear: Part 1"Director: "Sky Trap"
1958 	Tonka 	Lt. Henry Nowlan
1959 	Noah's Ark 	Narrator
1966 	Follow Me, Boys! 	Assistant to producer
1972 	Run, Cougar, Run 	Director
1973 	Diamonds on Wheels 	Director
1974 	Hog Wild 	DirectorCo-producer
1975 	Escape to Witch Mountain 	Producer
1975 	Ride a Wild Pony 	Producer
1977 	Pete's Dragon 	Producer
1977 	Born to Run 	Producer
1978 	The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance	Producer
1978 	Return from Witch Mountain 	Producer
1980 	The Ghosts of Buxley Hall 	Producer
1981 	The Devil and Max Devlin 	Producer
1981 	Amy 	Producer
==Roles==
1957-burnett-02.jpg|Andy Burnett(The Saga of Andy Burnett)
Jerome courtland in Tonka.jpg|Lt. Henry Nowlan(Tonka)
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