RIP Erik Holland

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By Greg L Mullavey

April 7, 2020

I am saddened by the news today that a dear friend of mine, actor Erik Holland passed away yesterday after a long illness and confined pretty much to a wheelchair in his family home in Studio City attended to by his wife Marina and his daughter, Vanessa an MD who administered life saving attempts to revive him but... alas ....... “ and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.....

HOLLAND, Erik (Olav Roger Øvregård)

Born: 5/18/1933, Sandnes, Norway

Died: 4/6/2020, Studio City, California, U.S.A.

Erik Hollan’s westerns – actor:

The Glory Guys – 1965 (Private Clark Gentry)

Bonanza (TV) – 1966 (Cleve Ferguson)

Laredo (TV) – 1966 (Harry)

The Outcasts (TV) – 1968 (Dobbs)

Tell Them Willie Boy is Here – 1969 (Digger)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV) – 1969 (Jon Anderson)

Alias Smith and Jones (TV) – 1971 (Kurt Schmott)

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid – 1972 (sheriff)

Friendly Persuasion (TV) – 1975 (Enoch)

The Outlaw Josey Wales – 1975 (Union Army Sergeant)

The Quest (TV) – 1976 (Ell Craig)

Best of the West (TV) – 1981 (Olaf Gunderson)

Father Murphy (TV) – 1982 (Sven Johnson)

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (TV) – 1983 (Gunnar Lindstrom)

You Know My Name (TV) – 1999 (Madsen)