Tom Holland

Tom Holland with Chucky.

Tom Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing and writing horror genre movies like Psycho II(1983), Fright Night (1985), Child's Play (1988), Thinner (1996) and the television adaptation of The Langoliers (1995).

Early Life

Holland, the son of Lee and Tom Holland, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. Holland attended Ossining Public High School before transferring to Worcester Academy, where he graduated in 1962. He is the father of American actor Josh Holland.

Acting career

Holland trained as an actor at the Actor's Studio under Lee Strasberg. Throughout the 60s and early 70s Holland appeared under the moniker of Tom Fielding in several supporting and guest star roles for both television and film, including A Walk in the Spring Rain alongside Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes
1969	Changes			Template:Yes	Roommate
	Model Shop			Template:Yes	Gerry
1970	A Walk in the Spring Rain			Template:Yes	Boy
1972	Josie's Castle			Template:Yes	Leonard Robbins
1982	The Beast Within		Template:Yes
	Class of 1984		Template:Yes
1983	Psycho II		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Deputy Norris
1984	Scream for Help		Template:Yes
	Cloak & Dagger		Template:Yes
1985	Fright Night	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1987	Fatal Beauty	Template:Yes
1988	Child's Play	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
1993	The Temp	Template:Yes
1996	Thinner	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
2010	Hatchet II			Template:Yes	Bob	Uncredited
2011	Fright Night		Template:Yes
2014	Digging Up the Marrow			Template:Yes	Tom Holland
2015	Killing Frank	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			pre-production
	Cessation	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes
1964	77 Sunset Strip				Template:Yes		Episode: "Lover's Lane"
	Theatre of Stars				Template:Yes	Vic Burns	Episode: "Out on the Outskirts of Town"
1965-1966	A Flame in the Wind				Template:Yes	Steve Reynolds #2	"American Soap Opera"
1967	Combat!				Template:Yes	Pfc. Tommy Bishop	Episode: "Entombed"
1968	Felony Squad				Template:Yes	LeRoy Baker	Episode: "Epitaph for a Cop"
1969	My Friend Tony				Template:Yes		Episode: "The Hazing"
	The Young Lawyers				Template:Yes	David Harrison	Episode: "Pilot"
	Medical Center				Template:Yes	Jess Yarnaby	Episode: "24 Hours"
1978	The Initiation of Sarah			Template:Yes			TV movie
	The Incredible Hulk				Template:Yes	Steve Silva	Episode: "Another Path"
1983	The Winds of War				Template:Yes	Devilfish Sub Captain	Episode: "Into the Maelstrom"
1986	Amazing Stories	Template:Yes					Episode: "Miscalculation"
1989-1992	Tales from the Crypt	Template:Yes		Template:Yes			Episodes: "Lover Come Hack to Me" "Four-Sided Triangle" "King of the Road"
1990	The Stranger Within	Template:Yes					TV movie
1991	The Owl	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Mugger	TV Pilot, appears uncredited in extended international version
1992	Two-Fisted Tales	Template:Yes					Segment: "King of the Road"
1994	The Stand				Template:Yes	Carl Hough	TV miniseries
1995	The Langoliers	Template:Yes		Template:Yes	Template:Yes	British assassin's employer
2006	The Initiation of Sarah			Template:Yes
2007	Masters of Horror	Template:Yes					Episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream"
2008	Driven	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Web short
	5 or Die	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Web short
2010	Team Unicorn				Template:Yes	Grandpa	Episode: "A Very Zombie Holiday"
2012–present	Twisted Tales	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes			Web series