# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-landon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:04:30.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-landon"
name: "Michael Landon"
slug: "michael-landon"
description: "Michael Landon Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989). Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball."
tagline: "American actor and filmmaker (1936–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Landon-publicity.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-10-31"
deathDate: "1991-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.65
  momentum:             0.6
  historical:           29.14997333333334
  currentAttention:     18
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001446"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump