John Holland

Born: 1908-05-17

John Holland (May 16, 1908 – May 21, 1993) was an American actor and singer. John Holland was born Harold Boggess in Fremont, Nebraska. He adopted his grandfather's name John Holland as a stage name. He began acting in Hollywood films in 1937, and later appeared on numerous television series, including Hawaiian Eye, Wagon Train, and Perry Mason. His most notable film credits were My Fair Lady (1964), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), and Chinatown (1974). In addition to film and television, Holland acted in musical theater, such as the Broadway production of Peter Pan (1954), and in plays, such as the touring company of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He received positive reviews for his performance in a concert titled "The California Night of Music" in Los Angeles in September 1937. He often gave free concerts during visits to his parents in Alton, Illinois, accompanied by his father, organist Newton Boggess. John Holland died on May 21, 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at age 85. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Chinatown

as Farmer in the Valley
Released: 1974-06-20

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II...

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My Fair Lady

as Butler
Released: 1964-10-21

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her...

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The Three Musketeers

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-20

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their...

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The Strongest Man in the World

as Regent (uncredited)
Released: 1975-02-06

Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new...

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

as Matthews
Released: 1967-03-09

A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice...

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A Gathering of Eagles

as uncredited
Released: 1963-06-21

Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52...

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Invisible Agent

as Spencer's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-07

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

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Pot o' Gold

as Sponsor (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-03

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food...

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Rio Grande Patrol

as Fowler
Released: 1950-10-20

Fowler is smuggling guns across the border and his buyer is the outlaw Bragg. The guns are...

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From Noon Till Three

as Song Publisher (uncredited)
Released: 1976-08-01

Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time...

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King Richard and the Crusaders

as Castelaine Man-at-Arms (uncredited)
Released: 1954-08-07

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of...

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Fear No Evil

as Rafael / Father Damon
Released: 1981-01-19

Brilliant and aloof teenager Andrew is always the butt of his classmates' jokes — but little do...

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Romance on the High Seas

as Best Man (uncredited)
Released: 1948-06-25

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself...

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Rock Island Trail

as Maj. Porter
Released: 1950-05-18

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

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Take a Letter, Darling

as Secretary
Released: 1942-05-06

A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working...

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My Dear Secretary

as Mr. Hudson (uncredited)
Released: 1948-11-05

A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for...

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Behind Locked Doors

as Dr. J.R. Bell (uncredited)
Released: 1948-09-13

Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from...

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Peter Pan

as Black Bill
Released: 1960-12-08

In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy...

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Phantom of Chinatown

as Mason
Released: 1940-11-18

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John...

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Massacre River

as Roberts
Released: 1949-06-26

Two Cavalry Officers clash over the Colonel's Daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.

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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

as Grinson - Foreign Agent
Released: 1940-12-24

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

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Big Town After Dark

as District Attorney Harding (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-12

A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.

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The Girl in Black Stockings

as Norman Grant
Released: 1957-09-24

Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool...

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Blonde Ice

as Carl Hanneman
Released: 1948-07-24

A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.

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State Department: File 649

as Ballinger
Released: 1949-02-11

Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon,...

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Open the Door and See all the People

as Antoine
Released: 1964-03-25

Based on Jerome Hill's unpublished novel, Peacock Feathers, this ensemble piece focuses on the...

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They Saved Hitler's Brain

as Prof. John Coleman
Released: 1968-08-18

At the end of WWII, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a...

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Uncle Joe

as Paul Darcey
Released: 1941-10-18

A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her...

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Don Winslow of the Navy

as Paul Barsac
Released: 1942-01-06

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island,...

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The High Powered Rifle

as District Attorney
Released: 1960-09-01

A private detective (Willard Parker) falls for the girlfriend (Allison Hayes) of a racketeer...

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Dangerous Lady

as Guy Kisling
Released: 1941-09-12

Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to...

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The Voice of the Turtle

as Henry Atherton
Released: 1947-12-25

An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York...

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Call of the Canyon

as Willy Hitchcock
Released: 1942-08-17

A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

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The Naked Brigade

as Major Hamilton
Released: 1965-04-01

A British girl is trapped on the island of Crete when the Germans invade it.

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Lucky Legs

as Fur Salesman
Released: 1942-10-01

Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle....

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My Blood Runs Cold

as Mr. Courtland
Released: 1965-03-24

Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an...

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Lust to Kill

as Mayor Jonathan W. McKenzie
Released: 1958-09-28

A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes...

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House of Errors

as Paul Gordon
Released: 1942-04-10

Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his...

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Up in the Air

as Sam Quigley
Released: 1940-09-09

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in...

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Join the Marines

as Lieutenant
Released: 1937-01-25

New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for...

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The Madmen of Mandoras

as Prof. John Coleman
Released: 1963-11-13

A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler's brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a...

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Air Patrol

as Arthur Murcott
Released: 1962-07-17

L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard...

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Sons of Adventure

as Paul Kenyon
Released: 1948-09-01

This western mystery offers a behind-the-scenes look at movie making. The trouble begins when a...

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Lost in the Stars

as Van Jarsdale
Released: 1974-04-08

A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of...

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Our Wife

as uncredited
Released: 1941-08-20

A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

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Paradise Express

as Gus
Released: 1937-02-24

A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by...

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Law of the Golden West

as Quentin Morell
Released: 1949-05-23

Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy.

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Balalaika

as (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-15

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...

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Sky Raiders

as Henchman Hess
Released: 1941-04-08

Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which...

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Circus Girl

as Reporter
Released: 1937-03-01

A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.

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Police Nurse

as Edward Mayhall
Released: 1963-06-01

While investigating his wife's sudden death, a policeman becomes involved with shady doctors and...

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Second Chance

as Dr. Matthews
Released: 1950-09-06

A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty,...

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She's in the Army

as Wally Lundigan - Columnist
Released: 1942-05-15

A socialite joins the Womens Ambulance Corps as both a publicity stunt and to win a bet with a...

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Perry Mason

as Bruno Grant
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Twilight Zone

as Club Member
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Wagon Train

as Ellington
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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Honey West

as Piccadilly Charlie
First aired: 1965-09-17

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted...

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Mr. Caldwell
First aired: 1970-09-19

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic...

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Battlestar Galactica

as Waiter
First aired: 1978-09-17

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mr. Foster
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Adam's Rib

as Judge McElroy
First aired: 1973-09-14

Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28,...

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