Jeremy Irons

In 1988 he starred in the dual role of mad twin physicians in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. A few years later he divorced Dodie to marry (Marjorie) Lynn Noe, a model in 1962 who had a little daughter from a previous marriage. In 1984 Irons won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in The Real Thing. He adopted her son Mark and together they adopted another boy. Also in 1981, he starred in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman. His first wife was Dodie Frasier, a legal secretary who was six years his senior. Brideshead brought him back together with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in The Pallisers seven years earlier. Landon was married three times.

The role which shot him to fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited in 1981. He is buried in a Jewish cemetery. After several appearances on British television, his film debut came in 1980 in Nijinsky. A few weeks later, Landon passed away in Malibu, California with his family, children and colleagues by his side. Born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, he began his acting career in Bristol, then appeared on the London as John the Baptist opposite David Essex in Godspell. His last public appereance was on the "Johnny Carson Show" in June. Jeremy Irons (born September 19, 1948) is a British actor. This was meant to be another winning series for Landon, but he was soon diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had spread to the liver.

Nijinsky (1980). He then went to CBS and in 1991 starred in a two hour pilot called Us. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). Landon had produced all three of his series for NBC, but after ending Highway he was let go. Moonlighting (1982). When his friend and co-star, Victor French, died of lung cancer in 1989, Landon cancelled the series. Betrayal (1983). In 1984 he began his role in Highway to Heaven as Jonathan Smith, an angel who tried to save people by helping them turn their lives around.

The Wild Duck (1983). He not only starred in the show as the patriarch Charles Ingalls, but served as the producer, writer, director and executive producer. He served mostly in these capacities for the series' eight years, which ended in 1982. Un amour de Swann (1984). Little House would later develop into a television series. The Mission (1986). Soon after the cancellation of Bonanza, Landon started a new project in 1974, a television film called Little House on the Prairie based on the popular book by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Dead Ringers (1988). The show ran for 14 years, from 1959 to 1973, and spanned 461 episodes.

A Chorus of Disapproval (1988). Late in the series, Landon asked for the direct and got permission to direct a few episodes of the series. Australia (1989). That same year he started starring in the then-new TV series Bonanza as "Little Joe." The youngest brother in the Cartwright family and always a ladies man, he quickly became one of the show's most beloved characters. Reversal of Fortune (1990). He also gained exposure as Tom Dooley in the western The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959). Zebracka opera (1991). Landon's first big part was as Tony Rivers in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).

Kafka (1991). He decided on the name by picking it out of a Los Angeles phone book. From Time to Time (1992). At this point he started taking small roles and bit parts, but decided his birth name was not appropriate for an aspiring actor and changed his name to Michael Landon. Waterland (1992). He earned a scholarship to UCLA, but could no longer attend after tearing a ligament in his arm. Fatale (1992). In high school, Landon excelled at track, especially with the javelin.

Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). Landon considered himself Jewish. Stealing Beauty (1996). Landon's father was Jewish, his mother was not. Chinese Box (1997). Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 - July 1, 1991), born Eugene Maurice Horowitz, was an American actor and director. Lolita (1997).

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). Faeries (1999) (voice). Dungeons & Dragons (2000). The Fourth Angel (2001).

Callas Forever (2002). Being Julia (2004).