Courtland Mead Explained

Courtland Mead
Birth Name:Courtland Robert Mead
Birth Date:19 April 1987[1]
Birth Place:Mission Viejo, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1991–2010

Courtland Robert Mead (Born April 19, 1987) is an American former actor, noted for his performances as a child actor during the 1990s.

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 and appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut. 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.[2] 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. In 2010, he appeared as Tommy Farrell in Mean Parents Suck.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991For Parents OnlyTommy
1992Only YouFrank Jr.
1994DragonworldYoung Johnny McGowan
The Little RascalsJohn "Uh-Huh" Collum
Corrina, CorrinaHoward Davis
1995BabePuppy (voice)
Tom and HuckSid
1996Jack Merchant
1998Emma's WishDanny Bookman
A Bug's LifeFly (voice)
1999GoBoy
2001Gus Griswald (voice)Main role
2003Gus Griswald (voice)Direct-to-video
2010Mean Parents SuckTommy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Baby TalkSanta's Visior #2Episode: "Away in a Manger"
1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood StoryDennis Craig JurgensTelevision film
1993Lake ConsequenceChristopherTelevision film
1993–1994The Young and the RestlessPhillip Chancellor IV11 episodes
1994Young JimmyTelevision film
1994One Women's CourageMichael PearsonTelevision film
1994–2009ERVanilla Latte BoyEpisode: "Leave It to Weaver"
1994–2003Touched by an AngelMatthew MillsEpisode: "The Road Home: Pt I"
1995CoachLittle BoyEpisode: "Ten Percent of Nothing"
Malcolm JohnsonTelevision film
What Love SeesHap HollyTelevision film
1995–1996KirkRussell Hartman31 episodes
1996–1999Promised LandMatthew MillsEpisode: "Vengeance Is Mine: Pt II"
1997The Jamie Foxx ShowMaguireEpisode: "The Young and the Meatless"
The ShiningDaniel Anthony TorranceTV Mini-series
3 episodes
Nightmare NedNed (voice)25 episodes
RugratsRicky (voice)Episode: "Dust Bunnies/Educating Angelica"
1997–2001RecessGus Griswald (voice)Main role
1998HerculesAlexander (voice)Episode: "Hercules and the Kids"
RandyEpisode: "The Woods"
1999–2000NYPD BlueKyle Kirkendall3 episodes
2001–2004Lloyd in SpaceLloyd Nebulon (voice)Main role

Video games

YearTitleRole
1991Disney's Ariel the Little MermaidFlounder
1997Ariel's Story StudioFlounder
Nightmare NedNed Needlemeyer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-09-11 . Courtland Mead - Actor . 2024-05-13 . TV Insider . en-US.
  2. Book: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. 2003. Ballantine Books. 0-345-45542-8. 641.