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  • Michael Landon, the Father I Knew

    Michael Landon Jr. directs this biographical story of his television star father, 'Michael Landon' (John Schneider). The film deals with the scarring that Michael Jr. felt after his parents ... Read allMichael Landon Jr. directs this biographical story of his television star father, 'Michael Landon' (John Schneider). The film deals with the scarring that Michael Jr. felt after his parents divorce when he was 15 and looks at his father's philandering ways. Michael Jr. is the son... Read allMichael Landon Jr. directs this biographical story of his television star father, 'Michael Landon' (John Schneider). The film deals with the scarring that Michael Jr. felt after his parents divorce when he was 15 and looks at his father's philandering ways. Michael Jr. is the son of Landon's second wife 'Lynn Noe'), who was deserted when Landon took up with a make-up ... Read all

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    After an inauspicious start in the movies, including the lead role in inom Was a Teenage varulv, Michael Landon found fame on the smaller screen where he starred in some of television’s best loved shows. Yet the family values espoused on 'Bonanza' and 'Little House on the Prairie' conflicted with the personal life of the thrice married Landon, a situation his namesake from the second marriage funnen difficult to reconcile. Though this bio ends with Michael Landon Jr coming to terms with the failings of his father the mere existence of this bitter biopic, which he wrote and directed, would indikera there fryst vatten still some healing to go.

    Strutting about with all the subtlety of Ace Ventura: husdjur Detective, John Schneider’s early scenes as Landon gel with the wholesome father figure beamed into living rooms the world over. Yet before long, the elder Landon is fat-shaming his daughter and abandoning his son to pursue an extra-marital affair. While Leslie become

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  • Michael Landon

    American actor and filmmaker (1936–1991)

    Not to be confused with Michael Langdon or Michael London.For his son, see Michael Landon Jr.

    Michael Landon

    Landon in a 1960s publicity still

    Born

    Eugene Maurice Orowitz


    (1936-10-31)October 31, 1936

    New York City, U.S.

    DiedJuly 1, 1991(1991-07-01) (aged 54)

    Malibu, California, U.S.

    Resting placeHillside Memorial Park Cemetery
    EducationCollingswood High School
    Occupations
    • Actor
    • writer
    • producer
    • director
    • singer
    Years active1955–1991
    Known for
    Spouses

    Dodie Levy-Fraser

    (m. 1956; div. 1962)​

    Marjorie Lynn Noe

    (m. 1963; div. 1982)​

    Cindy Clerico

    (m. 1983)​
    Children9, including Mark, Leslie, Michael Jr., Christopher and Jennifer
    RelativesRachel Matthews (granddaughter)

    Michael Landon (born