{"id":2402,"date":"2024-10-30T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2024-10-30T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:29:10","slug":"just-little-house-prairie-cast-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2402","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Little House on the Prairie Cast: Where Are They Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie4.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of Little House on the Prairie.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fifty years ago, an iconic television show was born when<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/asset\/tv\/little-house-on-the-prairie\/7256022010423276112?orig_ref=https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-once=\"mparticle-click-element\">\u00a0<\/a><em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0premiered on\u00a0NBC\u00a0in September 1974. Based on Laura Ingalls Wilder\u2019s children\u2019s book series and set in the late 1800s,\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0ran for nine seasons, captivating viewers with the many adventures and struggles of the Ingalls family in Walnut Grove, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0aired its final episode on NBC over four decades ago in 1983, the show may have an even stronger fan base today, thanks to the convenience of streaming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post__faq\">\n<div class=\"faq--question\">\n<h2>Where can you watch\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0in 2024?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq--answer\">\n<p>You can watch all nine seasons of\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0Peacock\u00a0right now.<\/p>\n<p>Need more stories from the Ingalls? You can also find all of the\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0TV movies \u2014\u00a0<em>Look Back to Yesterday<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bless All The Dear Children<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Last Farewell<\/em> \u2014 on NBC\u2019s streaming platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"a2314421-9e19-4ba6-ae85-4341a3922e92\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie4.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of Little House on the Prairie.\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">The cast of Little House on the Prairie.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been many years since the\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0cast wrapped the beloved family drama, so where are they today? You might already know\u00a0Jason Bateman, who played James Cooper Ingalls, went to star in popular series like\u00a0<em>Arrested Development<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Ozark<\/em>. And you might follow\u00a0Kyle Richards, who played Alicia Sanderson Edwards, on<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The\u00a0Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em>. But what about the rest of the Ingalls family? And the Olesons?<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the 50th anniversary of\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, let\u2019s take a look at what the cast has been up to since the show ended.<\/p>\n<h2>Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls)<\/h2>\n<p>From 9 to 18 years old, Gilbert starred as Laura Ingalls on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0and in the show\u2019s many spin-offs. Gilbert was a very successful child actor \u2014 with a notable performance as Helen Keller in the 1979 TV movie\u00a0<em>The Miracle Worker<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 and she\u2019s kept busy since\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0ended, even joining the cast of\u00a0<em>Dancing with the Stars\u00a0<\/em>in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert, 60, is a mom of two adult children, sons Dakota and Michael, a\u00a0grandmother, and is married to actor Timothy Busfield. In 2009, she released a memoir titled\u00a0<em>Prairie Tale<\/em>\u00a0about her experience as a young actress playing Laura Ingalls and other personal stories.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Gilbert will guest star in Season 12 of the Western drama series,\u00a0<em>When Calls the Heart<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Deadline<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>reported. She also co-founded an expansive lifestyle brand,\u00a0Modern Prairie.\u00a0In an interview with\u00a0<em>U<\/em><em>S<\/em><em>A Today<\/em>\u00a0in 2024, Gilbert said she believes<em>\u00a0Little House<\/em>\u00a0has such a big and lasting fanbase because the show &#8220;crosses all borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody can take ownership of it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think it resonates because it speaks to everyone on their level. And the stories we told, many of them were very, very, very rough. We didn&#8217;t tell exploitively, we told honestly, and from a place of compassion and understanding, and I think that is impactful for people. We weren&#8217;t jamming our perspectives down people&#8217;s throats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"18539d91-1f93-471f-a42c-eb5284cc571e\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie.jpg\" alt=\"Melisssa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls Kendall, and Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Melisssa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls Kendall, and Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Michael Landon (Charles \u201cPa\u201d Ingalls)<\/h2>\n<p>Landon had starred in several movies and TV shows before he portrayed Charles \u201cPa\u201d Ingalls on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. From 1974 to 1983, Landon played the patriarch of the Ingalls family and was also an executive producer, writer, and director on the long-running historical drama.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0ended, Landon created, directed, and starred in the NBC series\u00a0<em>Highway to Heaven<\/em>, which also featured many of his former co-stars.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Landon passed away in 1991 at the age of 54, months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Shortly before his death, Landon appeared on\u00a0<em>The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson<\/em>\u00a0and addressed the insensitive tabloid coverage he\u2019d been facing since his diagnosis.\u00a0\u201cFor any of those families out there who have a relative who has cancer, they know how tough the fight is and how important the mental attitude is,\u201d he said. \u201cYou pull together and you keep a very, very up attitude \u2026 because mentally is more than 50% of your medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Karen Grassle (Caroline \u201cMa\u201d Ingalls)<\/h2>\n<p>Grassle played Caroline \u201cMa\u201d Ingalls for eight seasons on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>.\u00a0While working on the NBC series, Grassle co-wrote and starred in the 1978 TV movie about domestic abuse,\u00a0<em>Battered<\/em>. When\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0ended, Grassle went on to act in many plays around the country. She also had roles in a variety of movies, including the biographical Western\u00a0<em>Wyatt Earp<\/em>\u00a0starring Kevin Costner.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Grassle released her memoir \u2014\u00a0<em>Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House&#8217;s Ma<\/em>. That same year, she also starred in\u00a0<em>Not to Forget<\/em>, a film she described on\u00a0her website\u00a0as a \u201clighthearted story that revolves around the issue of dementia and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Grassle, now 82,\u00a0celebrated the 50th anniversary\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0with the cast\u00a0and fans of the show. In a\u00a0video\u00a0from the event, Grassle was asked if she had a favorite Ingalls child, and very gracefully and simply said, \u201cNo.\u201dMelissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls<\/p>\n<h2>Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls)<\/h2>\n<p>When Anderson was 11 years old, she landed the role of Laura Ingalls\u2019 older sister Mary on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. In 1978, Anderson earned\u00a0an\u00a0Emmy nomination\u00a0for her portrayal of Mary Ingalls, who loses her eyesight in Season 4.<\/p>\n<p>In the years after\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0ended, Anderson acted in many TV movies, episodes, and specials, including\u00a0<em>The Equalizer<\/em>,\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Veronica Mars<\/em>\u00a0film, and\u00a0<em>Murder She Wrote<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson, now 62, is a mom of two adult children, daughter Piper and son Griffin, and has been married to her husband Michael Sloan since 1990. While Anderson was born in California, her family now\u00a0calls Canada home.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays,\u00a0Anderson has mostly stepped away from acting and released an autobiography in 2011 titled\u00a0<em>Way I See It: A Look Back At My Life On Little House<\/em>.\u00a0In 2014, she reunited with her castmates and spoke to\u00a0<em>TODAY<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>for the show\u2019s 40th anniversary. \u201cThe set to me was like a warm blanket,\u201d Anderson said about working the show as a young girl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"162b28ce-4f44-4f99-973a-e48401a6bab6\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_600\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie7.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsay Greenbush, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, and Melissa Sue Anderson in period costume, as they pose for a group portrait issued as publicity for 'Little House on the Prairie', circa 1974.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Lindsay Greenbush, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, and Melissa Sue Anderson in period costume, as they pose for a group portrait issued as publicity for &#8216;Little House on the Prairie&#8217;, circa 1974.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (Carrie Ingalls)<\/h2>\n<p>Identical twin sisters Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, now 54, shared the role of Carrie Ingalls, Laura\u2019s younger sister, on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>.\u00a0In an interview with\u00a0<em>Cozi TV<\/em>, the sisters shared some behind-the-scenes facts about filming the show when they landed the role at just 3 years old. \u201cWhen we shot the episode \u2018Little Girl Lost,\u2019 I was the one that fell in the well,\u201d Lindsay revealed as Sidney added with a laugh, \u201cAnd I come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<em>Little House\u00a0<\/em>ended,\u00a0Sidney had a role in the 1983 movie\u00a0<em>Hambone and Hillie<\/em>, according to\u00a0her IMDb profile, and hasn\u2019t acted in anything since. In a 2024 interview on the\u00a0<em>Lament of Hope<\/em>\u00a0podcast, Sidney shared that she had been her mother\u2019s caretaker before she passed away a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay\u00a0had a role in the TV show\u00a0<em>Matt Houston<\/em>\u00a0in 1983 and performed in\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Vagina Monologues<\/em>\u00a0in 2016, according to\u00a0her IMDb profile. She met her husband, Danny Sanchez, on the\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0set\u00a0in 1977. They reconnected decades later in 2007 through a mutual friend and eventually married in 2014. \u201cWe went up to the oak tree that we had first met under and got married, underneath the oak tree \u2026 by the Ingalls\u2019 home,\u201d Lindsay shared on the\u00a0<em>Little House 50 Podcast<\/em>\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Katherine MacGregor (Harriet Oleson)<\/h2>\n<p>MacGregor played Mrs. Harriet Oleson, the feisty town gossip and wife to Nels Oleson, on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. \u201cI look for the humor of Mrs. Oleson,\u201d MacGregor said in an interview with the\u00a0<em>Santa Cruz Sentinel<\/em>\u00a0in 1981, per<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><em>.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cShe was originally painted as just black-and-white mean. Anyone that mean has to be a fool. So I began mixing farce into it. I think the audience counts on seeing Mrs. Oleson fall on her fanny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, MacGregor focused on participating in local theater, according to\u00a0<em>Deadline<\/em>. In 2018, the actress\u00a0passed away\u00a0at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<h2>Richard Bull (Nels Oleson)<\/h2>\n<p>Bull had a very active acting career before landing the role of Nels Oleson, husband to Harriet and co-owner of the town\u2019s general store, on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. But when he first booked the role, he thought it\u2019d be for only one episode. \u201cI thought it was a one-shot and that was it. When my agent told me they wanted to sign me for a seven-year contract, I just about dropped my cookies. I was just flabbergasted,\u201d Bull said in\u00a0a behind-the-scenes interview.<\/p>\n<p>In the years following\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>,\u00a0Bull had several roles in movies and TV shows including\u00a0<em>Let\u2019s Go to Prison<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sugar<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Highway to Heaven<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0<em>ER<\/em>.\u00a0In 2014, Bull died at the age of 89 after falling ill with\u00a0pneumonia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"92f8921a-de2c-4138-9d5f-22e21465b3ff\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_600\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie6.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Bull as Nels Oleson and Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson in Little House on the Prairie.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Richard Bull as Nels Oleson and Katherine MacGregor as Harriet Oleson in Little House on the Prairie.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson)<\/h2>\n<p>At 12 years old, Arngrim landed the role of Nellie Oleson, the young villain of the show and Laura Ingalls\u2019 enemy. In a 2024 interview with\u00a0<em>Cozi TV<\/em>, Arngrim said that while fans had strong feelings about the mean character she played for seven seasons, she realized the unique job perk it gave her.\u00a0\u201cEverybody goes to work and you have to be nice to people all day. How hard is this sometimes, right?\u201d she said. \u201cThe most amazing thing for me was that I didn&#8217;t have to do that. I got to go to work and yell and scream at people and throw things and break stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays,\u00a0Arngrim, 62, is still an actor as well as a stand-up comedian. She also wrote an autobiography,\u00a0<em>Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson<\/em>\u00a0<em>and Learned to Love Being Hate<\/em>, and hosts a podcast,\u00a0<em>The Alison Arngrim Show.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson)<\/h2>\n<p>Gilbert played Willie Oleson, Nellie\u2019s troublemaker younger brother on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. (In real life, Gilbert is related to his\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0co-star Melissa Gilbert and\u00a0<em>Roseanne<\/em>\u00a0actress\u00a0Sara Gilbert.)<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>, Gilbert, now 57, left acting, moved to Manhattan, and went on to study finance. He currently works as a stockbroker, according to\u00a0his IMDb profile. At an event for the show\u2019s 50th anniversary, Gilbert said he realized that playing Willie was one of the best jobs he\u2019s ever had.\u00a0\u201cReally at the end of the day, there\u2019s nothing better than acting with the\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0cast,\u201d he said. \u201cOf all the things that feels most like living, which was odd because I spent the whole time after\u00a0Little House\u00a0trying to figure out how to live. And what I didn\u2019t really realize [until the show\u2019s 50th anniversary] was that I was home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"328920ac-ed85-4eab-be30-2c3c8071cf53\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie3.jpg\" alt=\"Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson and Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson and Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Matthew Labyorteaux (Albert Quinn Ingalls)<\/h2>\n<p>At 10 years old, Labyorteaux joined the cast of\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a0as Albert Quinn, the adopted son of the Ingalls.<\/p>\n<p>Since the show ended, Labyorteaux, 57, has had a steady acting career, most recently lending his voice to video games including\u00a0<em>Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Due<\/em>l\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Star Wars: The Old Republic<\/em>. He also voiced a character in\u00a0<em>Mulan<\/em>\u00a0and appeared in two episodes of the original\u00a0<em>Night Court<\/em>\u00a0on NBC in 1989.<\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Hagen (Dr. Hiram \u201cDoc\u201d Baker)<\/h2>\n<p>Hagen is best known for playing the town doctor, \u201cDoc\u201d Baker,\u201d on\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. During\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>, Hagen also had roles in other TV shows including\u00a0<em>M*A*S*H<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Quincy, M.E.<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0in which he also played a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>In 1990, Hagen had a role in the movie\u00a0<em>The Ambulance<\/em>. The actor\u00a0passed away in 2004\u00a0at the age of 77 following a battle with esophageal cancer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"ace25905-e353-4dac-9289-c9556b5413ce\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_600\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie5.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of Little House On The Prairie\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Michael Landon as Charles Philip Ingalls, Matthew Laborteaux as Albert Quinn Ingalls, Victor French as Isaiah Edwards (front l-r) Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Dean Butler as Almanzo James Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Victor French (Isaiah Edwards)<\/h2>\n<p>French played Mr. Edwards, the rugged frontiersman\u00a0who became a faithful friend to the Ingalls family, and continued to play the role in the series\u2019 many spinoff TV movies. Outside of the Walnut Grove universe, French starred in\u00a0<em>Highway to Heaven<\/em>\u00a0as Mark Gordon, alongside his\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>\u00a0co-star Michael Landon.<\/p>\n<p>French\u00a0died in 1989\u00a0at the age of 54 from lung cancer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-entity image\" data-embed-button=\"media\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embed\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"[]\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"3e610c1e-7f3b-4cf8-b6e6-516def5b9703\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div class=\"media__image\">\n<div class=\"media__image-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/10\/little-house-on-the-prairie2.jpg\" alt=\"Victor French as Isaiah Edwards, Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, Dean Butler as Almanzo James Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"media__metadata-wrapper\"><span class=\"media__caption\">Victor French as Isaiah Edwards, Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, Dean Butler as Almanzo James Wilder in Little House on the Prairie.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"media__credit\">Photo: NBCU Photo Bank<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dean Butler (Almanzo James Wilder)<\/h2>\n<p>When Butler\u00a0was 22, the actor landed the role\u00a0of Almanzo Wilder on Season 6 of\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>, a farmer who eventually married Laura Ingalls. After\u00a0<em>Little House<\/em>, Butler appeared in many TV series including\u00a0<em>Who\u2019s The Boss?<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Love Boat<\/em>,\u00a0<em>JAG<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Murder She Wrote<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, Butler, 68, has taken a more prominent role behind the camera as a producer, writer, and director. During the 2018 Winter Games, he was a producer for NBC Olympics and also worked on David Feherty\u2019s golf program on NBC Sports, according to his\u00a0LinkedIn profile. In 2024, he\u00a0produced\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>\u00a050th Anniversary\u00a0cast reunion event and released a memoir titled\u00a0<em>P<\/em><em>rairie Man, My Little House Life and Beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch\u00a0<em>Little House on the Prairie\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0Peacock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years ago, an iconic television show was born when\u00a0Little House on the Prairie\u00a0premiered on\u00a0NBC\u00a0in September 1974. Based on Laura Ingalls Wilder\u2019s children\u2019s book series and set in the late 1800s,\u00a0Little House on the Prairie\u00a0ran for nine seasons, captivating viewers with the many adventures and struggles of the Ingalls family in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. 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