The late actor Michael Landon was a father to nine children: Mark, Josh, Cheryl, Leslie, Michael Jr., Shawna, Christopher, Jennifer and Sean Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE.

The late Little House on the Prairie star Michael Landon had nine children from his three marriages. Landon first tied the knot with first wife Dodie Levy-Fraser at age 20 in 1956 and soon adopted ...

The late Little House on the Prairie star Michael Landon had nine children from his three marriages. Keep scroll to scrolling to meet all of Michael’s nine children and find out how his enduring ...

The oldest of his children, Mark Landon, was born on October 1, 1948, to Landon’s first wife, Dodie Levy-Fraser and her first husband. When Michael and Dodie tied the knot, he adopted 11-year ...

Michael Landon, star of Little House on the Prairie ... According to Landon, his children were “terrified” of his mother. During a 1987 interview with Redbook magazine, Landon described ...

Little House on the Prairie’s Michael Landon passed away in 1991 at age 54, but his children continue to feel his presence. “My father is always in my daily thoughts,” daughter Leslie Landon ...

He wanted to spend as much time with them as possible. Here’s the heartbreaking bedtime ritual Michael Landon and his children practiced weeks before his death on July 1, 1991. Landon ...

Jennifer Landon still has vivid memories of her beloved father, Michael Landon. The television star, who won fame as Little Joe Cartwright in “Bonanza” before becoming iconic frontier father ...

Michael Landon was one of television's most beloved ... But beyond the screen, he was also a devoted father to nine children from three marriages. His kids have followed a variety of paths ...

“I think he put it aside," she added. Michael Landon's 9 Children: All About His Sons and Daughters Following the discovery of Landon's cancer in 1991, which had spread to his liver, the actor ...

Mark Landon The oldest of his children, Mark Landon, was born on October 1, 1948, to Landon's first wife, Dodie Levy-Fraser and her first husband. When Michael and Dodie tied the knot, he adopted ...

Michael Landon not only played a father on Little House on the Prairie, but was also a dad to nine children in real life: sons Mark, Josh, Michael Jr., Christopher and Sean and daughters Cheryl, ...