Michael Landon

Michael Landon

Birthday: 1936-10-31

Place of Birth: Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Mitzi & 100 Guys
Mitzi & 100 Guys

Mitzi Gaynor in a song and dance hour with an all-male, star-studded ensemble featuring her main gue...

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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilari...

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Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

Bing's 1973 primetime Christmas special from NBC, with his family and guest stars....

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God's Little Acre
God's Little Acre

In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the...

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High School Confidential!
High School Confidential!

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a ty...

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I Was a Teenage Werewolf
I Was a Teenage Werewolf

A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into...

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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends....

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Creepy Classics
Creepy Classics

A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price....

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Sam's Son
Sam's Son

Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a...

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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC....

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The Legend of Tom Dooley
The Legend of Tom Dooley

Tom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over...

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The Loneliest Runner
The Loneliest Runner

A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment ...

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Maracaibo
Maracaibo

A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance....

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Swing Out, Sweet Land
Swing Out, Sweet Land

John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America....

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Where Pigeons Go to Die
Where Pigeons Go to Die

Sentimental drama about an aging man's fond reminiscences of his relationship with his grandfather i...

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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

Various entertainers and artists look at how Walt Disney influenced these areas through his work in ...

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The Special London Bridge Special
The Special London Bridge Special

In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transp...

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Love Is Forever
Love Is Forever

Michael Landon stars in this real life story about a journalist in Laos, and the extent to which he ...

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Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas

Celebrate the holidays with two classic "Little House" specials, restored and remastered for superio...

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Us
Us

When the police finds a necklace with some criminal, a detective remembers that it was missing evide...

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Fight for the Title
Fight for the Title

An champion light-heavyweight boxer batters a young challenger so severely that the youthful pugilis...

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A Bing Crosby Christmas
A Bing Crosby Christmas

The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public televisi...

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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Rowan & Martin at the Movies

This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV s...

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Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides ...

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These Wilder Years
These Wilder Years

A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago....

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Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Bonanza: Ride the Wind

The Pony Express opens up an office in Virginia City. Despite being an investor, Ben objects to Joe ...

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Little House: The Last Farewell
Little House: The Last Farewell

While Charles and Caroline are visiting Walnut Grove, the townspeople learn that a land development ...

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The Little House Years
The Little House Years

Laura Ingalls reminisces about the Ingalls' journeys and struggles during a family Thanksgiving gath...

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The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity...

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon

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Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie

The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to ...

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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hos...

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Doug Henning's World of Magic
Doug Henning's World of Magic

The December 1976 broadcast of Doug Henning’s World of Magic, hosted by Michael Landon...

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Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
Little House: Bless All the Dear Children

During preparation for Christmas baby Rose Wilder is kidnapped by the woman who recently lost her ch...

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