Born in Garfield, New Jersey. Entered American film as an assistant director for two 1916 silents distributed by Pathé: THE SHINE GIRL and PRUDENCE AND THE PIRATE. There is a break in his career until 1925 when he went to work at Warners as an a.d. in 1925. He was to remain with the studio until his death in 1952. His ass't director credits include BOBBED HAIR (1925), DON JUAN (1926), THE JAZZ SINGER (1927), GLORIOUS BETSY (1928), SVENGALI (1931), 42ND STREET, TUGBOAT ANNIE and FOOTLIGHT PARADE (all 1933) and TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS (1934). Hollingshead worked as an uncredited producer on CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935), and he produced the musical short THE SUNDAY ROUND-UP (1936) and the documentary THE ROMANCE OF LOUISIANA (1937). He was an uncredited assoc. producer for the western EMPTY HOLSTERS (1937). With THE ROMANCE OF ROBERT BURNS (1937), Hollingshead became producer of hundreds of Warner Bros. one- and two-reelers in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. His daughters were child actresses Ebba Mona and Tula Belle.

Assistant Director 1932-33 at Warner Bros. - films not specified. (But he worked uncredited on 42ND STREET, PICTURE SNATCHER, TUGBOAT ANNIE and FOOTLIGHT PARADE in 1933.)  Nominated for Best Picture 1935: CAPTAIN BLOOD - Associate Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1943: CAVALCADE OF THE DANCE WITH VELOZ AND YOLANDA - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1943: WOMEN AT WAR - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1944: JAMMIN' THE BLUES - Producer  Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1944: I WON'T PLAY - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1945: STORY OF A DOG - Producer  Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1945: STAR IN THE NIGHT (BROADWAY BREVITIES) - Producer  Short Subjects (One-reel) 1946: FACING YOUR DANGER - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1946: SMART AS A FOX - Producer  Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1946: A BOY AND HIS DOG - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1947: SO YOU WANT TO BE IN PICTURES (Joe McDoakes Series) - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1948: CINDERELLA HORSE - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1948: SO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RADIO (Joe McDoakes Series) - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1948: THE CALGARY STAMPEDE - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1949: SO YOU THIINK YOU'RE NOT GUILTY (Joe McDoakes Series) - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1949: THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1949: SNOW CARNIVAL - Producer  Short Subjects (One-reel) 1950: GRANDAD OF RACES - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1950: MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE - Producer  Nominated for Documentary (Short Subjects) 1951: THE SEEING EYE - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (One-reel) 1952: DESERT KILLER - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Two-reel) 1952: THAR SHE BLOWS! - Producer 23 nominations, 6 Awards