Jerome Courtland Dead at 85; Primetime Soap Director

Jerome “Jerry” Court­land, who was a director for primetime soaps KNOTS LANDING, FALCON CREST, DYNASTY and THE COLBYS, died on March 1 of heart dis­ease in the Santa Clarita Val­ley, Cal­i­for­nia. He was 85.

Court­land was a pro­ducer at Walt Dis­ney Stu­dios and Screen Gems for over 25 years. He had been an actor before turn­ing to pro­duc­ing and direct­ing. In 1959, he nar­rated the Dis­ney short Noah’s Ark, nom­i­nated for an Oscar the fol­low­ing year for Best Short Sub­ject (Cartoon).