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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 31, 1936
Died
July 1, 1991
Place of Birth
Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Eugene Maurice Orowitz
- Mike Landon
- Emo
- Μάικλ Λάντον
- مایکل لاندن
Michael Landon
2.2 Popularity
Biography
Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989). Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball.
Known For
8.4
Charles Ingalls
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
2014
5.0
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
0.0
Self (archive footage)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
4.5
Jeff Hayes
Us
1991
7.0
Adult Hugh Baudoum
Where Pigeons Go to Die
1990
6.0
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
6.3
Tony Rivers - (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
1987
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
🎬
0.0
Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
1984
🎬
0.0
Self
Hollywood '84
1984
Credits
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
as Charles Ingalls
2014
8.4
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
5.0
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
Us
as Jeff Hayes
1991
4.5
Where Pigeons Go to Die
as Adult Hugh Baudoum
1990
7.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
6.0
Creepy Classics
as Tony Rivers - (archive footage)
1987
6.3
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
🎬
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
as Self
1984
0.0
🎬
Hollywood '84
as Self
1984
0.0
Highway to Heaven
as Jonathan Smith
1984
7.4
Sam's Son
as Gene Orman
1984
5.9
Little House: The Last Farewell
as Charles Ingalls
1984
7.1
Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
as Charles Ingalls (voice) (uncredited)
1983
4.8
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Charles Ingalls
1983
6.8
Love Is Forever
as John Everingham
1983
4.6
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
1981
0.0
Falcon Crest
1981
5.5
The Little House Years
as Charles Ingalls
1979
7.0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Little Joe (archive footage)
1979
0.0
The Loneliest Runner
as John Curtis
1976
6.9
🎬
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1976
10.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self
1975
8.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
0.0
Little House on the Prairie
as Charles Ingalls
1974
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
as Narrator (voice)
1974
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
as Charles Ingalls
1974
8.1
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973
8.0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
The Special London Bridge Special
as Tennis Player
1972
0.0
The Electric Company
1971
7.1
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Peter Minut
1970
6.0
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
2.0
Hollywood Squares
as Self
1966
7.8
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright
1966
6.8
Hullabaloo
as Self - Host
1965
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Bonanza
as Joe Cartwright
1959
7.5
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
The Legend of Tom Dooley
as Tom Dooley
1959
7.7
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Texan
1958
5.5
Frontier Doctor
1958
5.0
God's Little Acre
as Dave Dawson
1958
6.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Carl Martin
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Clay McGarrett
1958
6.8
High School Confidential!
as Steve Bentley
1958
5.3
Maracaibo
as Lago Orlando
1958
5.2
Tombstone Territory
as Chris Anderson
1957
6.2
Trackdown
as Jed Daws
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Johnny Risk
1957
6.5
Suspicion
as Howard
1957
5.9
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Tony Rivers
1957
4.8
🎬
Fight for the Title
as Lombard
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dan Overton
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Vance Coburn
1956
6.0
Wire Service
as Pietro
1956
0.0
🎬
State Trooper
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Willie Losada
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Joe Durando
1956
5.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Jerome Juventin
1956
5.0
These Wilder Years
as Boy in Poolhall (uncredited)
1956
6.3
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Eddie
1955
5.4
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Trooper (uncredited)
1955
6.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
General Electric Theater
as Claude Duncan
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Dixon
1953
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sandy
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Don Burns
1951
7.2
Studio One
as Augie Barone
1948
5.0
Bambi
as Self (archive footage)
1948
9.0