Michael Landon (1936-1991) was an actor who first rose to fame as Joesph "Little Joe" Cartwright on the long-running Western series Bonanza, from 1959 until 1973. In 1970, for Sesame Street Season 2, Landon filmed several Sesame Street inserts with Bonanza co-stars Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker. He appeared with Greene in similar inserts for The Electric Company.
Prior to television stardom, Landon played the lead in the cult film I Was a Teenage Werewolf. After Bonanza, he starred on Little House on the Prairie (as Charles Ingalls) and Highway to Heaven (as Jonathan the angel), and produced and directed on both shows.
Inserts[]
- Counting to twenty (First: Episode 0131)
- Saying the alphabet (First: Episode 0136)
- Adding horses (First: Episode 0150)
- Subtracting horses (First: Episode 0150)