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Michael Landon Jr.

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Michael Landon Jr.
Landon on Little House on the Prairie c. 1977
Born
Michael Graham Landon

(1964-06-20) June 20, 1964 (age 60)
Encino, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
  • producer
Years active1977–present
Spouse
Sharee Gregory
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(m. 1987)​
Children3
ParentMichael Landon
Relatives

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

Life

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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 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

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Acting

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Directing

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Writing

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Producing

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Landon Wilson, Cheryl (1992). I Promised My Dad: An Intimate Portrait of Michael Landon by His Eldest Daughter. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 28.
  3. ^ Interview – 'He Was My Everything', Mark Moring, Christianity Today, February 22, 2005
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