| Michael Landon  AKA Eugene Maurice Orowitz
Born: 31-Oct-1936
Birthplace: Queens, NY
Died: 1-Jul-1991
Location of death: Malibu, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Pancreatic
Remains: Cremated, Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Little House on the Prairie Father: (theatre manager, Jewish)
Mother: Peggy (Irish Catholic, d. 1974, suicide)
Wife: Dodie Fraser (legal secretary, m. 1956, div. 1962)
Wife: Marjorie Lynn Noe (model, m. 1965, div. 1983, four children)
Wife: Cindy Clerico (makeup artist, m. 14-Feb-1983, until his death, two children)
Son: Mark Fraser Landon (adopted 1956)
Son: Josh Fraser Landon (adopted, b. 1960)
Daughter: Leslie Ann Landon (b. Oct-1963)
Son: Michael Graham Landon, Jr. (b. Jun-1965)
Daughter: Shawna Leigh Landon (b. 1971)
Son: Christopher Beau Landon (b. 27-Feb-1975)
Son: Sean Matthew Landon (b. Jun-1986)
Daughter: Jennifer Landon (actress, b. 29-Aug-1983)
Sister: Evelyn (older)
High School: Collingswood High School, Collingswood, NJ (1954)
University: University of Southern California (dropped out)
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1500 Vine St. (television)
Endorsement of Kodak 1977
Lost Child Custody
Vasectomy
Irish Ancestry Maternal
Jewish Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Smoking
TELEVISION
Bonanza Little Joe Cartwright (1959-73)
Little House on the Prairie Charles Philip Ingalls (1974-82)
Highway to Heaven Jonathan Smith (1984-89)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Loneliest Runner (20-Dec-1976)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Loneliest Runner (20-Dec-1976)
The Legend of Tom Dooley (Jul-1959)
God's Little Acre (13-Aug-1958)
High School Confidential! (30-May-1958)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (19-Jun-1957)
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