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Michael Landon Jr.

American actor and director

Actor
director
writer
producer

Years active1977–presentSpouse

Sharee Gregory

(m. 1987)

Children3ParentMichael LandonRelatives

- Leslie Landon
  (sister)
- Christopher B. Landon
  (brother)
- Jennifer Landon
  (paternal half-sister)
- Mark Landon
  (adoptive brother)
- Rachel Matthews
  (niece)

Michael Landon Jr. (born Michael Graham Landon on June 20, 1964) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer.

Life

Landon Jr. is the son of actor Michael Landon and his second wife, Marjorie Lynn Noe. He is the brother of Christopher B. Landon, Leslie Landon, Shawna Landon, and the half-brother of Cheryl Lynn Landon (from his mother's first marriage) and Jennifer Landon (from his father's third marriage) and Sean Landon (from his father's third marriage). His paternal grandfather was Jewish,^[1] whereas his paternal grandmother was Catholic, although his father was raised Jewish.^[2]

He married actress Sharee Gregory in December 1987. They have three children: daughters Ashley and Brittany and son Austin. Sharee Gregory is the older sister of former child actress Natalie Gregory.

Landon converted to Christianity at the age of 18.^[3]

Filmography

Acting

1977: Little House on the Prairie as Jim (episode: "The Election")
1988: Bonanza: The Next Generation (TV) as Benjamin 'Benj' Cartwright
1988: Superboy as Stretch (episode: "The Fixer")
1993: Back to Bonanza (TV) as Host
1993: Bonanza: The Return (TV) as Benjamin 'Benj' Cartwright
1995: Bonanza: Under Attack (TV) as Benjamin 'Benj' Cartwright

Directing

1991: Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (TV)
1999: Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (TV)
2003: Love Comes Softly (TV)
2004: Love's Enduring Promise (TV)
2005: Love's Long Journey (TV)
2006: Love's Abiding Joy (TV)
2007: Saving Sarah Cain (TV)
2007: The Last Sin Eater
2007: The Velveteen Rabbit
2008: Deep in the Heart
2011: The Shunning (TV)
2013: The Ultimate Life
2013: When Calls the Heart (TV movie)
2014, 2016: When Calls the Heart (TV series); 5 episodes

Writing

1993: Bonanza: The Return (TV) (story)
1999: Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (TV) (story)
2003: Love Comes Softly (TV) (teleplay)
2004: Love's Enduring Promise (TV) (teleplay)
2005: Love's Long Journey (TV) (teleplay)
2006: Love's Abiding Joy (teleplay) (television story)
2007: Love's Unfolding Dream (Teleplay)
2007: The Last Sin Eater (screenplay)
2013: When Calls the Heart

Producing

2003: Love Comes Softly (TV) (co-executive producer)
2004: Love's Enduring Promise (TV) (co-executive producer)
2007: Saving Sarah Cain (film) (producer)
2007: The Last Sin Eater (producer)
2008: Deep in the Heart
2013–present: When Calls the Heart (executive producer)
2019, 2021: When Hope Calls (executive producer)

References

^ "His Early Days Were Fun". Philadelphia Daily News. July 2, 1991. In a 1985 interview, Landon claimed he ate lunch alone at Collingswood High School, that he never had a date as a teen-ager because no Christian father in the town would allow his daughter to go out with a Jew.
^ Landon Wilson, Cheryl (1992). I Promised My Dad: An Intimate Portrait of Michael Landon by His Eldest Daughter. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 28.
^ Interview – 'He Was My Everything', Mark Moring, Christianity Today, February 22, 2005