Hal Landon Jr.
Hal Landon Jr. (b.1941) is an American character actor best known as Ted's father Chief Logan in the Bill & Ted film series.
Life
He was born on May 23rd 1941 in Long Beach, California the son of Hal Landon, and continues to live in California.
He was a member of the South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, most notably playing the role of Scrooge on stage from 1979 to 2019.[1][2]
Film Roles
- Eraserhead (1977) as the pencil machine operator
- Jokes My Folks Never Told Me (1978)
- Scavenger Hunt (1979) as Mr Cornfield
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) as Ted's father, Chief Logan
- Pacific Heights (1990) as Deputy Sheriff
- Almost An Angel (1990) as a local in the Paradise Bar
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) as Ted's father, Chief Logan
- Playing by Heart (1998) as the Commissioner
- California Solo (2012) as farmer
- Smosh: The Movie (2015) as the butler
- Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016) as farmer Brown
- Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) as Chief Logan
TV Roles
- Lou Grant (1981) as Frank Blankenship
- Father Murphy (1982) as Ira Eaves
- T. J. Hooker (1983) as Sam Browner
- Sunset Limousine (1983) as Gardener
- Oh Madeline (1984)
- Remington Steele (1985) as security guard
- Dallas (1985) as oil man no.2
- The Twilight Zone: The Little People of Killany Woods (1986)
- Highway to Heaven (1986) as repairman
- Cheers (1986) as Floyd Panjeric
- Newhart (1986) as James Reeves
- Matlock (1988) as George
- Get a Life (1990) as Ben Spangler
- Hull High (1990) as bus driver
- Down Home (1991) as priest
- Muddling Through (7 episodes, 1994) as Gidney
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Praetor Neral
- Frasier (2002) as Mr. Laskopf
- My Name is Earl (2008) as Mr. Hill
- Mad Men (2009) as Achilles
- Numb3rs (2009) as Prof Horowitz
- CSI: NY (2010) as Henry Wainwright
- The Middle (2011) as photographer
- The Closer (2011) as Terry Weaver
- Bad Samaritans (2013) as Herbert
- All The Way (TV film) (2016) as John McCormack
Other Roles
- L.A. Noire video game, as Oswald Jacobs