David's Little House Star Profiles and Trivia

Married

So sweet.

David Carlile was born on February 9, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA as David Carlile Clark. He was an actor, known for The Psychopath (1973), Long Gone (1987) and Buddy Buddy (1981).

From 1956 through 1997, he had forty seven film credits. They included Newhart, Gomer Pyle, The Incredible Hulk and 77 Sunset Strip to name a few.

He died on April 1, 2006 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

One Little House Episode




FEEL FREE TO WATCH THE ACTION PACKED EPISODE OF HIGHWAY PATROL, DAVID CARLILE GUEST STARS!
TRAILER STORY! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_mdjzExnD0

The Bungling "Older Brother" - One Fine Actor!

Tom Harmon, credited as Timothy Scott or Tim Scott, born in 1937, was an American actor. He had a wife Donna Leigh Scott, one stepdaughter Marisa Scott-Windom, and two sons, Scott Harmon and Dean Swope. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, lived in New Mexico, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1959 for his acting career.

Scott appeared in films and television that are mostly Western-genre. He portrayed Pea-Eye in the miniseries Lonesome Dove and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove. Scott was replaced by Sam Shepard as Pea-Eye in another sequel Streets of Laredo. He also appeared in films, like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Electric Horseman, and television, like 1966 series Batman and miniseries Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life.

Scott co-founded the Met Theatre with James Gammon in Los Angeles.

From 1965 through 1995 he had over 91 screen credits.

He lived in Woodland Hills and was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 57in 1995. Scott was commemorated in Los Angeles. and Texas. He was cremated, his ashes scattered at screenwriter Bill Wittliff's ranch, Plum Creek, located between two Texas cities, Luling and Gonzales.


He Appeared In Little House On The Prairie In One Episode

He Not Only Visited The Prairie, But Mayberry as Well.....

The laconic character actor Owen Bush was born on November 10, 1921 in Savannah, Missouri. Owen first became interested in acting in high school, when auditioning for a school play got him out of a boring study hall. In the late 1940s, Bush began working as a radio announcer, and in the early '50s, became a sportscaster on WDAF-TV in Kansas City.

Like many television announcers in Kansas City at that time, Bush also frequently acted in industrial films made by the Calvin Company of Kansas City. There, he met the young director Robert Altman, who loved Bush's comic acting style and cast him in many short industrial "docu-dramas" as well as a bit part in Altman's first feature film, "The Delinquents," shot in Kansas City in 1956.

In 1959, Altman who by this time was a busy director of episodic TV in Hollywood, convinced Bush to take a leave of absence from WDAF-TV and come out to California to play a regular role in a short-lived syndicated TV series Altman was producing called "The Troubleshooters."

The show didn't get off the ground, but with some help from old friend William Frawley (of "I Love Lucy" fame) whom Bush first met during the making of an industrial film in Kansas City, Bush went on to become a popular radio personality in Los Angeles and also one of the most prolific character actors in movies and TV, not only appearing in many early-'60s Altman-directed episodes of the series "The Whirlybirds," "Maverick," "Peter Gunn," "Bus Stop", and "Bonanza", but also "on his own" in many episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gunsmoke" and in the movie "Valley of the Dolls".

Bush kept on working steadily through the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, and most recently could be spotted in the movie "Best Laid Plans" and in a recurring role on the TV soap opera "Passions". One of the classic and most recognizable character actors, Owen Bush died on June 12, 2001, in L.A., aged 79.

From 1953 through 2000, Owen piled up 128 screen credits…..

One Little House Episode


Owen appeared in three episodes of The Andy Griffith Show
Off to Hollywood as Mr. Jason
Goober's Contest as Mr. Hammond
Opie's First Love as Doyle

From Senator To Buying A Hat From Charles!

Colin Drake was born on March 8, 1917. He was an actor and writer, known for Cast a Deadly Spell (1991), César and Rosalie (1972) and The Dominici Affair (1973).

He wrote “Lost In The Wild”  which was a movie shot in Australia In 1976…..He later wrote:
"Australia has all the ingredients for making great movies - clear untouched stretches of country, the weather and great talent.

Colin Drake had fifty six credits from 1954 through 1993. He was in Cheers, 2 epsidodes of Highway To Heaven, The Golden Girls, Father Murphy, Archie Bunker’s Place and Rush to name a few.

He died on March 27, 2011 in Auburn, California at the age of 94.

Two Episodes Of Little House
Pictured Far Right

From Kindergarden To Hollywood!

Lynn Benisch was born in Westchester, New York as Lynn Benish. She is an actress, known for One Life to Live (1968), The Great Brain (1978) and The Sophisticated Gents (1981). She was a Kindergarden teacher before going into acting.

Along with a childhood friend she put on shows for Vietnam vets who were confined to a VA hospital in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

She was married to Colby Chester, an actor, who played Michael Crawford on 97 episodes of The Young and the Restless from 1986 through 1990.


Lynn also appeared on The Young and the Restless in 9 episodes in 1986. Other appearances included Starsky and Hutch, Rhoda, How The West Was Won, Happy Days, Gunsmoke and One Life To Live.

15 screen credits from 1963 through 1986. She has also acted under the name of Lynn Chester.

One Episode of Little House

In One Episode He Made Beer. In The Other, He Delivered it!

John Lawrence was born on April 26, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for They Live (1988), Seconds (1966) and The Asphyx (1973). He died on March 21, 1992 in Los Angeles, California.

Graduated with a B.A. in business from Temple University in Philadelphia. Acted on the New York stage, prior to screen work.

He had 76 credits to his name beginning in 1958 in a career that ended in 1990. Some of them included Father Knows Best, Gunsmoke, The Brady Bunch, Hill Street Blues and The Waltons. He worked for Michael Landon on Little House and Highway To Heaven.

He died on March 21, 1992 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 60.

Two Episodes Of Little House


Ten Years Earlier

Always Wondered How This Happens.....One Television Show And That's It! And A Pretty Good Actress!  

Dee Anne is an actress. She appeared in in one television production and one only.
Little House On The Prairie

Dave, who is the actor on the left in the picture above from Home Again Part 1? I have been watching Father Murphy and he is a nasty character on that show. He might be a nice man in person but he just looks sour in whatever character he plays.

LIWnut wrote:

Dave, who is the actor on the left in the picture above from Home Again Part 1?  I have been watching Father Murphy and he is a nasty character on that show.  He might be a nice man in person but he just looks sour in whatever character he plays.

That's Charles Tyner, aka Mr. Janes......Owned the Hat store Charles worked in in Home Again.....He's profiled on Page 25......Always played pretty nasty parts.........

This Is An Artist Alert For Lisa And Gin……………………….

Douglas Dickson was born in Lewiston, Montana. He was in one Little House episode. He retired from acting in 2004 and returned to Montana. Please read his biography below and visit his web site for a look at some beautiful work.    

http://douglasdirksonfineart.com/

This is Mr. Dirkson’s Auto Biography From His Web Site.

I was born in Lewistown, Montana, but spent most of my youth on my grandparent’s cattle ranch in the Gallatin Valley.  At around six or seven years old, I remember telling my mother I wanted to be in the movies. Well, down the road and a few years later, that is exactly what I decided to do for my life's work; to pursue a career in acting.

For the next thirty years, I performed in nearly two hundred TV shows, TV commercials, films and theatre productions.  In the early part of my career I was featured in shows like Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Kung Fu, Columbo and later guest starred in Cagney & Lacey, LA Law, McGyver, Chips and many others.

In those years I studied acting with the famous Lee Strasberg, and in 1979, Lee and Anna Strasberg invited me to teach for them at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Hollywood.  I continued teaching for many years and then segued into directing and producing.

Five years ago, I moved back to Montana with my wife Evelyn, and I retired from the performing arts.  However, I certainly did not give up my creative roots; I turned to painting.  I picked up my first paint brush while I was in Hollywood, and played around with painting for a month or so.  What went through my mind was, “I think I like this better then acting.”  That idea scared me to death.  My whole life and my very nature revolved around acting, so I put the paints away.

Now, I am completely involved and committed to my new career as a painter.  I love the process and have a passionate desire to continue to be creative.  I have taken several workshops from Scott Christensen and Aaron Schuerr.  I appreciate their style of painting which has influenced me a great deal, and they have inspired me to render my work with a painterly approach

There is a wonderful quote from the play, Our Town, by Thornton Wilder:  "O' earth you are too beautiful for anyone to realize.”

I am aspiring to accomplish this with my painting, by bringing the viewer into the awareness of how wonderful and beautiful God's gift of the natural world is.  We are so blessed to have it and I create my paintings to glorify Him.

Davetucson wrote:

Dan McBride was born in Kentucky, Currently Teaching at Cal State Los Angeles.
Dan McBride's Acting Credits
Highway to Heaven" (1 episode)
Catch a Falling Star (14 November 1984) – Cashier
"Flo" (1 episode)
What Are Friends For? (14 March 1981) - Raymond
"Young Maverick" (1 episode)
Have I Got a Girl for You (16 January 1980) - Actor
"Little House on the Prairie" (12 episodes )
In a scene from "Back To School" - Complaining as Usual

Dan On The Set

Dan is going to be at the LHOP Cast Reunion at the end of the month in WG. I need a screen shot of him to print off and ask him to sign. Which episodes was he in?

Two Doctors , One Quarantine!

Marshall Kent was born on October 6, 1908 in Lamar County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Last Voyage (1960), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) and Ring of Fire (1961).

He began his screen acting career in 1956. Had roles in Highway Patrol, Dragnet, Perry Mason, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and Room 222.
His last role was in one episode of Little House.

He died on January 15, 1985 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 76.


Marshall Kent, Pictured Left In A Maverick Episode

Cool  

Excellent resource for complete cast listings can be found on the following link..............includes synopsis of each episode......

http://follw.it/s/10200/Little_House_on_the_Prairie/1

Well, it used to be! They took it down!

A Family Affair On Little House! Melora, Jerry and Diane............


Diane Hardin was born as Diane Hill on July 11th, 1939.. She is an actress and manager, known for 1941 (1979), Used Cars (1980) and A Summer Without Boys (1973). She has been married to Jerry Hardin since October 3, 1959. They have two children.

Her Husband Jerry and Daughter Melora both appeared on Little House On The Prairie.


Diane trained, with Nora Eckstein, many young stars of past and present like: Molly Ringwald, River Phoenix, Danica McKellar, Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Candace Cameron Bure and Kirk Cameron, Tobey Maguire, Tina Majorino, Elijah Wood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Shannen Doherty, Brian Austin Green, Hilary Swank, Robin Wright, Kellie Martin, Allison Mack, twins Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley and her own daughter Melora Hardin.


Diane presently concentrates on her acting school and is well respected within the profession.
http://dianehardinacting.com/

She had appearances in A Summer Without Boys (1970), Sanford And Son (1974), 1941 (1979), Used Cars (1980).  

One Episode Of Little House

A Partridge Family Father!

Peter Forster was born on June 29, 1920 in London, England. He was an actor, known for Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) and Dangerous Charter (1962).

He was married to Jennifer Raine.

He had 34 screen credits between 1951 and 1982.

He died on November 16, 1982 in Brentwood, California, USA.

Peter appeared in One Little House Episode. He was the butler who summoned the doctor for Adam after he was assaulted and robbed at the train station…………

To See The Light – Part Two - 1980


His Son is Brian Forster of Partridge Family Fame who played Christopher in 71 episodes..........

oh wow. I didn't know that.

I take it your not a "Big Valley" fan?   

Clarke Gordon was born on April 18, 1918 in the USA. He is known for his work on That Certain Summer (1972), A Cold Wind in August (1961) and Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964). He was married to Eve McVeagh.

From 1950 through 1993 he had over 75 screen credits. A sampling included Empty Nest, The Cosby Show, Cheers and Lou Grant.

He died on December 26, 2004 in Los Angeles at the age of 86.

Just As His Wife Eve McVeigh, Who Guest Starred In The Gift, Clarke Was In One Episode Of Little House