Little House on the Prairie poster

TV series · 1974

Little House on the Prairie

“Together, a pioneering family faces a crucial test of its courage and its love!”

First aired 11 September 1974 Western / Drama / Family IMDb ↗ · TMDB ↗

When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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Oldest first
Katherine MacGregor
as Harriet Oleson
49
Michael Landon
as Charles Ingalls
37
Karen Grassle
as Caroline Ingalls
32
Melissa Sue Anderson
as Mary Ingalls
11
Melissa Gilbert
as Laura Ingalls
10
Jonathan Gilbert
as Willie Oleson
7
Lindsay Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
4
Sidney Greenbush
as Carrie Ingalls
4
Everyone else (112) ↓
Frank Ferguson
as Calder
74
Don Beddoe
71
Ralph Bellamy
as Dr. Marvin Haynes
70
Charles Lane
69
Helen Kleeb
as Miss Conley
67
Karl Swenson
as Lars Hanson
66
Barbara Morrison
as Dowager
66
Arthur Space
as Phineas Jenks
65
Barry Sullivan
as Frederick Holbrook
62
William Prince
as Mr. Broxton
61
John Ireland
as Frank Carlin
60
Lucille Benson
as Miss Trimble
60
Parley Baer
as Mr. Williams
60
Sam Edwards
as Mr. Bill Anderson
59
John Larch
as Arthur Mahoney
59
Walter Brooke
as Sandler
59
Hal Smith
58
Judson Pratt
as Sam Wallace
57
David Opatoshu
as Taylor Nash
56
J. Edward McKinley
as Phillips (Co-Starring)
56
J. Edward McKinley
as Conductor
56
Eileen Heckart
as Amanda Cooper
55
Ivor Francis
as Varnum
55
John Mitchum
as Sam Benson
55
Patrick Cranshaw
as Spokes
55
Fred Stuthman
as Judge
55
Forrest Tucker
as Jim Tyler
55
Richard Farnsworth
as Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
54
John Crawford
as Ben Shelby
53
Jan Sterling
as Laura Colby Ingalls
53
Marie Denn
as Alice's Mother
53
William Phipps
52
Henry Wills
as Turner
52
Leo Gordon
as Milo Stavroupolis
51
Woodrow Parfrey
as Reverend Pritchard
51
Philip Abbott
as Giles Kendall
51
Victor Izay
as Dr. Jenkins
50
Richard Bull
as Nels Oleson
50
Philip Carey
as Commander Kaiser
49
Billy Barty
as Owen
49
Charles Aidman
as Sam Dobkins
49
Med Flory
as Pete Rawlins
48
Michael Conrad
as Broder
48
Richard Jaeckel
as Irv Hartwig
47
Bernard Behrens
as Bailey Farrell
47
Lynn Cartwright
as Florence Garner Platz
47
Kevin Hagen
as Hiram Baker
46
Larry Pennell
as Ben Griffin
46
Eileen Ryan
as Mrs. Kennedy
46
Gregory Walcott
as Slick McBurney
46
Don Dubbins
as Jim Bowers
46
John Carter
as Ted McGinnis
46
Bonnie Bartlett
as Grace Snider
45
Bonnie Bartlett
as Grace Snider Edwards
45
Don Collier
as Sheriff
45
John Brandon
as Freighter
45
Ramon Bieri
as Liam O'Neill
45
June Carter Cash
as Mattie Hodgekiss
45
Carolyn Conwell
as Bess Slade
44
Jerry Hardin
as Hank Slade
44
Mel Stewart
as Hertzell Lundy
44
Professor Toru Tanaka
44
Robert Donner
as Bart Younger
43
John Lawrence
as Jacob Platz
43
George Dickerson
as Mr. Rooney
41
Claude Earl Jones
as Mr. Gibson
41
Robert Tessier
as Chief Jack Lame Horse
40
Chuck McCann
as Tinker Jones
40
Ken Berry
as London
40
Nicholas Pryor
39
Victor French
as Isaiah Edwards
39
Nicolas Coster
as Lansford Ingalls
39
Geoffrey Lewis
as Cole Younger
39
Don Marshall
38
William Cort
as Dr. Mayo
38
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Henry Hill
38
James Wainwright
as Cal Taylor
36
Katherine Woodville
as Bess Bevins
36
Donna Anderson
as Woman
35
Mariette Hartley
as Elizabeth Thurmond
34
John Bennett Perry
as Russell Matthews
33
Starletta DuPois
as Freda
33
Lucy Lee Flippin
as Eliza Jane Wilder
31
Rick Hurst
as Jacob Jacobsen
28
Jennifer Rhodes
as Nurse
27
Anne Archer
as Kate Thorvald
27
R. D. Call
24
George Aguilar
as Brave #1
21
Wendy Schaal
as Christie Norton
20
Linwood Boomer
as Adam Kendall
18
Mitch Vogel
as Johnny Johnson
18
Willie Aames
as Seth Johnson
14
Lance Kerwin
as Danny Peters
13
Mike Lookinland
as Boy on Train
13
Alison Arngrim
as Nellie Oleson
12
Robert Torti
12
Ike Eisenmann
as Viktor Pyatakov
12
Kim Richards
as Olga Nordstrom
9
Todd Bridges
as Solomon Henry
9
Sean Marshall
as Boy Feigning Sickness (uncredited)
9
Matthew Labyorteaux
as Young Charles Ingalls
7
Matthew Labyorteaux
as Albert Quinn Ingalls
7
Tammy Lauren
as Elizabeth Stark
5
Kyle Richards
as Samantha Harper
5
Kyle Richards
as Alicia Sanderson Edwards
5
Jason Bateman
as James Cooper
5
Jason Bateman
as James Cooper Ingalls
5
Allison Balson
as Nancy Oleson
4
Peter Billingsley
3
Shannen Doherty
as Jenny Wilder
3
Melissa Francis
as Cassandra Cooper
1
David Faustino
as Josh
0
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