Oliver Todd, known also as Hollywood, was a member of Shane Schofield's Recon Team.
History[]
Ice Station[]
Through unknown circumstances, Oliver Todd joined the United States Marine Corps, where he gained the call-sign Hollywood. He has stated that two weeks after finishing high school, he joined the Marines, and that doing so was the 'best decision he ever made'.
He was eventually assigned to the Marine Recon Unit 16, led by Shane Schofield.
Hollywood was sent to Wilkes Ice Station with the rest of Unit 16 after a distress call was received from the station, and was part of Schofield's initial arrival sub-team. He and Gant observed the killer whales in the diving pool with Kirsty Hensleigh, during which he teased the female soldier of her apparent crush on Schofield, after she mocked him for his lack of interest in reading.
When the French attacked the station, Hollywood and Book stayed together in an attempt to hold off the attacking French soldiers, only to find themselves with the civilians. One of their enemies threw a fragmentation grenade into the hallway prompting the two to order everyone into rooms lining the hall to escape it. However Hollywood slipped, and was unable to reach safety before the grenades went off, piercing his body with hundreds of pieces of shrapnel.
His body was among those recovered after the battle, and placed in a storage freezer so that it could be preserved until a proper burial could be made. However, Hollywood's body was destroyed when a nuclear missile vaporised Wilkes.
Skills[]
- Expert Combatant: As a trained U.S. Marine, Hollywood has been trained in several forms of hand-to-hand combat.
- Expert Marksman: Being a trained soldier, Hollywood is an accurate marksman and capable of using a variety of different firearms.
Equipment[]
Weapons[]
- MP-5:
- MP-7:
Vehicles[]
- Hovercraft: An air-cushioned vehicle which was used to transport Hollywood and the rest of the unit from McMurdo to Wilkes research station while in Antarctica.
- Armalite MH-12 Maghook: A grappling hook apparatus with magnetic adhesion properties, often employed by members of the U.S. Marine Corps' reconnaissance units.
Trivia[]
- According to Gant, Hollywood only reads comic books and Playboy magazines.