David's Little House Star Profiles and Trivia

I SO loved Jason. He was such a good actor. Glad to hear he has done well.

SHONDA WHIPPLE WAS BORN IN THE APPROXIMATE YEAR OF 1974.
SHE APPEARED IN OVER 25 PROGRAMS BEFORE LEAVING ACTING IN 1998.
SHE APPEARED IN GROWING PAINS, FULL HOUSE, DYNASTY AND WHOS THE BOSS TO NAME A FEW. SHE WAS IN ONE EPISODE OF HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN TITLED KEEP SMILING AS JACKIE.
SHE APPEARED IN TWO EPISODES OF LITTLE HOUSE.
HOME AGAIN 1&2 - 1983 - TAMI
LOOK BACK TO YESTERDAY - 1983 - AMY BRYANT




SHONDA IN "WIERD SCIENCE"

SHERI STONER WAS BORN IN JULY OF 1965 IN SANTA MONICA, CA.
SHE HAS WRITTEN OVER 13 TITLES OF TELEVISION SHOWS, MOSTLY CHILDRENS TITLES AND PRODUCED FIVE TITLES. SHE HAS ACTED IN OVER 23 SHOWS INCLUDING MURDER SHE WROTE, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, TJ HOOKER AND KNOTTS LANDING.
SHE IS CURRENTLY VERY ACTIVE AND AS OF 2011 WAS WORKING ON HER FIRST NOVEL.
SHERRI WON EMMY AWARDS FOR HER WORK IN ANIMANIACS FOR TINY TOON ADVENTURES IN 1991 AND 1993.
SHE APPEARED IN 3 LITTLE HOUSE EPISODES - REMEMBER WILLIE'S WIFE?
SHE PLAYED RACHEL BROWN OLESON IN ALL THREE.
LOOK BACK TO YESTERDAY - 1983
HELLO AND GOODBYE - 1983
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE - 1983

Sheri is so pretty. I SO wish she and Willie could have taken LH into another season.

SHE WAS A DOLL! I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY MADE A GREAT COUPLE!

Ricky Segal was born in March of 1969 on Long Island in Plainview New York. He began performing at the age of 3. He first appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show in 1973.
He captivated America when he appeared on the Partridge Family in 10 episodes of the show. He also sang on The Mike Douglas Show and the Merv Griffin Show. Did guest roles on Police Woman and The Blue Knight. He was in the Movie "Oh, God Book II. Ricky had very loving parents and has had a successful life since his self imposed exile from show business in the 90's. In the 2000's he was very active in Christian Theatre Groups in San Antonio, Texas. He is married and had 2 children as of 2006. He appeared in two short subject movies in 2009, 2010.
He appeared in two episodes of Little House. He plays young Tod, being abused by his father in the opening scene of "The Angry Heart" that aired in 1979. Some critics labeled this as the best episode of Little House.
He also played the young boy running in the opening scene of 'The Pride of Walnut Grove"

Ricky on The Partridge Family


Opening Scene of The Angry Heart - Little House

"The Pride of Walnut Grove"

This was one of those that really touched on real life issues. Ricky did an excellent job in this and sounds like he has done well since. He was a cute kid.

Timothy Wead was born in January of 1956. He appeared in 4 TV shows from 1979 to 1989. He did guest roles in Operation Petticoat, Family, Quincy ME and Little House. He was in the movie "Heroes Stand Alone", his last role in 1989. He now does work for Performance Ministries, bringing books of the Bible live on stage throughout the country.

He was in one Little House Episode in 1979 - The Angry Heart as Tod Dortmunder - An abused and troubled child.

Talking To Charles in a Scene From The Angry Heart

Tim Wead Today As The Apostle Paul - Performance Ministries

Wow, what a great way to minister. That sounds like something to watch. Its good to hear these kids have done well for themselves and kept acting.

DARYL KEITH ROACH IS AN AMERICAN FILM ACTOR WHO HAS APPEARED IN OVER 55 PERFORMANCES ON TELEVISION AND IN MOVIES. HIS MOVIE CAREER BEGAIN IN 1975 WHEN HE APPEARED THE MOVIE SHAMPOO. HE PLAYED REMONDO ON GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 1990 AND TURNER IN ONE LIFE TO LIVE IN 1989. HE WAS ALSO IN POLICE STORY, KNOTS LANDING, HILL STREET BLUES, DALLAS, AND HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN TO NAME A FEW. HIS LATEST PROJECT IS THE MOVIE DISPATCH, RELEASED IN 2011, DEPICTING LIFE IN A HOLLYWOOD LIMOSINE DISPATCH OFFICE.

HE APPEARED IN ONE LITTLE HOUSE EPISODE ACTING ALONGSIDE MOSES GUNN IN "THE FIGHTER" IN 1977. HE PLAYED TIM KAGAN, A YOUNG BOXER WHO WAS KNOCKED OUT BY JOE KAGAN.

CASEY ERICKSON, BIRTHDATE UNKNOWN, ACTED IN 3 MICHAEL LANDON PROJECTS FROM 1981 - 1985. HE PLAYED AN ATTENDANT AND HELPER IN HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN IN THE EPISODES "THE SMILE IN THE THIRD ROW" AND "ANOTHER SONG FOR CHRISTMAS". THOSE THREE LANDON PROJECTS WERE HIS TOTAL INVOLVEMENT IN ACTING.
HE PORTRAYED HAROLD IN SAMS SON, AND A YOUNG MAN AND DELIVERY BOY IN LITTLE HOUSE.

HE WAS IN TWO LITTLE HOUSE EPISODES
ONCE UPON A TIME - 1983 - YOUNG MAN
A WISER HEART - 1981 - DELIVERY BOY

CASEY DELIVERING FLOWERS TO ELIZA JANE IN A WISER HEART

PATRICK COLLINS, BIRTHDATE UNKNOWN, HAS APPEARED IN 46 TITLES OF TV SHOWS AND MOVIES. HE SPENT SIX YEARS IN SILENCE AS A MONK BEFORE BECOMING AN ACTOR. HE WAS A TEACHER OF RELIGION AT THE JOHN F KENNEDY CATHILIC HIGH SCHOOL IN SOMERS, NEW YORK. HE IS AN AMAZING WHISTLER AND CAN IMITATE MANY BIRDS.
HE HAS ACTED IN OVER 46 TV SHOWS AND MOVIES. HE WAS IN THE JEFFERSONS, GREATEST AMERICAN HERO, HILL STREET BLUES, MAGNUM PI, NYPD BLUE TO NAME A FEW. HIS LATEST ROLE IS IN THE MOVIE "MAN ON A LEDGE".

HE WAS IN ONE LITTLE HOUSE EPISODE, "A WISER HEART" PRODUCED IN 1981.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MANY OF THE SCENES IN THIS EPISODE WERE SHOT ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS AT THE OLD MAIN BUILDING IN TUCSON, ARIZONA WHERE I CURRENTLY RESIDE. PICTURED BELOW.
HE PLAYED MORTIMER CARSTAIRS WHO WAS SWEET ON ELIZA JANE..

Patrick Collins was muit-talented. I remember his bird calls on this episode! 6 yrs in silence? No wonder he took up bird calls!! I loved his charactor as Mortimer.....but what a name!
He and Eliza Jane should have ended up together for sure!

DARLENE CONLEY WAS BORN IN JULY OF 1934. SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR TWO DAYTIME EMMY'S FOR HER ROLE AS SALLY SPECTRA ON THE DAYTIME SOAP "THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" . OVER 625 EPISODES. SHE WAS ALSO ON "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS" AS ROSE DEVILLE. SHE ALSO HAD ROLES IN GENERAL HOSPITAL,DAYS OF OUR LIVES, CAGNEY AND LACEY, THE JEFFERSONS,GUNSMOKE,BILL COSBY AND IRONSIDE. HER CAREER LASTED OVER 46 YEARS.
SHE DIED OF CANCER IN 2007 AT THE AGE OF 72.

SHE WAS IN ONE EPISODE OF LITTLE HOUSE - "A WISER HEART" - 1981
SHE PLAYED MRS PIERCE. THE NASTY WOMAN LAURA WASHED DISHES FOR ALONGSIDE LESLIE LANDON WHO PLAYED PAM.

JONATHON HALL KOVACS WAS BORN IN OCTOBER OF 1969 IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS AN AMERICAN DEAF CHILD ACTOR THAT APPEARED ON SIX TELEVISION SHOWS DURING THE PERIOD OF 1982 THROUGH 2001. ALL OF HIS CHARACTERS WERE DEAF MUTE PEOPLE. IN 1988 HE GRADUATED WITH HONOURS FROM CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF DEAF IN FREMONT,CA. HE DID SEVERAL PLAYS AND ITV, A COURSE IN HOW TO FILM AND EDIT.
AS AN ADULT, HE HAS DIRECTED A FEW SHORT STAGE PERFORMANCES. HIS INTERSET IN ASL GAVE BIRTH TO RASKELLAR PERFORMING ARTS IN 1998 TO SHOWCASE THE RAW BEAUTY OF SIGN LANGUAGE BY COMBINING IT WITH VISUAL ARTS AND PULSATING MUSIC. IT ASTONISHED CROWDS AND QUICKLY BECAME INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN.
HIS ACTING CAREER ON TELEVISION BEGAN IN 1982 AND LASTED UNTIL 2001.
HE HAD ROLES IN GIDEONS CROSSING, AIRWOLF,FAMILY TREE, THE SIX OF US AND PLAYED MATTHEW ROGERS IN FIVE LITTLE HOUSE SHOWS IN 1982 -1983.

HELLO AND GOODBYE - 1983
HOME AGAIN 1&2 - 1983
THE WILD BOY 1&2 - 1982
TRYING TO LEARN TO WHISTLE - WILD BOY

SWEET SCENE OF MATTHEW SMILING AT LAURA IN CHURCH

How amazing! He was really a true pioneer when it came to his disablity. He was an amazing actor in LH too. Its great to know he has done so well.
Wild Boy is tough to watch, but at least his charactor had a happy ending.

KRAIG METZINGER WAS BORN ON MARCH 19TH OF 1963. HE STARTED ACTING IN 1976 AS JOEY ON THE BIONIC WOMAN. HE ALSO APPEARED IN SARA, RETURN TO EARTH AND KENNY & COMPANY. HE IS PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS PHILLIP TRAYNOR WHICH HE PLAYED IN 10 EPISODES OF THE SITCOM "MAUDE". HIS CAREER LASTED TWO YEARS.

HIS LAST ROLE AS AN ACTOR WAS IN LITTLE HOUSE IN 1978. HE PLAYED DENZIL MCCAULEY, THE BLONDE HEADED BOY WHO ALBERT GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH IN THE SCHOOL YARD.
"FAGIN" - 1978

Davetucson wrote:

Timothy Wead was born in January of 1956. He appeared in 4 TV shows from 1979 to 1989. He did guest roles in Operation Petticoat, Family, Quincy ME and Little House. He was in the movie "Heroes Stand Alone", his last role in 1989. He now does work for Performance Ministries, bringing books of the Bible live on stage throughout the country.

He was in one Little House Episode in 1979 - The Angry Heart as Tod Dortmunder - An abused and troubled child.

Talking To Charles in a Scene From The Angry Heart

Tim Wead Today As The Apostle Paul - Performance Ministries

Hey! Timothy Wead looks very similat to Ricky Segal, who played "him" when a little boy. The casting people rarely finds actors who looks almost exactly similar to play the same person in childhood and later in life...

Vanesa.

Gin wrote:

How amazing! He was really a true pioneer when it came to his disablity. He was an amazing actor in LH too. Its great to know he has done so well.
Wild Boy is tough to watch, but at least his charactor had a happy ending.

Yes. He overcame his disability by acting career. Matthew Labyortheaux also did, since he was an authistic child before beginning his way in front of cameras.

Vanesa.

Davetucson wrote:

SHERI STONER WAS BORN IN JULY OF 1965 IN SANTA MONICA, CA.
SHE HAS WRITTEN OVER 13 TITLES OF TELEVISION SHOWS, MOSTLY CHILDRENS TITLES AND PRODUCED FIVE TITLES. SHE HAS ACTED IN OVER 23 SHOWS INCLUDING MURDER SHE WROTE, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, TJ HOOKER AND KNOTTS LANDING.
SHE IS CURRENTLY VERY ACTIVE AND AS OF 2011 WAS WORKING ON HER FIRST NOVEL.
SHERRI WON EMMY AWARDS FOR HER WORK IN ANIMANIACS FOR TINY TOON ADVENTURES IN 1991 AND 1993.
SHE APPEARED IN 3 LITTLE HOUSE EPISODES - REMEMBER WILLIE'S WIFE?
SHE PLAYED RACHEL BROWN OLESON IN ALL THREE.
LOOK BACK TO YESTERDAY - 1983
HELLO AND GOODBYE - 1983
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE - 1983

I've read that she was the model of "Little Mermaid" cartoon...Is that true?

Vanesa.

That is correct

Vanesa wrote:

I've read that she was the model of "Little Mermaid" cartoon...Is that true?

Sherri Stoner

Alyssa Milano

While the live action model for Ariel was an obscure actress named Sherri Stoner, Alyssa did exemplify the 80’s teenager, which was reflected in Ariel. So the assumption is only partly true because Glen Keane did in fact referr to several young girls as well as Milano to see what hair styles were in and what was considered beautiful in teens at the time.

Read More-----> Creating Ariel

TODD THOMPSON WAS BORN IN JANUARY OF 1971 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN ORLANDO,FL WHERE HE CO-FOUNDED "STARS NORTH" A FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY. HE MADE HIS FIRST THREE MOVIES USING HIS FATHER'S 8 MM CAMERA. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON IN 1994. HIS WIFE IS AN ART DIRECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. HE HAS ACTED IN 14 MOVIES AND TV SHOWS. HE PLAYED A PRISON GUARD IN THE "GREEN MILE". HE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE PRODUCER, WRITER AND DIRECTOR.
HE WAS IN ONE LITTLE HOUSE EPISODE - HE PLAYED BARTHOLOMEW THE BULLY IN THE WEREWOLF OF WALNUT GROVE IN 1980

TODD RECENT PHOTO

Rhonda wrote:

Vanesa wrote:

I've read that she was the model of "Little Mermaid" cartoon...Is that true?

While the live action model for Ariel was an obscure actress named Sherri Stoner, Alyssa did exemplify the 80’s teenager, which was reflected in Ariel. So the assumption is only partly true because Glen Keane did in fact referr to several young girls as well as Milano to see what hair styles were in and what was considered beautiful in teens at the time.

Read More-----> Creating Ariel

Sherri Stoner
Body model for "Ariel" in Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) and for "Belle" in Beauty and the Beast (1991).

Her 5' 2", 92 lb. figure was a perfect template for the animated characters "Ariel" and "Belle" in Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989) and Beauty and the Beast (1991), respectively.


(September 2006) Appeared as part of a cast/crew panel discussion at the premiere of a revival/promotional screening of the 1989 Disney classic 'The Little Mermaid' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on September 7th, 2006. During the discussion, reference footage of Ms. Stoner performing scenes from the film that was shot for the animators was shown publicly for the first time.

Alyssa Milano
During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel. Coincidentally, her character on the WB hit TV show, "Charmed" (1998), temporarily turned into a mermaid at the beginning of the 5th season.

Dennis Dimster was born in April of 1965. He appeared in 17 televison programs from 1976 through 1991. Directed Double Indentity with Val Kilmer in 2009 and also directed 128 episodes of Desire and Wicked Wicked Games.
Still very much active today, his earlier acting roles included Dragnet, Family, The Incredible Hulk and Charlie's Angels to name a few. He wrote five titles for television and produced one.

HE WAS IN ONE LITTLE HOUSE EPISODE IN 1981
GOODBYE MRS WILDER - AS RALPH PARKER.

Dennis In Later Years xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WITH ALBERT AFTER MRS OLSEN'S FRENCH CLASS IN "GOODBYE MRS WILDER"
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