Joe Holland (born Peter Joseph Holland in New York, also known as Tim Carson and sometimes credited as Tim Holland) (July 21, 1961 - May 4, 1994) was an actor, scriptwriter, and director. He was best known for playing Zed in the film Back to the Beach (1987) and for directing an award-winning short film, Delirious (winner of a Frank Capra Award and a Warner Communciations Award) and later a feature film, Amberwaves (1994), along with other film and television roles.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

The son of Hollywood celebrity and model Joanna Holland (later Joanna Carson) and businessman Tim Holland, he was also the stepson of Johnny Carson.[5][6] He attended Wesleyan University where he won the Frank Capra Award and a Warner Communications Award for his student film, Delirious.[1][7]

Career

Holland appeared in films like Top Gun (1986),[1] Back to the Beach (1987)[8][9] and Down Twisted (1987).[10][11][12]

In television, he appeared in episodes of Cheers (where he played a friend of Diane Chambers in the Season 5 episode "One Last Fling"), 21 Jump Street, Deadly Nightmares, Mork & Mindy, and Booker.[1][3][4][12]

He also appeared in the music video for Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue" (1987).[13] Actress Traci Lind wrote about working on this music video with Holland, mentioning he was also known as "Tim Carson", and discussing how he died a few years later.[13]

Not long before his death, he wrote, directed and starred in the film Amberwaves (1994), which starred Rae Dawn Chong and Lenny Von Dohlen, among others.[14][15]

Personal life

He died on May 4, 1994, in Los Angeles, California.[1][16] He is interred at Forest Lawns Memorial Park.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Archives, L. A. Times (1994-05-14). "Joe Holland; Began Acting and Screenwriting Career as a Student". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  2. ↑ "Joe Holland". prod-www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  3. 1 2 "Joe Holland". BFI. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  4. 1 2 "Video Detective". Video Detective. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  5. ↑ "Kingston Gleaner - October 1, 1988". Kingston Gleaner. October 1, 1988.
  6. ↑ "Linda Kerridge with Tim Carson (Johnny Carson's step son) | Johnny carson, Australian models, Johnny". Pinterest. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  7. ↑ "Joe Holland | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  8. ↑ "Back To The Beach Movie (1987) Trivia - The 80s Movies Rewind". www.fast-rewind.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  9. ↑ James, Caryn (1987-08-08). "Film: 'Back to the Beach'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  10. ↑ "Down Twisted (1987)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  11. ↑ "Films starring Joe Holland". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  12. 1 2 "Joe Holland". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  13. 1 2 "The Girl in the Video: "Midnight Blue" (1987)". Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  14. ↑ "Amberwaves (1993)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  15. ↑ "Amberwaves (1994)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  16. ↑ Joe Holland Obituary - The Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 1994.
  17. ↑ "Visit Joe Holland's memorial page on We Remember". www.weremember.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
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