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Name: Michael Landon
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Date of Birth:
October 31, 1936
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Place of Birth:
Forest Hills, Queens, NY
Mini-bio:
The youngest of two children, Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz. He excelled at track and field in high school but an injury prevented him from continuing at UCLA, where he went to colleg...( read more)e. One of his first big roles was as Tony Rivers in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", though perhaps he is best known for his television work- including "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie", and "Highway to Heaven". He passed away in 1991.