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Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. 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).
The last time Melissa Gilbert spent time with her TV dad was just a week before his death. Michael Landon, the "Bonanza" actor who starred as beloved patriarch Charles Ingalls on "Little House on ...
Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon and Melissa Sue Anderson on the cover of PEOPLE's Sept. 11, 1978 issue. Landon also found ways to make her laugh, even during their slightly more awkward moments ...
How Melissa Gilbert Is Honoring Michael Landon, Patrick Swayze After Witnessing Their Deaths to Pancreatic Cancer (Exclusive) Vanessa Etienne October 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM
She visited Landon at his Malibu home where he was, by then, bedridden, and they spent the afternoon together. Landon died one week later. When Gilbert gave birth to her son with second husband Bruce Boxleitner on October 6, 1995, they named him Michael, in honor of Landon. [8]
The series was created by Landon, who was the executive producer and also directed most of the show's episodes. French directed many of the remaining episodes. It was Landon's third and final TV series and his only one set in the present day, unlike Little House on the Prairie, and Landon's first TV series, Bonanza, both of which were Westerns ...
Now: Michael Landon. Other works of Michael include Highway to Heaven and Bonanza! (You can tell he had a specific type of character he liked playing.) Sadly, Michael passed in 1991 after a battle ...
French co-starred with Michael Landon on Little House on the Prairie (1974–1977, 1981–1984) as Isaiah Edwards.French also directed some episodes of the show. From 1977–79, he left Little House on the Prairie to star as a small-town Georgia police chief in Carter Country.