While horror fans know him from Salem's Lot, Lance had a few pivotal roles, one of which was as the titular James in the NBC drama series James at 15 (later changed to James at 16). Although it only ran for one season, the show was applauded for how it dealt with the sensitive issue of growing up.
Tom Shales of The Washington Post said the show was "not perfect, not revolutionary, not always deliriously urgent [but was] still the most respectable new entertainment series of the season."
Lance would go on to become a staple of 1970s entertainment and continued acting into the 1990s, after which he left Hollywood for a larger purpose. According to Deadline he "retired from acting to become a youth minister," and moved to Hawaii where he worked with the U-Turn for Christ ministry.
Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic all but decimated the secular work he was doing so he returned to California, which is where he passed. Apart from his daughter Savanah, Lance is survived by his children Fox, Terah, Kailani, and Justus.