Michael Landon A&E Biography - Part 1

This is the 1st installment of a 4 part presentation of a 2005, "A & E Biography" of the legendary television star, Michael Landon.
Michael Landon: Hero and Legend, Burning Brightly in Our Hearts
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[@karendarnall1243]

Aside from any flaws he had in his personal life, I appreciated the quality of his work in television.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

And who among us has no flaws? He was a pretty alright guy all in all..😃

[@rebeccawilson6314]

@@sueannbellucci4304 what is the song/music playing at 0:59

[@rebeccawilson6314]

@@sueannbellucci4304 please 🥺 let me know

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@@rebeccawilson6314 - it's just background music. Doesn't sound like anything else to me. Sorry.

[@voicegirl555]

It is 30 years ago today that he died. I still wonder what he would be doing today if he had lived. Thank you Mr. Landon for those performances you left behind.

[@A.l85]

I believe that he would have continued to create until today, and would have grown old with dignity

[@jamestropicals8262]

Nobody on earth can play Charles ingalls as good as Micheal Landon can, he was an amazing person 😁

[@patriciabrown]

I watched all his shows. I especially loved Little House. He was a beautiful person. RIP Michael

[@mediascribble]

the guy looked like a rock star his whole life practically

[@pamcool6620]

I love watching little house on the Prairie,&any other programs that Michael Landon played in.Thank you.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Me 2! 😊

[@michelleodriscoll2260]

And me also

[@ThePoobears]

what a great actor inside out sad his parents were not parent material... RIP Michael Landon...

[@luisrodriguez-mb7cc]

Highway to Heaven, one heck of a series which promoted great values and the goodness of people even in the worst of times. RIP Michael Landon.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@luis Rodriguez- Amen 💕

[@c.a.greene8395]

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Landon in person...I will always remember him fondly. I was running away from home. I took the train across Canada. Most of the way I was alone, but at some point beyond the end of Ontario track headed west this beautiful set of blonde kids came into the dinning car for lunch. The woman who was with them looked tired. After lunch the two blonde kids were running up and down the isles, playing and laughing. The woman who was watching them asked me if I would keep an eye on them while she went back to their car and checked on her sick husband. I said yes. Throughout the 3 days journey I had played with the kids often, keeping an eye on them for their mother many times and ate with the 3 of them in the dinning car. Near the end of our journey the children's mother said the boys father would li,e to thank me himself, but is unable to come to the public area as he is famous and hasn't been well for some time but the public at large has no idea, he would like to keep it that way. Then she asked if I would like to meet him...but she still had not told me who he was... The kids took me by the hand and led me to the car where their father was in bed. It looked like a hotel room. Had I not known by the sound and movement I was on a train I would have thought otherwise. He sat up and I recognized him immediately. Micheal Landon was in the bed in front of me. The kids I had been so happy to play with were his beautiful blonde kids from his second wife. He thanked me, tried to give me money but I refused to take it. I told him I had run away and why....he was the only adult I ever shared that truth with up until that point. He held me while I cried. He dried my tears. He also said that he wanted to apologize for all the bad men in my life who had ever harmed me. Even though he wasn't guilty, he said he could see my pain. My body language gave me away. He told me to forgive myself, it wasn't my fault. Nor was the shame mine to carry. He told me I should just set that burden down. It was never mine to own. Micheal landon was a great man, with a depth and wisdom beyond his years or any one lifetime. I will look forward to seeing him again in heaven. RIP

[@sueannbellucci4304]

That's an amazing story. Do you mind if I share it on my FB page? Do you know what was wrong with him? I do know he was very sick during the 1st or end year of LHOP but I don't remember what his illness was. In any event - thank you for sharing this!

[@c.a.greene8395]

@@sueannbellucci4304 he had pancreatic cancer. He was sick many years before the public was ever told. When I had met him it was 1986, I remember because it was expo 86, the transportation expo in vancouver He never said what he was sick from, so I didn't ask or want to pry

[@c.a.greene8395]

@@sueannbellucci4304 and yes you may use it.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@@c.a.greene8395 - Please join my ML Facebook page. Michael Landon: Hero and Legend Burning Brightly in Our Hearts 😊❤

[@sueannbellucci4304]

greene - thank you!

[@Cammackaveli]

30 Years today

[@andrewmiller4885]

He dreamed of the perfect family alright, and that's why he loved Bonanza. A parent who loved those boys fiercely. Bonanza was so much more than a western the whole series was a metaphor for life. Thats where Michaels Journey began in my book. His writing was packed with family values, love decency compassion forgiveness. Michael is so so missed by many people. Thank you for this video.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@andrewmiller4885 - So well said. I totally agree. Still missed after so many years. 😪

[@Ladyailiken]

I remember the day Michael Landon died. I cried and bawled my eyes out 😭😩😭😩 July 1, 1991 was a very sad day. I loved LHOTP & Highway to Heaven. His new CBS show "Us" was going to be great! I saw it's 2hr pilot, and I couldn't wait to watch the show weekly...Unfortunately, once Michael learned of his diagnosis, there were no more episodes made. Love & Miss Mike Landon forever & always...#1 Writer, director, producer, & actor! RIP 💗💗💗

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Yes Valerie! Miss him also. And I have been a fanbsince Bonanza days 🙄🙁💕💕💕

[@clairebunt5887]

Awww I loved Michael Highway to heaven always was and still is my favourite and yep I always cry 😢 ❤❤❤

[@riyadhrafique8377]

Michael Landon (1936-1991). From Little Joe- Joseph Francis Cartwright in Bonanza (1959-1972), to Charles Ingalls in Little House in The Prairie (1974-1983) to Johnathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1985-1988), every show he did was pure gold 🏆sheer magic & joy. Watching him on Johnny Carson reruns on KZbin to the Dean Martin Roasts its worth it!!!!

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Agree completely!

[@marciebulsaraorcutt]

THANK YOU, VERY MUCH for posting this... I LOVE Michael Landon, SO MUCH!!💕💔💕

[@mswrestlinggirl18]

Thank you for post this! I really love him as a actor!!! 😊❤❤❤

[@Utahandarizona2008]

I’ve been watching little house on the prairie since 1993

[@christinelaw8606]

I love and miss him immensely…I just love everything about him…my idol of life, love, Faith and Hope…God Bless him in Heaven..He surely is Gods 🍃🙏🍃 ANGEL 😇 👱🏻‍♀️♥️🤗🎵🎵🌅🌅

[@stephanielekas583]

What wonderful memories

[@January.]

Heartbreaking for me to hear the adopted baby was given back

[@sueannbellucci4304]

I know. It haunted him throughout his life. But it was Dodie's decision. So unlike him considering how much he loved children. 🙁

[@jennifer_m.8613]

Such a gorgeous man. So sad about his parents, tho.

[@Cathy7167]

Thank you for this story. May God protect

[@BNatoAk]

He would be 86 today on Halloween and probably still active in some form of entertainment if his health allotted him. Rest in Pease good sir.

[@luisl.lascari1530]

Who can forget the Wonderful Carthwrites At Ponderosa ❤And little Joe,Live Michael from Laredo,Texas

[@dianneD27]

Love Michael

[@julianagrantzmusic]

I'm so happy to see this comment from only a few days ago!! We will never forget him.

[@user-cc1uk4xt1w]

Michel Landon was a great actor Now he is an 😇 angel I will never forget him I'm 48years old much love from Greece 💙🇬🇷💙💜💙💛💚🙏🙏🙏😇😇🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷🌷🙏🙏🙏

[@tamarabuxton2516]

I agree 😊🖖and am 54yrs old. Much love from Canada 💙🇨🇦🖖🙏🍀

[@jamestropicals8262]

I watch little house on the prairie a lot it’s my favorite movies

[@purereal8001]

I love the episodes of "Bonanza" that featured little Joe and hoss.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Me 2!!!

[@Sarasdad91]

I'm currently reading Michael Landon his triumphs and tragedies by Aileen Joyce. It's a great book, goes into a lot more detail about his life until the very end.

[@cdgates1]

I read his step daughter Cheryl's memoir. I couldn't put that book down myself

[@Sarasdad91]

​@@cdgates1I'll have to get that one. Anything about Michael Landon, I want to read it.

[@cdgates1]

@@Sarasdad91 I honestly think it's the best Landon biography. Cheryl went so deep into his up bringing. Trust me u won't be disappointed

[@jennymohler5021]

ilove micheal landon wonderful man and actor

[@janicemagistro5621]

My children & I would watch Little Hose every single afternoon

[@adelinasantos2593]

Maicon como sempre lindo 😍 muito obrigado por compartilhar sua história 💕

[@janicemagistro5621]

Loved Michael Landon

[@historicalhollywood]

Michael Landon is a Legendary Movie Star.

[@standdown4929]

This is the first biography where they mention Jason at the end... "It made no sense to keep him"? "He was returned for readoption".... Well, Jason remembers, he was the thrown away child and not even allowed to see Michael before he died... Cindy wouldn't even give him Jason's messages... Jason grew up to be a kind, gentle soul anyone would be proud to call their son....

[@marinal897]

Unforgettable ❤

[@wilmamccann4919]

Michael landon was my favourite actor and the many stories in Highway to Heaven offered hope in the darkest situations and could easily be translated to these times.🇬🇧

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@wilmamccann4919- Agree 100%!! 👍 😁

[@kathyjowistert6026]

HE WAS ALSO MY VERY SPECIAL, LOVING AND DEAR SWEET FRIEND THAT I JUST REALLY GREATLY LOVED VERY MUCH! HE WAS A REAL SWEET,GENTLE AND LOVING PERSON! IT IS REAL SAD THAT HE IS GONE NOW I REALLY MISS HIM VERY MUCH!

[@sueannbellucci4304]

You were blessed to know him in person? I miss him also tho I never met him. Did you work with him?

[@kathyjowistert6026]

@@sueannbellucci4304 NO, I DID NOT WORK WITH HIM. WE WERE JUST DEAR AND LOVING FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER AND HE WAS THE SWEETEST, LOVING DEAR FRIEND THAT I EVER HAD. HE WAS ALWAYS SO SWEET, LOVING, GENTLE, AND KIND TO ME..

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@@kathyjowistert6026 - that information comes as no surprise. From everything I have read and seen about him I knew - know - he was a beautiful person. A human being for sure, with all the faults that we all have- but someone special. A cut above ! As Kent McCray said," They don't make 'em like that anymore." 🙁❤

[@juanramirezhuertas2585]

R. I. P. Actors is classic ill remember is children

[@colettenasielski8836]

Goodbye Micheal Landon

[@jag5798]

I had no idea that he repetitively cheated and exchanged wives for younger ones. Just goes to show you, don’t judge a book by its cover.

[@sarahkutz1512]

You Will Do! What! You Want To Do!!! YOUR HEART DESIRES And WANT’S!!!!

[@daviddavids5088]

Amazing actor I still watch Bonanza little house Highway to heaven Best TV ever I was so sorry when I heard about Michaels Death I just got home from worki work I was with my first wife watching entertainment tonight had a special that night on about Michaels death Hard to believe it's been 34 years Rest in peace Michael missed so much by Fans and Family

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@davidsdavid5086- Absolutely feel the same!

[@aparecidacampos873]

Inesqwesivel.beatiful. forever.💖💖🌹💖

[@butteheadbuttrack4728]

At least he was honest about not being a "family man".

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Where does he say he was not a family man? He actually says he IS just an average family guy like everyone else- "except when he walks on water"! 😂

[@prycerobertson4695]

Judging by the show's intro at the beginning of part 1, I believe this is from either 1998 or 1999.

[@jamestropicals8262]

Micheal Landon, victor french, Merlin Olsen and Kevin Hagen all died from cancer sadly

[@cassiebigley7349]

I love Michael Landon he was a great actor loved all his shows.its really sad his life was so bad

[@sueannbellucci4304]

His life wasn't bad at all. His childhood was difficult because his mother had emotional issues and she never showed him any love. However, his adult life was more than he could ever have hoped for - to use his own words. He had wonderful children and he was successful beyond his "wildest dreams", and he had countless friends and co-workers who loved him. The only real tragedy of his life was the fact that it was way too short. 😏😔💞

[@cassiebigley7349]

@@sueannbellucci4304 I'm talking about his childhood.the rest of his life was great.in my eyes he will always be a great actor and a real good sweet man

[@tennesseegirl5539]

💗

[@germanypinaytiktoker6467]

💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@mikedaniel7195]

I liked all the shows Michael Landon was on and I own Little House on the Prairie in my vudu account and on dvd and I also have Highway to Heaven on dvd.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

He was a very special person and his shows were a reflection of that. 😊

[@margarethastings3488]

Michael Landon/ aka Eugene Horowitz Was my 1st love.Not perfect., but any of us are?..Best a$$ in the west..Great writer, director, actor..and that chipmunk laugh( plus left handed)...Tried to battle that cancer. Will always miss him, along the whole cast of Bonanza..

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Yes. Yes. Yes - to all you said! ❤

[@lukasmiller486]

That poor kid that was un-adopted. I hope he found a good family.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@lukasmiller486 - yes. 😔 I can't imagine doing that.

[@courtneyfan9]

Do you have the special “ Michael Landon : memories of laughter and love.”?!

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Yes I do. I will be posting other videos in the coming days and weeks, including that one and original commemorative videos.

[@aparecidacampos873]

Love michael landon💖💖

[@kathrynscottfitzgerald-qr1bp]

Back in the day alot of parents did that all the time with the wet sheets in the window 🪟 because I remember my mother doing that to my little sister 😭

[@sueannbellucci4304]

😔😪

[@jenniferwilcox9759]

Guess what? I'm 55 and I grew up in the 70's, 80's and was a young adult in the 90's. Many of us didn't whine about our crappy home lives then, either. We also didn't visit the results of our crappy lives onto or wives/husbands and/or children. Not everyone who had traumatic childhoods grew up to be poor fathers and husbnds.

[@rosamariapalomares2152]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😘

[@miguelitoinguanti6171]

I met him in Los Angeles the hills

[@sueannbellucci4304]

You are lucky! I only wish I could've . . .

[@jamestropicals8262]

@@sueannbellucci4304 I wasn’t even born yet when he died

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@@jamestropicals8262 - I was born long before that and never met him either sadly. You are very young to be a fan. Did your parents watch LHOP with you? Is that how you know of him?

[@jamestropicals8262]

@@sueannbellucci4304 as a kid yes

[@jamestropicals8262]

This July 1st it has been 30 years since he died

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Yes. Hard to believe.

[@les1cady35]

he certainly was a vessel of some sort....quite the distraction he was....***mary****

[@pat_jones36]

He was way too young to die! He would of been 86 now, I wasn’t even born yet when he died

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Please watch my commemorative Michsel Landon videos with original lyrics. You will totally enjoy all of them! 😊💕

[@NewWorldDAO]

Oh Michael Landon my law and order I just saw a police officer driver by the empty parking lot

[@chieclamuadongkd]

Tôi rất thích ông ấy trong bộ phim, ước chi bộ phim có phần 2

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@ Quan Tran Huu - Có 4 phần trên Kênh KZbin của tôi. 😊

[@chieclamuadongkd]

@@sueannbellucci4304 ý tôi là bộ phim ngôi nhà nhỏ trên thảo nguyên ấy.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@@chieclamuadongkd - Ồ. Tôi hiểu lầm bạn. Tôi xin lỗi. Bạn đã xem chương trình đó ở Việt Nam chưa?

[@chieclamuadongkd]

@@sueannbellucci4304 phim này là tuổi thơ 20 năm trước của tôi,phim chiếu trên sóng truyền hình quốc gia, gần đây có chiếu lại, tôi đã xem đi xem lại bộ phim, khi tôi thấy căng thẳng trong công việc, rất nhiều người yêu mếm bộ phim

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@ Quan Tra Huu - Thật đáng yêu khi nghe điều này. Vào ngày 20 tháng 5, một số người trong chúng ta sẽ đến ngôi nhà thời thơ ấu nếu Michael Landon dành một chiếc ghế dài để tưởng nhớ anh ấy. Tôi sẽ đọc những bình luận từ mọi người trên khắp thế giới về người đàn ông này và các buổi biểu diễn của anh ấy cũng như mức độ yêu thích của mọi người đối với chúng. Nếu nó ổn với bạn, tôi muốn chia sẻ nhận xét của bạn. 😊

[@alisonwhite4566]

Aw he would have been 86.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@Alison White - Hard to imagine. But sadly he wasn't blessed with long life.

[@jamestropicals8262]

Yep, he died way too young

[@francinelebert4225]

Dommage ! Ça ne traduit pas en français 😢

[@NewWorldDAO]

Eli or at seven arranged marriage as well maybe she felt that maybe your mom felt that

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

MORAL of the story: dont drink and smoke yourself to death; especially on the set working with kids...

[@sueannbellucci4304]

I think there are many, much more uplifting lessons to be learned from watching the story of Michael Landon.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

@@sueannbellucci4304 he died early due to his own choices; much to the dismay of his wife and kids; so preventable.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@@Lauren-vd4qe - I don't disagree you you there. But to sum up the story of his life by saying it was all about how he died, is just wrong. What he left behind in his children and his works is a legacy to be proud of. The moral of the story is live your life to the very fullest, no matter how emotionally difficult your beginnings are. Love your family and your friends. Work hard. Play hard. Be a good person - and, if you take care of your body perhaps you will have longer than a mere 54 years on this planet. No guarantees though. 😏💞

[@kazfleszar5899]

little joe ,happy memmories of bonanza ,he smoked too much and drunk too much so we re told.

[@PatriciaHarris-bt7wz]

666uul ok

[@MamaTriedSolo]

Can I just say adopted children aren't dogs...you don't give them back when you get divorced. How shameful.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@Mama Tried- I agree, but if we are being honest here, it was Dodie who made the decision. And Michael was barely more than a youngster at the time who went on to become a loving father to 9 children, 3 of whom were not his biological children. It's a shame that some people can look at a beautiful rosebush and only see the thorns.

[@lindacosta5688]

Am I the only one that thinks his 3rd wife is hideous even WITH make up? What a shame that he didn’t stay with Lynn

[@sueannbellucci4304]

Who knows what happened in that marriage. He clearly loved her .And there were many other young women around if that's all he wanted. Something was missing and Cindy obviously made him happy. We will never know the whole story.

[@aliceschmid9697]

I used to love the man. but he took the crude humor in real life way too far. the way he treated the women in his life was absolutely awful. I think he was a misogynist. Karen Grassle said he used to use the c-word to refer to women generally and when they did scenes in their little house bedroom set, he made jokes about the smell of a woman's genitalia after sex. I no longer adore Michael Landon.

[@sueannbellucci4304]

@Alice Schmid - It's very interesting that you would choose to believe these disparaging comments from a woman who has never said anything about this in the past 30 years. Not until, apparently down on her luck, she decided to write a book and thought this would sell a few more copies. There are many interviews she has given - including in this video- where she says only good things about him. And of course she is the ONLY one who has accused him of these things. Yet you choose to believe her and throw out all the other positive comments that people in this very video have to say about him. A misogynist? Hardly. He was a man of his times. I'm sure he would have evolved just like so many other men. AND women have over the past 20 years. Sadly, he didn't have the chance. I don't know who your heroes are but, for me - 1 bitter old woman is not going to color my opinion of this beautiful man. I'm going to side with absolutely everyone else who worked with him and his family and friends who loved him and still cherish his memory. ❤

[@fran-kittyayers5329]

​@@sueannbellucci4304 I so agree, that woman is so bitter he made her, she didn't have to stay in series she could have gone, and now she trashes him let us live the dream of this gorgeous man, whom we all love and miss very much ❤