Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
Released: 1999
Drama
Michael Landon Jr. directs this biographical story of his television star father, 'Michael Landon' (John Schneider). The film deals with the scarring that Michael Jr. felt after his parents divorce when he was 15 and looks at his father's philandering ways. Michael Jr. is the son of Landon's second wife 'Lynn Noe'), who was deserted when Landon took up with a make-up artist on the set of Little House on the Prairie (1974).
Starring: John Schneider, Cheryl Ladd, Joe Berti, Sarah Lancaster, J. Kenneth Campbell, Julie Condra, Trever O'Brien, Shawn Pyfrom
Directed by: Michael Landon Jr.
Written by: Michael Landon Jr., Linda Bergman
Scenes
Michael Landon (played by John Schneider) comforts his son Michael Jr. (apx. 10 years old, played by Shawn Pyfrom) when he wets the bed, mentioning that he wet the bed himself as a child.
Alternate Titles
Schatten des Ruhms - Die Michael-Landon-Story