Steve Holland (actor)
Steve Holland | |
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| Born | Thomas Philip Hollands January 8, 1925 Seattle, Washington, US |
| Died | May 10, 1997 (aged 72) |
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| Spouse |
Betty Dalores Miller(aka Gina Holland)
(m. 1945) |
Steve Holland (born Thomas Philip Hollands;[2] January 8, 1925 – May 10, 1997) was an American actor and male paperback, magazine, and fashion model.
Early Life
Steve was born Thomas Philip Hollands on January 8, 1925, in Seattle, Washington,[2] the third child born to Louise Teeda (née Carlson; 1904–1985) and Wilbur John Hollands (1903–1957). Holland had two older brothers, Theodore (1921–1995) and Wilbur (1923–?), and one younger brother Kenneth (1926–1985). His father worked as a rivet heater in the ship yards of Seattle as a teenager before becoming a cook with the railroads at which time the family had moved to Covina, California.[3][4] By the time Holland turned 15 his father was committed to a state mental hospital in Steilacoom, Washington where he would live out the remainder of his life.[5]
Career
Before his acting credits, Holland was the model for Fawcett Comics' fictitious B-Western cowboy Bob Colt, which ran for ten issues in the early 1950s.[6]
Holland played Flash Gordon in the 1954 television series of the same name. The television show ran 39 episodes. He had a cameo appearance in the 1953 movie The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell.
His best-known model role was for artist James Bama's illustrations of the character Doc Savage used on the covers of the paperback reprints of the 1960s.[7] Bama called him "the world's greatest male model." His facial features were also used in the 1970s reprint of the original pulp Avenger novels.[8] Holland was also the model for Mack Bolan of The Executioner novels.[9]
References
- ^ "California, County Marriages, 1849-1957". www.familysearch.org. March 10, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965". www.familysearch.org. March 10, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "John Wilbur Hollands", United States census, 1920; Seattle, King, Washington; page 3A, line 50, enumeration district 292. Retrieved on 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Wilbur Hollands", United States census, 1930; Covina, Los Angeles, California; page 1B, line 2, enumeration district 18. Retrieved on 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Wilbur Hollands", United States census, 1940; Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington; page 7A, line 35, enumeration district 27-96. Retrieved on 19 August 2025.
- ^ "A Month in the Life of the Comics - Collectors Society Message Boards". boards.collectors-society.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
- ^ "Doc Savage at 70". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ^ "ThePulp.Net: PulpWiki: AvengerThe". thepulp.net.
- ^ "Men's "sweat magazine" art from the Rich Oberg Collection – Part 1: Mel Crair covers". www.menspulpmags.com. April 23, 2011.
External links
- Steve Holland at IMDb
- Flash Gordon Episode Guide
- Holland as Doc Savage
- Steve Holland – The World’s Greatest Male Model