Mark Landon
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Mark Landon was an American
actor
and adopted son of Bonanza
and Little House on the Prairie
star Michael Landon
.
. Mark's mother was Michael's then wife, Dodie Levy-Frasier.
Mark Landon appeared in three movies, including the CBS television movie Us
(1991), which was written and directed by Michael Landon shortly before his death in 1991. It aired a few months after Michael Landon died. Mark also had a small role as a Navy SEAL
in the 1997 movie Goodbye America
.
home in the 1300 block of North Sweetzer Avenue around noon on May 11, 2009.
Hollywood sheriff's investigators stated that there was no suspicion of foul play.
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actor
Actor
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and adopted son of Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
and Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
star Michael Landon
Michael Landon
Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza , Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie , and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven...
.
Biography
Mark Frasier Landon was adopted in 1956, aged 7, by the 20 year-old actor Michael LandonMichael Landon
Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza , Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie , and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven...
. Mark's mother was Michael's then wife, Dodie Levy-Frasier.
Mark Landon appeared in three movies, including the CBS television movie Us
Us (TV movie)
Us is a 1991 television movie broadcast on CBS, produced, written and directed by Michael Landon. Landon also starred in the film, along with Barney Martin and Casey Peterson. It was a pilot for what would have been Landon's fourth consecutive television series; Landon's death that year precluded...
(1991), which was written and directed by Michael Landon shortly before his death in 1991. It aired a few months after Michael Landon died. Mark also had a small role as a Navy SEAL
United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command as well as the maritime component of the United States Special Operations Command.The acronym is derived from their...
in the 1997 movie Goodbye America
Goodbye America
Goodbye America is a 1997 drama film that examines how the closing of the U.S. naval base at Subic Bay, Philippines affected the local Filipino community and the Americans who had served there. Goodbye America is a United States and Philippine co-production, and was directed by Thierry...
.
Death
Mark Landon was found dead at his West HollywoodWest Hollywood, California
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home in the 1300 block of North Sweetzer Avenue around noon on May 11, 2009.
Hollywood sheriff's investigators stated that there was no suspicion of foul play.