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8 unusual facts about Michael Landon


Claus Wilcke

He has also dubbed many American actors including Elvis Presley and Michael Landon for cinema and TV.

Herman Cohen

He also discovered young Michael Landon, cast in the lead role for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.

Jay Bernstein

Jay Bernstein (June 7, 1937 – April 30, 2006) was an American producer and manager to actors like Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Landon and to actresses Farrah Fawcett and Suzanne Somers.

Laura Gemser

Her most mainstream and well-received role was as Laotian refugee Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television movie, Love is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen.

Michael Landon, Jr.

Michael is the brother of Christopher B. Landon, Leslie Landon, Shawna Landon and half-brother of Jennifer Landon and Sean Landon (from his father's 3rd marriage), and Cheryl Ann Pontrelli (his mother's daughter from her first marriage).

Mr. Edwards

Victor French, a close friend of series creator Michael Landon and a character actor who had acted in several television westerns beforehand, portrayed the role throughout most of the series run.

Susan McCray

After her return to Paramount, she received a call of a lifetime from Michael Landon offering her the position of casting director for his new NBC series, Little House on the Prairie.

Wilkesboro, North Carolina

The story was subsequently turned into a 1959 movie starring Michael Landon as Dula, and each summer the Wilkes Playmakers present a popular play based on the story.


625 Lineas

Among those who appeared during this phase of the program's history were stars from Michael Landon's popular NBC series, Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls) and Katherine MacGregor (Harriet Oleson).

Bert Remsen

He was briefly married to actress Katherine MacGregor, who played Mrs. Oleson in the NBC television series, Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon.

Byron Thames

After meeting actor/director Michael Landon, Thames was cast in the NBC television network dramatic television series Father Murphy in 1981 at the age of eleven opposite actor and former NFL athlete Merlin Olsen.

David Dortort

Michael Landon appeared in a supporting role in the pilot for The Restless Gun, starring John Payne, aired on March 19, 1957, as an episode of The Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and Dan Blocker played multiple roles in The Restless Gun in the first season.

Don Beddoe

In 1984, he made his final television appearance as Kris in NBC's Highway to Heaven starring Michael Landon.

John Bromfield

Sheriff of Cochise featured numerous younger actors who later became well known in the industry: Dan Blocker, Peter Breck, Charles Bronson, Mike Connors, David Janssen, Stacy Keach, Sr., Michael Landon, Jack Lord, Gavin MacLeod, Doug McClure, Ross Martin, Martin Milner, Roger Smith, Lee Van Cleef, and child actor Johnny Crawford.

Kevin Tighe

While with Paramount, Tighe worked with actors that included Lorne Greene, Maggie Smith and Michael Landon, before he signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1971.

Telephone Time

The program showcased the talents of actors and actresses such as Joseph Cotten, Michael Landon, Johnny Crawford, Katherine Warren, Lon Chaney Jr., Pamela Baird, Claudette Colbert, Wright King, Strother Martin, Judy Morris, Ahna Capri, John Carradine, Helen Wallace, and Michael Winkelman.


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