John Holland

Actor May 17 (died age 85) Fremont, Nebraska, USA 1937–1981 (44 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Chinatown

Farmer in the Valley

Film

My Fair Lady

Butler

Film

The Three Musketeers

6.7 1948

Film

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Matthews

Film

The Strongest Man in the World

Regent (uncredited)

Film

From Noon Till Three

Song Publisher (uncredited)

Film

Invisible Agent

Spencer's Secretary (uncredited)

Film

Romance on the High Seas

Best Man (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (55)

Fear No Evil

1981

as Rafael / Father Damon

4.5

From Noon Till Three

1976

as Song Publisher (uncredited)

5.9

The Strongest Man in the World

1975

as Regent (uncredited)

6.1

Chinatown

1974

as Farmer in the Valley

7.9

Lost in the Stars

1974

as Van Jarsdale

6.4

They Saved Hitler's Brain

1968

as Prof. John Coleman

2.2

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

as Matthews

My Blood Runs Cold

as Mr. Courtland

The Naked Brigade

as Major Hamilton

My Fair Lady

1964

as Butler

7.5

Open the Door and See all the People

1964

as Antoine

5.0

A Gathering of Eagles

1963

5.7

The Madmen of Mandoras

1963

as Prof. John Coleman

3.0

Police Nurse

1963

as Edward Mayhall

Moon Pilot

1962

as Joe McCord (uncredited)

5.4

Air Patrol

1962

as Arthur Murcott

3.0

The High Powered Rifle

as District Attorney

Peter Pan

as Black Bill

A Lust to Kill

as Mayor Jonathan W. McKenzie

7.5

The Girl in Black Stockings

1957

as Norman Grant

6.1

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

as Castelaine Man-at-Arms (uncredited)

6.3

Second Chance

1950

as Dr. Matthews

Rock Island Trail

as Maj. Porter

Rio Grande Patrol

as Fowler

Massacre River

as Roberts

State Department: File 649

1949

as Ballinger

4.3

Law of the Golden West

1949

as Quentin Morell

6.0

Behind Locked Doors

1948

as Dr. J.R. Bell (uncredited)

6.2

Sons of Adventure

1948

as Paul Kenyon

Romance on the High Seas

1948

as Best Man (uncredited)

The Three Musketeers

My Dear Secretary

as Mr. Hudson (uncredited)

Blonde Ice

as Carl Hanneman

King of the Gamblers

as Symonds

Big Town After Dark

1947

as District Attorney Harding (uncredited)

4.9

The Voice of the Turtle

1947

as Henry Atherton

6.6

Invisible Agent

1942

as Spencer's Secretary (uncredited)

5.8

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

as Secretary

6.5

Lucky Legs

1942

as Fur Salesman

She's in the Army

1942

as Wally Lundigan - Columnist

House of Errors

1942

as Paul Gordon

Call of the Canyon

1942

as Willy Hitchcock

7.0

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942

as Paul Barsac

Our Wife

Sky Raiders

as Henchman Hess

Pot o' Gold

as Sponsor (uncredited)

Uncle Joe

as Paul Darcey

Dangerous Lady

as Guy Kisling

Phantom of Chinatown

as Mason

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

1940

as Grinson - Foreign Agent

Up in the Air

as Sam Quigley

Balalaika

as (uncredited)

Circus Girl

as Reporter

Paradise Express

as Gus

Join the Marines

as Lieutenant

Television (9)

Battlestar Galactica

as Waiter

Adam's Rib

as Judge McElroy

The New Perry Mason

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

as Mr. Caldwell

7.6

Honey West

1965

as Piccadilly Charlie

The Twilight Zone

as Club Member

Perry Mason

as Bruno Grant

Wagon Train

as Ellington

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Mr. Foster

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