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Michael Landon Biography (1936-1991)
Born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, October 31, 1936, in Forest Hills, NY; died of liver and pancreatic cancer, July 1, 1991, in Malibu, CA. Actor, producer, writer, and director.
Landon is best known for his acting in three popular television series, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to Heaven. He began acting in television anthology series in the mid-1950s before making his feature film debut in I Was a Teenage Werewolf in 1957.
From 1959 to 1973 Landon starred as Little Joe Cartwright in the NBC western Bonanza,which, at one point in its run, earned the distinction of being the most watched television show in the world.
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Landon began writing and directing episodesof Bonanza in the early sixties. Following Bonanza, Landon created, produced, and starred in Little House on the Prairie, a series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's books that he also predominantly wrote and directed.
When Little House ended in 1983, he served