Trivia

In his acting days during the 1960s and '70s, Holland appeared in more than 200 television commercials.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA.

During his tenure as an actor on the soap opera A Flame in the Wind (1964), Holland attended The Beatles' infamous Shea Stadium concert. The band had the crowd worked up into a frenzy when one of the attendees recognized Holland, and he soon found himself being mobbed, requiring the police to help him escape the overzealous crowd.

Holland got his start as a director by helming low-budget Hasbro toy commercials in the 1970s.

When Holland was a struggling young actor, Shelley Winters helped to secure a place for him in the famed Actor's Studio.

Father of Josh Holland.

No relation to Spider-Man actor Tom Holland (b. 6/1/1996).