David's Little House Star Profiles and Trivia

Michael Booth Morgan  was was born in Los Angeles, California in October of 1959. Son of Yvonne De Carlo and Robert Drew Morgan.


He was in 24 titles from 1972 - 1996. They included Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote, Roots, The Next Generation, Lou Grant, Rockford Files, RichMan, Poor Man,,The Odd Couple, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

His last appearance was in the movie "Babe Watch: Forbidden Parody" in 1996.

Michael passed away in February of 1999 at the age of 39 in Los Angeles, California.(Stroke)

He Was In One Little House Episode
Meet Me At The Fair - 1977 - Patrick (Sweet on Mary)

Davetucson wrote:

Jerry Michael Supiran was born in March of 1973 in Arcadia, California.
He played “Young Almanzo” in one Little House Episode. The Christmas They Never Forgot
And you are sure right! He was a cute kid!

He was in twenty titles from 1980 – 1989.

Small Wonder (TV series)
Jamie Lawson
– Thy Neighbor's Wife(1989)… Jamie Lawson
– See No Evil(1989)… Jamie Lawson
– The Strike(1989)… Jamie Lawson
– The Tattletale(1989)… Jamie Lawson
– Vicki Doolittle(1989)… Jamie Lawson
96 episodes »

1988Mr. Belvedere (TV series)
Anderson
– Pigskin(1988)… Anderson
1986Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Adam– Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind(1986)
1985George Burns Comedy Week (TV series)
– Christmas Carol II the Sequel(1985)
1984St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Matthew Auschlander
– Fade to White(1984)… Matthew Auschlander
1984Obsessive Love (TV movie)
Bobby Stevens
1984Fame (TV series)
Keith Donlon
– The Home Front(1984)… Keith Donlon
1984Love Thy Neighbor (TV movie)
Joey Wilson
1984Young Hearts (TV movie)
Larry Fettis
1984Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Matthew Riley
– Send in the Clowns(1984)… Matthew Riley
1983Uncommon Valor
Frank at 9
1983Newhart (TV series)
Ted Ward
– Animal Attractions(1983)… Ted Ward
1983Policewoman Centerfold (TV movie)
Tommy Oaks
1983Lottery! (TV series)
– Phoenix: Blood Brothers(1983)
1983Archie Bunker's Place (TV series)
Peter McBride
– Relief Bartender(1983)… Peter McBride
1982Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV series)
Paul
– The Lady and the Tiger(1982)… Paul
1982The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV movie)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1982Love, Sidney (TV series)
– Sail Away(1982)
1981Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Young Almanzo
– A Christmas They Never Forgot(1981)… Young Almanzo
1980Galactica 1980 (TV series)
Super Scout / Superscout
– The Night the Cylons Landed: Part 1(1980)… Super Scout
– Spaceball(1980)… Super Scout
– The Super Scouts: Part 2(1980)… Super Scout
– The Super Scouts: Part 1(1980)… Superscout

As Young Almanzo

Later Years

Uh, oh...! I'm seeing he changed A LOT!!!

Vanesa.

He SURE did!

Gilbert John Lamb was born in June of 1904 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. he was in 64 titles including BJ and the Bear, Mayberry RFD, The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons, Wild Wild West, Gunsmoke and My Little Margie to name a few. His career began in 1935 and lasted until 1980 when he appeared in one episode of Little House.

He died at the age of 91 in November of 1995 in Riverside, Ca.

He Played Harlan Potts
May We Make Them Proud - 1980
His pipe was stolen that caused the fire ( Lots of Garlic Makes Strong Teeth!)


Fifeinator Note: He played "Lou" in "Sam For Town Council" on the Andy Griffith Show in 1968

6-19-12

Boy, I hate to read this kind of stuff. Amazing how some make it and some don't.


Jerry Supiran, who played 12-year-old Jamie Lawson on the hit 1980s sitcom "Small Wonder" is broke and homeless. Supiran, 39, lost his money in a series of events during his teenage years, and he has been having trouble finding work ever since.

The former actor, who also appeared in "Little House on the Prairie" and episodes of "St. Elsewhere" and "Highway To Heaven," is living on the streets in California.

He told the National Enquirer, "When I was 18, I dated a stripper and she took what was left of my trust fund - then one of my advisers stole a half-million dollars from me. I've worked at different steakhouses for the last 15 years, but two years ago I was laid off from a restaurant in Henderson, Nevada, due to the economy. I haven't been able to find a job since."

He added, "I had to move back to central California, where my brother lives with his family, and while he helps me with hot meals and a shower, he doesn't have the room for me to stay there. So I either sleep at the homeless shelter I volunteer at, or under a local bridge."

Played Young Almanzo in "A Christmas They Never Forgot"

so sad

that's awful.

That's terrible..

WOW..that is sad to hear. I wonder Dave if we shouldn't put this under Jerry's bio on the extras thread, just to keep it all together. If we find anymore on the extras we could keep all info updated in one spot. I could ask a mod to move it there. ??

I'm sorry to hear that about Jerry.

Okay thanks.

That is so sad. You would think there was some kind of job he could do. Poor thing. That just shows that you can't trust people to much. :(

We all need to put him in our prayers and hope he finds his way.......

Here is a photo of Jerry living on the streets that was published by the National Inquirer:

Poor Jerry! I'll pray for him..His words shows he is really desperate and NEEDS something to do.

Vanesa.

Jerry is in my prayers.

Marcus Chong (born Marcus Wyatt on July 8, 1967) is an American actor most noted for his role as Tank in the science fiction film The Matrix.

Chong was born in Seattle, Washington. Marcus Chong's biological father, Martin Wyatt, had been a local newscaster in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years. Chong was then adopted and raised by Canadian actor and comedian Tommy Chong and raised as a stepbrother to actress Rae Dawn Chong.Marcus Chong's acting debut was in Roots: The Next Generations as Frankie Warner. He then went to Broadway in Stand-Up Tragedy with Jack Coleman.

In the early 1990s he played lead character Miguel Mendez on the TV show Street Justice. He later appeared in the Vanishing Son action series as Fu Qua Johnson and has also played a biracial character of African American/Chinese descent in Season 3 of the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Inheritance").Marcus Chong played Tank the Operator in The Matrix, and also starred as Huey P. Newton in the 1995 movie Panther.Marcus recently completed his first novel entitled, "The Arch" based on his experience with The Matrix and one of his heroes, Alexandre Dumas.
Todd Bridges's Mother Was His Acting Coach

Marcus Chong Was In One Little House Episode
Samson in Blind Journey 2

Marcus and Todd Bridges in Later Years

Born in August of 1960, Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints, California-born Sean Penn is the second son of actress Eileen Ryan & director Leo Penn, also brother of Chris Penn. He first appeared in roles as strong-headed or unruly youths such as the military cadet defending his academy against closure in Taps (1981), then as fast-talking surfer stoner Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).

Fans and critics were enthused about his obvious talent and he next contributed a stellar performance alongside Timothy Hutton in the Cold War spy thriller The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), followed by a teaming with icy Christopher Walken in the chilling At Close Range (1986). The youthful Sean then paired up with his then wife, pop diva Madonna in the woeful, and painful, Shanghai Surprise (1986), which was savaged by the critics, but Sean bounced back with a great job as a hot-headed young cop in Colors (1988), gave another searing performance as a US soldier in Vietnam committing atrocities in Casualties of War (1989) and appeared alongside Robert De Niro in the uneven comedy We're No Angels (1989). However, the 1990s was the decade in which Sean really got noticed by critics as a mature, versatile and accomplished actor, with a string of dynamic performances in first-class films.

Almost unrecognisable with frizzy hair and thin rimmed glasses, Penn was simply brilliant as corrupt lawyer David Kleinfeld in the Brian De Palma gangster movie Carlito's Way (1993) and he was still in trouble with authority as a Death Row inmate pleading with a caring nun to save his life in Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he received his first Oscar nomination. Sean then played the brother of wealthy Michael Douglas, involving him in a mind-snapping scheme in The Game (1997) and also landed the lead role of Sgt. Eddie Walsh in the star-studded anti-war film The Thin Red Line (1998), before finishing the 1990s playing an offbeat jazz musician (and scoring another Oscar nomination) in Sweet and Lowdown (1999).

The gifted and versatile Sean had also moved into directing, with the quirky but interesting The Indian Runner (1991), about two brothers with vastly opposing views on life, and in 1995 he directed Jack Nicholson in The Crossing Guard (1995). Both films received overall positive reviews from critics. Moving into the new century, Sean remained busy in front of the cameras with even more outstanding work: a mentally disabled father fighting for custody of his seven-year-old daughter (and receiving a third Oscar nomination) for I Am Sam (2001); an anguished father seeking revenge for his daughter's murder in the gut-wrenching Clint Eastwood-directed Mystic River (2003) (for which he won the Oscar as Best Actor); a mortally ill college professor in 21 Grams (2003) and a possessed businessman in The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004).

Certainly Sean Penn is one of Hollywood's most controversial, progressive and gifted actors.
His father, Leo Penn, had been blacklisted in the 1950s for his political beliefs. Leo Penn directed three Little House episodes. Money Crop, The Voice of Tinker Jones and Ma’s Holiday. He died in 1998.

Sean appeared in one un-credited role on Little House
The Voice of Tinker Jones – 1974 – Directed by Leo Penn

Sean in Background opposite Jimmy McNichol

Oh my, that's so cute...never knew Sean Penn was in Little House...not a bad start.

Nicholas Corney played Adam Kendall Jr. in two episodes of Little House. He is now a production coordinator in Hollywood. He was also in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Two Episodes
"Author. Author"
"May We Make Them Proud Part One"

"Fast Times At Ridgemont High"

Wow.Very interesting facts you found out..I agree it's hard to tell sometimes the actors from in the period clothing...Holly little house sure had tons of guest stars.


thanks for your hard work.

Sean Marshall, born June 19, 1965, In Canoga Park, Ca., is an American actor and singer who started acting in 1971 at the age of 6. He was in more than ten movies including "The Deadly Trackers", "The New Adventures of Heidi", "Jimmy Valentines Second Chance", and the Disney animated film "The Small One", but he is most commonly known for playing the protagonist Pete in the 1977 Disney movie Pete's Dragon for which he earned a gold record. He also starred in two television series "The Fitzpatricks" which aired in 1977-78 for 13 episodes and "Stickin' Together", which aired in 1978 for 9 episodes. Sean was a guest star in many of the popular series of his time including "Kung Fu", "Emergency", "Code R', "The Carol Burnett Show", and "The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show"' to name a few. Sean was also a prolific TV commercial, radio, print and stage actor during his short seven years in the entertainment industry.

In 1978 Sean Marshall left the entertainment industry to pursue an education at Notre Dame College Preparatory. In 1983 he received a congressional appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. In 1987 he graduated with a B.S. in Marine Transportation and an officer’s appointment in the U.S. Maritime Service, and the U.S. Naval Reserve. He now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He was in One Little House Episode In an Un-Credited Role
Boy Feigning Sickness
If I Should Wake Before I Die - 1974

In "Pete's Dragon" with Mickey Rooney

wounder why some of them have un-Credited roles.

There were many on Little House, depended on their contracts. Almost ALL of the school kids were uncredited., Minor roles with very little or no speaking parts went uncredited. A good example was Jack Lilley who was in nearly all Little Houses as a stagecoach driver, customer, citizen, etc. He got very little credited parts.

An uncredited or cameo role; often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television, often appearing as themselves. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake), or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes, musicians or even characters from other fictional works are common. A cameo appearance can also include when a crew member of the show or movie plays a minor role. A cameo should not be confused with a guest appearance, being different in that guest appearances do acknowledge the person in question for who they are, be it by explicitly naming them or in the work's credits.


Nice avatar Krissy! Beautiful photo!