Courtland Mead
Courtland Robert Mead (born April 19, 1987)[1] is a American former child actor, noted for his performances on-screen during the 1990s.
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Born | Courtland Robert Mead April 19, 1987 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1991–2010, 2020 |
Early life
Mead was born in Mission Viejo, California, the son of Denise and Robert Mead. He has two sisters, Lauren and Candice Mead.[1]
Career
Mead began acting at the age of 2, playing minor characters. His first noted achievement was when he played the part of young Johnny McGowan in the 1994 film Dragonworld. Later that same year, he appeared as Uh-huh in the 1994 feature-film adaptation of The Little Rascals. In 1997, Mead portrayed psychic child, Danny Torrance, in Stephen King's television adaptation of The Shining.
In 1997, he appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien[2] and appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut.[3] The following year he co-starred with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro in Disney's Tom and Huck. He also played Howard in Corrina, Corrina with Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Merchant in Hellraiser IV, and Kirk Cameron's youngest brother in the short-lived WB sitcom Kirk.[4] Mead had spoken parts in The Haunting, based on the Shirley Jackson novel The Haunting of Hill House, Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, and 1995's Babe. Mead also provided the voices of Gus Griswold in the Disney animated series Recess and Ned Needlemeyer in Nightmare Ned, as well as the titular character in Disney's Lloyd in Space. He has also reprised his role in The Young and the Restless as Nina's son, starting as Young Phillip and Phillip Chancellor IV. His last feature performance was in 2010, where he appeared as Tommy Farrell in Mean Parents Suck.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | For Parents Only | Tommy | |
1992 | Only You | Frank Jr. | |
1994 | Dragonworld | Young Johnny McGowan | |
The Little Rascals | John "Uh-Huh" Collum | ||
Corrina, Corrina | Howard Davis | ||
1995 | Babe | Puppy (voice) | |
Tom and Huck | Sid | ||
1996 | Hellraiser: Bloodline | Jack Merchant | |
1997 | The Shining | Danny Torrance | |
1998 | A Bug's Life | Fly (voice) | |
1999 | Go | Boy | |
2001 | Recess: School's Out | Gus Griswald (voice) | |
2003 | Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade | Gus Griswald (voice) | Direct-to-video |
2010 | Mean Parents Suck | Tommy | |
2020 | Never Hike in the Snow | Mark Hill | Direct-to-video |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Baby Talk | Santa's Visior #2 | Episode: "Away in a Manger" |
1992 | A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story | Dennis Craig Jurgens | Television film |
1993 | Lake Consequence | Christopher | Television film |
1993–1994 | The Young and the Restless | Phillip Chancellor | 11 episodes |
1994 | In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness | Young Jimmy | Television film |
1994 | One Women's Courage | Michael Pearson | Television film |
1995 | Coach | Little Boy | Episode: "Ten Percent of Nothing" |
Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Malcolm Johnson | Television film | |
What Love Sees | Hap Holly | Television film | |
1995–1996 | Kirk | Russell Hartman | 31 episodes |
1995–1997 | The Pinocchio Shop | Brains | 11 episodes |
1997 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Maguire | Episode: "The Young and the Meatless" |
The Shining | Daniel Anthony Torrance | TV Mini-series 3 episodes | |
Nightmare Ned | Ned (voice) | 25 episodes | |
Rugrats | Ricky (voice) | Episode: "Dust Bunnies/Educating Angelica" | |
1997–2001 | Recess | Gus Griswald (voice) | 127 episodes |
1998 | Hercules | Alexander (voice) | Episode: "Hercules and the Kids" |
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Randy | Episode: "The Woods" | |
1999 | ER | Vanilla Latte Boy | Episode: "Leave it to Weaver" |
1999–2000 | NYPD Blue | Kyle Kirkendall | 3 episodes |
2001–2002 | Lloyd in Space: The Lloyd Bonus Minute | Lloyd Nebulon (voice) | TV Mini-series 15 episodes |
2001–2004 | Lloyd in Space | Lloyd Nebulon (voice) | 40 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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1991 | Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid | Flounder |
1997 | Ariel's Story Studio | Flounder |
Nightmare Ned | Ned Needlemeyer |
References
- "Film Reference - Courtland Mead".
- conanfan33 (2010-01-23), Goofy Kid Actor - 1997, retrieved 2018-08-05
- Wilber510 (2009-08-13), Pizza Hut The Edge Pizza commercial with Courtland Mead, retrieved 2018-08-05
- The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 641. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.