| Little House on the Prairie | |
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 Series title | |
| Genre | Western Family Drama |
| Created by | Blanche Hanalis Michael Landon |
| Starring | Michael Landon Melissa Sue Anderson Melissa Gilbert Karen Grassle |
| Seasons | 9 |
| Episodes | 203 (+ 5 specials) |
| Running time | 45 - 48 minutes |
| Original run | from September 11, 1974 to March 21, 1983
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Little House on the Prairie is a hour-long dramatic television series based on the best-selling book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It originally aired on NBC from September 11, 1974, to May 10, 1982.
Actors[]
- Michael Landon (Little Joe) played Charles Ingalls and directed many of the Little House episodes.
- Mitch Vogel (Jamie Cartwright) played Johnny Johnson
- Dirk Blocker, the son of Dan Blocker (Hoss), guest starred as Abel Makay
Episodes[]
Micheal Landon and Dirk Blocker on set of Little House.
This is a list of episodes very similar to one another. Michael Landon directed many of these.
| Bonanza | Little House |
| Joe Cartwright, Detective | The Creeper of Walnut Grove |
| A Dream To Dream | Someone Please Love Me |
| It's A Small World | Little Lou |
| A Matter Of Circumstance | A Matter of Faith |
| He Was Only Seven | He Was Only Twelve |
| The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother | The Older Brothers |
| The Sound of Sadness | The Silent Cry |
Other[]
The series theme song for Little House was written and conducted by David Rose. The ending theme music, also written by Rose, originally appeared as a piece of incidental music in a later-season episode of Bonanza.