Michael Landon
Michel Landon was an immensely popular TV star who also appeared in occasional films, including the classic "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957). Landon made his name as the romantic, impulsive youngest Cartwright brother, Little Joe, on the long-running hit "Bonanza" (1959-73), the first TV western broadcast in color and the No. 1 series for seven consecutive seasons. Although he had scripted several episodes of "Bonanza," he sought complete authority over his next series, the pioneer family saga "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-82), loosely based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiographical children's novels, in which he starred as frontier homesteader Charles Ingalls. Landon created the series and often directed and scripted episodes, which he imbued with his views on faith and family. Landon next produced and starred as Jonathan, the probationary angel whose mission was to bring love and understanding to people in trouble, on "Highway to Heaven" (1984-88). He also produced, wrote and directed the TV series "Father Murphy" and numerous TV movies, including "The Loneliest Runner" (1976), based on incidents in his own life, and the autobiographical feature film "Sam's Son" (1984), about a champion javelin thrower. Landon died from pancreatic cancer after a long, prominently media-covered but nonetheless dignified struggle at the age of 54.
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Michael Landon
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet |
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Us |
Jeff Hayes (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Pigeons Go to Die |
Hugh as adult (Character), Director |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House: Bless All the Dear Children | Executive Producer | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House: The Last Farewell |
Charles Ingalls (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sam's Son |
Gene Orman (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway to Heaven |
Jonathan Smith (Character), Director |
- | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House: Look Back to Yesterday |
Charles Ingalls (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Is Forever |
John Everingham (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Murphy | Director | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Stone | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Loneliest Runner |
John Curtis as an Adult (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Little House on the Prairie |
Charles Ingalls (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Good to Be Alive | Director | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza Forever | Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ride the Wind | Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza: The Movie | Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza: The Stranger | Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza: The Avenger | Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Legend of Tom Dooley | Tom Dooley (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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God's Little Acre | Dave Dawson (Character) | - | 1958 |
70% |
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High School Confidential! | Steve Bentley (Character) | - | 1958 |
40% |
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I Was a Teenage Werewolf | Tony Rivers (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza |
Little Joe Cartwright (Character), Director, Writer |
1959-1973 2024 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven |
Jonathan Smith (Character), Writer, Executive Producer, Director |
1984-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie |
Charles Ingalls (Guest Star), Unknown (Character), Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
1974-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Story |
Director, Writer |
1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street | Guest | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jerry Lewis Show | Guest | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Staccato | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Jack Summers (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Tad Cameron (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | G.E. Theater | Claude Duncan (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Armand De Nivernais (Guest Star) | 1956 |