Courtland Robert Mead (born April 19, 1987) is a former American child
actor, noted for his performances on-screen during the 1990s.Mead was
born in Mission Viejo, California, the son of Denise and Robert Mead.
He has two sisters, Lauren and Candice Mead.Courtland began acting at
the age of 2, playing minor characters. His first noted achievement
was when he played the part of young Johnny McGowan in the 1994 film
Dragonworld. In 1997, Mead took on the role of psychic child Danny
Torrance in Stephen King's The Shining television miniseries. Later
that same year, he appeared as Uh-huh in the 1994 feature-film
adaptation of The Little Rascals.In 1997, he appeared on Late Night
with Conan O'Brien and appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut. The
following year he co-starred with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad
Renfro in Disney's Tom and Huck. He also played Howard in Corrina,
Corrina with Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Merchant in Hellraiser IV, and Kirk
Cameron's youngest brother in the short-lived WB sitcom Kirk. Mead had
spoken parts in The Haunting, based on the Shirley Jackson novel The
Haunting of Hill House, Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, and 1995's
Babe. Mead also provided the voices of Gus Griswold in the Disney
animated series Recess and Ned Needlemeyer in Nightmare Ned, as well
as the titular character in Disney's Lloyd in Space. He has also
reprised his role in The Young and the Restless as Nina's son,
starting as Young Phillip and Phillip Chancellor IV. His last feature
performance was in 2010, where he appeared as Tommy Farrell in Mean
Parents Suck.[citation needed]
actor, noted for his performances on-screen during the 1990s.Mead was
born in Mission Viejo, California, the son of Denise and Robert Mead.
He has two sisters, Lauren and Candice Mead.Courtland began acting at
the age of 2, playing minor characters. His first noted achievement
was when he played the part of young Johnny McGowan in the 1994 film
Dragonworld. In 1997, Mead took on the role of psychic child Danny
Torrance in Stephen King's The Shining television miniseries. Later
that same year, he appeared as Uh-huh in the 1994 feature-film
adaptation of The Little Rascals.In 1997, he appeared on Late Night
with Conan O'Brien and appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut. The
following year he co-starred with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad
Renfro in Disney's Tom and Huck. He also played Howard in Corrina,
Corrina with Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Merchant in Hellraiser IV, and Kirk
Cameron's youngest brother in the short-lived WB sitcom Kirk. Mead had
spoken parts in The Haunting, based on the Shirley Jackson novel The
Haunting of Hill House, Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, and 1995's
Babe. Mead also provided the voices of Gus Griswold in the Disney
animated series Recess and Ned Needlemeyer in Nightmare Ned, as well
as the titular character in Disney's Lloyd in Space. He has also
reprised his role in The Young and the Restless as Nina's son,
starting as Young Phillip and Phillip Chancellor IV. His last feature
performance was in 2010, where he appeared as Tommy Farrell in Mean
Parents Suck.[citation needed]
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