David's Little House Star Profiles and Trivia

Don Pedro Colley was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, August 30th, 1938 to Muriel and Pete Colley. His father played piano, and his mother was active in politics in the area. Don Pedro attended Klamath Union High School. He was active in athletics, playing football, and especially enjoying track and field. He also tried out for the 1960 Olympics in discus, placing 6th. Don Pedro attended University of Oregon, studying architecture.

He became interested in acting by accident, after joining some friends for a play rehearsal. He is probably best known for his roles of Gideon in the series, Daniel Boone, in the Beneath the Planet of the Apes film as Ongaro, and as "Sheriff Little" in the TV series, "Dukes of Hazard". (10 episodes)
Don Pedro has a daughter; Kira Zuleka Zadow-Colley. He remains very active, though semi-retired, and makes guest appearances at conventions worldwide.

In November of 2002 he was living in a semi-mountainous area near Klamath Falls, Oregon.

On October 10th, 2017, Don passed away of cancer in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

He Played  Dr.Tane in The Wisdom of  Solomon - 1977

2008 Photo

I just can't picture Sheriff Little!

Sheriff Little!! I didn't know that! I will have to tease my brother ....he loved The Dukes of Hazzard.

Robert Darnell, born Robert H. Pilgrim in September of 1930 in Los Angeles, Ca. Had two sons, Matthew R. Anderson and Luke Darnell, both of whom are actors and stunt performers.
He acted in 16 titles from 1982 to 1990. They included Hill Street Blues, The A Team, LA Law, and Rags to Riches. He died in January of 1991 at the age of 61.

He was on one Little House Episode
“Hello and Goodbye” - 1983 - as Phillip Rogers, Matthew’s Real Father

Davetucson wrote:

There are a ton of "Little House Experts" on this forum. Here's a question......... Who is this actor?

Is he still acting, Dave? Is he someone we'd know apart from Little House?

LH expert: Radames Pera??

Gin wrote:

LH expert: Radames Pera??

You are correcto mundo Gin!
You didnt cheat and look on the net did you?
Dave

Well, I first looked at his mouth and said...".I think Radames, but not sure." Then I cheated .

Thats OK Gin, I would have done the same thing!

Jack Lee Ging (born November 30, 1931, in Alva in Woods County in northwestern Oklahoma) is an American actor best known for his role as General Harlan 'Bull' Fullbright in the NBC television series The A-Team.

Before turning to acting, Ging served in the United States Marine Corps and during the 1950s played college football at the University of Oklahoma at Norman.
From 1984 to 1985, Ging played the arrogant Lieutenant Ted Quinlan on the adventure/detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1985, in which he was eventually killed off to free him up to appear in The A-Team (Ironically, in his final Riptide episode, he was killed by Carl Franklin, the sidekick of Colonel Decker - Fulbright's predecessor in The A-Team).
His character was one of only two to have died on-screen during the series. Ging was brought in to try and ease things on set when the series stars George Peppard and Mr. T quarreled; Ging having worked with Peppard previously.

In 1981, Ging played Tracy Winslow in the episode "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" on the ABC show The Greatest American Hero.

Ging had also played Will Coleman in the 1975 adaptation of the film Where The Red Fern Grows, had the starring role in the war film Sniper's Ridge (1960), and appeared sporadically as police contact Lieutenant Dan Ives on Mike Connors's Mannix in the early 1970s.

At the age of twenty-eight, Ging was cast in the role of Dan Wright, along with George Nader as Dr. Glenn Barton, in the NBC adventure series The Man and the Challenge, which ran for thirty-six episodes during the 1959-1960 season. Thereafter, he appeared occasionally in the role of Beau McCloud on the NBC western series, Tales of Wells Fargo, starring his fellow Oklahoman, Dale Robertson.
In 1960, Ging appeared in one episode of The Twilight Zone: "The Whole Truth".
From 1962-1964, he appeared as a young psychiatrist in NBC's 62-episode The Eleventh Hour medical drama. His costars were Wendell Corey, the first season, and thereafter Ralph Bellamy.

He also appeared on The Bionic Woman, Wiseguy, B.J. and the Bear, and The Highwayman. His movie credits include the Clint Eastwood westerns Hang 'Em High, Play Misty for Me, and High Plains Drifter.

Jack Ging made two guest appearances as villains on The A-Team (in the first season episode "A Small And Deadly War" and the second season's "Bad Time On The Border") before being given the role of General Fullbright, one of the army leaders whose thankless task was to capture The A-Team. In the final episode of The A-Teams fourth season, 'The Sound Of Thunder', the team were forced to fight on the same side as Fullbright whilst on a mission in Vietnam, searching for Fullbright's long lost daughter. Fullbright was captured and tortured by an enemy soldier; the team rescued him, but he was fatally shot during the escape.

He has four children from three marriages. He has two younger children from his third marriage (1978) to Ramona "Apache" Ging. He has one child each from previous marriages to Katie Ging (1952–1954) and Gretchen Graening Ging (1956–1972). He lives in a gated community outside Los Angeles near a country club, where he frequently plays golf.

Remember Rachel’s Father, Mr. Brown? He was also on one episode of Highway To Heaven in 1986.

Two Episodes of Little House
May I Have This Dance (1983) Mr. Brown
Survival (1975) Marshal Anders

Willie About To Ask Mr. Brown For Rachel's Hand in
"May I Have This Dance"

As Marshall Anders in "Survival"

Mitch Vogel (born January 17, 1956) is a United States former child actor who left show business at the age of 20. He is best known for his 1970-73 Bonanza role, where he played the teen orphan Jamie Hunter Cartwright. The character was taken-in by the Cartwrights, and eventually became patriarch Ben's fourth son.

Born in Alhambra, California, Vogel was a lanky, freckle-faced, blue-eyed and red-haired unassuming youth. He attended Heinz Kaiser Junior High School in Costa Mesa, California, in 1969-1970 but could only occasionally attend class because of his acting schedule. Also later attended Jordan Jr. High school in Burbank, California.

Vogel's acting career commenced at age 12 in the 1968 film comedy Yours, Mine and Ours, as one of Lucille Ball's and Henry Fonda's brood. The next year he reached the pinnacle of his film career with a major role in The Reivers. He played the role of Lucius in the film adaptation of the William Faulkner coming-of-age novel. The film won Golden Globe nominations for Vogel.

With established success, Vogel became a popular guest actor on TV by briefly appearing in Bonanza and The Virginian in 1968. In 1970 he secured a recurring role on Bonanza. Vogel completed a two-year stint on the show as Jamie Hunter, an orphan taken in and adopted by the Cartwrights. His casting brought a new dimension of youth to the cast, as Michael Landon, at age 34, was a bit too old to be receiving fatherly guidance from patriarch Ben. When the series ended in 1972, Vogel had developed a friendship with Landon and went on to appear in Landon's Little House on the Prairie series years later.

Disney also took an interest in Vogel, with his "Tom Sawyer"-like homespun appeal. He appeared in lead roles in 1970s Menace on the Mountain (TV) and The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou (TV) in 1971.
He continued to be seen in outdoors series such as episodes of Here Come the Brides and Gunsmoke. In the Gunsmoke episode entitled "McCabe," which aired on November 30, 1970, Vogel played Dobie McCabe, the teenage son of the outlaw called only McCabe, portrayed by Dan Kemp. Dobie discloses his father's location to a local sheriff named Shackwood, played by Jim Davis. When McCabe is slated to be hanged, Dobie has second thoughts, though he is bitter over the recent death of his mother, whom McCabe had foolishly deserted ten years earlier. Marshal Matt Dillon, played by James Arness, meanwhile, gets a telegram from the governor to override the death sentence from a local judge and takes McCabe back to Dodge City, Kansas where McCabe faces less severe charges that will land him in prison. Dobie follows Dillon and McCabe to Dodge City and vows to wait for his father until eventual release from prison in hopes the two can start a new life together.[1] David Canary said in September 1972 of Mitch Vogel," I returned to the series after an awkward absence. I know the storyline now embraced this young, adoptive Cartwright. So few teens in this field can prove their salt. Watching him, over what, the first ten weeks, I knew the teen's (Mitch} skills could not be questioned- he's kind of this 27 year old actor residing in an a much {more} innocent shell".

By the time he reached adulthood, Vogel led a life away from the limelight. Today he still lives in the Southern California area. He was married in 1985, and the couple have two daughters.
Vogel returned to Bonanza's locations for the Travel Channel's TV Road Trip in 2002, in which he narrated a look at the Ponderosa Ranch in Incline Village, near Lake Tahoe, Nevada. In 2004 he was featured in an interview in Bonanza Gold magazine. He participated in both the 2005 Bonanza Convention and the 2010 Bonanza Weekend in Liverpool, England.
He was in 32 productions from 1967 - 1978.

Two Episodes of Little House
Both as Johnny Johnson

The Love of Johnny Johnson – 1974
To See The World - 1975
As Johnny Johnson

With Michael In Bonanza

Please note that a correction was made on Ricky Segall's profile. He appeared on two Little House episodes, not one.
Dave

Roger Torrey, born in May of 1938 in Idaho, acted in over 25 titles from 1960 – 1985.

He nearly became Jethro Bodine on "The Beverly Hillbillies" when the producers were casting. Max Baer Jr eventually got the part but Torrey was the original choice. Torrey went on to appear in several episodes of the series in the role of Mark Templeton. He also appeared in episodes in 1969 as a character called Matthew Templeton.

He appeared in Gunsmoke, Bonanza, 12 episodes of Iron Horse, 12 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies as Mark Templeton and four episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard as Norris and Wayne. He was on one episode of Father Murphy as a Marshall in 1982.

He died at the age of 47 in December of 1985 in Los Angeles.

He played Colonel Forbes in the last Little House
Movie “The Last Farewell” in 1984.

Alvy Moore was a comic light actor in U.S. films and TV. Born in Vincennes in 1921 and raised in Terre Haute, IN, Moore studied drama at Indiana State Teachers College before serving in the Marines in WWII. He had a tough time breaking into movies, although he performed in local and regional live theatre. He finally found his niche in television, starring as the incompetent county agent Hank Kimball in GREEN ACRES from 1965-71. He also appeared in at least thirty other TV series and numerous commercials. He and his wife had been married 47 years at the time of his death in 1997 at the age of 75.
Was a partner in a wrought iron foundry in the 1950s.
Fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII.
Performed on Broadway replacing 'David Wayne' (QV) as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts and toured with Henry Fonda as well in the late 40s.
Formed a production company with fellow character actor L.Q. Jones for both films and TV.
Three children: Barry, Janet and Alyson.
Had small pox as a child and polio as an adult.
While at the Pasadena Playhouse, he met his future wife. They shared a mailbox since they had the same last name only spelled differently. (Moore and Mohr).

He appeared in over 150 films.

Was on 5 Little House Shows
1984 Little House: The Last Farewell (TV movie)
1st Mayor
1980 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Storekeeper / Mr. Crowley
Divorce, Walnut Grove Style(1980)… Storekeeper
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Part 2(1980)… Storekeeper

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Part 2(1980)… Mr. Crowley

In Green Acres

Born in 1923 in Pennsylvania, veteran Broadway, TV and film actor James Karen was encouraged as a young man to take up an acting career by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur actor himself. In 1947 Karen made his Broadway debut in "A Streetcar Named Desire", which led to appearances in over 20 Broadway productions. His television work began in 1948 with the telecast of "A Christmas Carol", directed by pioneer television producer / director Fred Coe. Since then he has acted in over 100 television shows, including a stint as as Chief Justice Michael Bancroft on "First Monday" (2002) for CBS. In 1965 he began his film work in the low-budget sci-fi "epic" Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965) and now has an impressive resume of over 80 movies to his credit. He has also filmed a record-breaking 5,000+ television commercials, most while a spokesperson for the Pathmark Supermarket chain in the northeast US. He has been honored with the "Saturn Award" for Lifetime Achievement given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. He has also been presented "The Buster Award", by The International Buster Keaton Society. This award is given to the person who has demonstrated professional excellence in the tradition of Buster Keaton.
Became an actor thanks to the insistence of U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood (who was himself an amateur thespian).
Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse under legendary acting coach Sanford Meisner.
In 2001, he received the "Buster" award, an annual honour given to one who demonstrates professional excellence in the tradition of Buster Keaton. He was a close friend of Buster Keaton and Eleanor Keaton and toured with the legendary comedian on the 1950s stage with "Merton of the Movies" and in the Samuel Beckett film entitled Film (1965).
Once stated in an interview that when he could not find work as an actor, he earned a living by restoring and customizing cars.
He's the son of a produce dealer and a folk singer.
Was a longtime friend of the late Robert Ludlum, best-selling author of the "Osterman Weekend" and the "Jason Bourne" novels, among others. Both men got to know each other as young, struggling actors after World War II and before Ludlum's career turned to writing.
Former son-in-law of film director Daniel Reed and Isadora Reed.
Father of Reed Karen and has two grandchildren.
Ex-brother-in-law of Jared Reed.

He has appeared in over 146 films since 1948 and is still active at the age of 88.

He was in one Highway To Heaven episode as Mr. Simenton in “Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka".

He appeared in one Little House episode as Nathan Lassiter. The man responsible for the destruction of Walnut Grove in “The Last Farewell” filmed in 1984.
I Hated This Character!

American-born character actress, Anne Ramsey, was quite a busy actress in the 1980s despite being in her later years at the time. It wasn't until quite late in her life that Ramsey pursued an acting career in motion pictures. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1929, Ramsey attended Bennington College and was active in numerous on- and off-Broadway productions. After her marriage to actor Logan Ramsey, the couple formed Philadelphia's Theatre of the Living Arts. It was in the early 70s that Ramsey began her lengthy career into films. In 1971, she starred opposite her husband in The Sporting Club (1971) and then settled into small bit parts. However, she was eventually noticed for her trademark brusque, gruff womanly roles, after which she received more offers for films, notably Goin' South (1978), Any Which Way You Can (1980), The Goonies (1985) and Deadly Friend (1986). Unfortunately, by the mid 1980s, Ramsey discovered she was suffering from throat cancer and was forced to have parts of both her tongue and jawbone removed. Showing no sign that her cancer was slowing her down, she received an Academy Award nomination in 1987 for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Danny DeVito's mean mother in the film Throw Momma from the Train (1987). She continued to work until just months before her death in 1988 from cancer at the age of 58.

Following the death of their own mother ("Mom always liked you best!"), the Smothers Brothers chose Anne Ramsey to receive the flowers and honors on their Mothers' Day show.
Died, just six months after receiving her Oscar nomination for Throw Momma from the Train (1987).

Appeared with her husband, actor Logan Ramsey in The Sporting Club (1971), The Law (1974) (TV), "Blind Ambition" (1979), Any Which Way You Can (1980), Say Yes (1986), Scrooged (1988), Doctor Hackenstein (1988) and Meet the Hollowheads (1989).
Daughter of a successful insurance executive and his wife who was a descendant of the Pilgrims, she attended exclusive schools in Connecticut and made her debut the same season as Jacqueline Bouvier, the future Mrs. John F. Kennedy.
Though she played the elderly mother of Danny DeVito's character Owen in Throw Momma from the Train (1987), Ms. Ramsey was actually only fifteen years older than DeVito.

She was in 61 films from 1971 through 1989.

She played Mrs. Schiller (The Cook) in one Little House episode.
“As Long As Were Together” Part One - 1978

Donald Knight Born in Manchester, England in 1933, moved to North America where he studied at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, and later Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Knight was also an ordained minister, and during his acting career he also served as pastor at many churches. He was a minister at the United Church of Christ in Simi Valley, California. He appeared in the PBS telefilm The Canterville Ghost. Its other distributors were WonderWorks and the Disney Channel.

In 1965, he moved to California to pursue acting, and was primarily a character actor, making numerous guest appearances in television series such as Mission: Impossible, The Time Tunnel, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Little House on the Prairie, and It Takes a Thief, as well as semi-regular roles in series such as The Immortal. In 1972, he also played an automobile mechanic in the Columbo episode Etude in Black.

He is best known for his "cold killer" roles but enjoyed playing likeable characters as well. In addition to being placed for Emmy nomination for episodic television, he won five awards for stage.
Knight died on August 18, 1997 in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California. He was 64 years old.

He was on one episode of Father Murphy as Toby.

He Appeared in One Little House Episode
100 Mile Walk – As Jack Peters - 1974
The Man Who Befriended Charles and was Killed at The Quarry

Richard Douglas Hurst was born in 1946 in Houston, Texas. Graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Theatre ('68) Graduated from Temple University with a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Acting ('70).
He began his acting career in 1972 and is still active today. He has appeared in over 68 films. His son is actor Ryan Hurst.
Some of his acting appearances include The Client (TV), Melrose Place, Steel Magnolias, On The Rocks and one episode of Highway To Heaven, to name a few.

He appeared in 47 episodes of the “Dukes of Hazzard” as Cletus from 1979 -1982.This Will Get Gin's Attention!


He Was in One Little House Episode
“100 Mile Walk” as Jacob Jacobsen - 1974

His Son Ryan As A Paratrooper In "Saving Private Ryan"

I never made that connection. My brother is the Dukes fan. I can tease him now about Cletus and Sheriff Little being on LH too!

John Bleifer was born in July of 1901 in Zawiercie, Poland. He was a very prolific actor that began his career in 1927. His last role was in 1986 that ended an acting career of over 59 years. He appeared in movies as well as TV shows. Over 160 roles.
He was in Serpico, Sudden Impact, The White Shadow, WC Fields and Me, Adam-12, Marcus Welby, Dr. Kildaire, to name a few in a list that goes on and on.

He was in one episode of Highway to Heaven in 1984 as Sidney Gould in Highway To Heaven Part 1 and 2..

He passed away in January of 1992, at thae age of 90, in Los Angeles.
He was 78 years old when he appeared on Little House.

He Played Mr. Singerman In One of The Most Touching
Episodes of Little House That Was Ever Made. It was Unique
Due To The Fact That it Was The Only Episode That Matt
Labyorteaux Ever Did a Voice Over in during the ending scene.

“The Craftsman” – 1979

Wow they're cool facts, Dave!!

Wonder why Matt had to do a voice over in that scene?
I love the charactor of Mr. Singerman. Great Actor!

The voice over is the narration at the end.