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Hal Landon Jr. (born May 23, 1941) is an American actor most notable for portraying Ted's Dad in the Bill & Ted franchise.
The majority of his acting has been on television, appearing in episodes of Highway to Heaven, Lou Grant, T.J. Hooker, Dallas, Cheers, Remington Steele, Matlock, Newhart, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Frasier, Married... with Children, My Name is Earl, Mad Men, and The Middle.
He has also appeared in films including David Lynch's Eraserhead, Defending Your Life, Trespass, and The Artist. Landon also voiced Oswald Jacobs and provided his likeness via motion capture in the 2011 video game LA Noire.
Life
[edit]He was a member of the South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, most notably playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge on stage from 1979 to 2019.[1][2]
Filmography
[edit]| Film and television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Eraserhead | Pencil Machine Operator | Feature film |
| 1978 | Jokes My Folks Never Told Me | Various Roles | Feature film |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Cornfield | Feature film |
| 1981 | Lou Grant | Frank Blankenship | Episode: "Hometown" |
| 1982 | Father Murphy | Ira Eaves | Episode: "The Dream Day" |
| 1983 | T.J. Hooker | Jason | Episode: "Payday Pirates" |
| 1983 | Sunset Limousine | Gardener | TV movie |
| 1984 | Oh Madeline | Unnamed Character | Episode: "Ah, Wilderness" |
| 1985 | Dallas | Oil Man #2 | Episode: "Mothers" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | O'Dell | Segment: "The Little People of Killany Woods" |
| 1986 | Highway to Heaven | Repairman | Episode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind" |
| 1986 | Cheers | Floyd Panjeric | Episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me" |
| 1986 | Newhart | James Reeves | Episode: "Sweet and Sour Charity" |
| 1987 | Prison | Wallace | Feature film |
| 1988 | Matlock | George | Episode: "The Fisherman" |
| 1988 | Winnie | Man with Car | TV movie |
| 1988 | Falcon Crest | Henderson | Episode: "Life with Father" (cut scene, uncredited) |
| 1989 | Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure | Captain Logan | Feature film |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | 2nd Deputy Sheriff | Feature film |
| 1990 | Get a Life | Ben Spangler | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Almost an Angel | Paradise Bar local | Feature film |
| 1990 | Hull High | Bus Driver | Episode #1.5 |
| 1991 | Down Home | Priest | Episode: "Mail Order Tran" |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Man in Past Lives Pavilion | Feature film |
| 1991 | Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey | Captain Logan | Feature film |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | Norm | Episode: "A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953" |
| 1992 | Married... with Children | Janitor | Episode: "The Goodbye Girl" |
| 1992 | Trespass | Eugene DeLong | Feature film |
| 1992, 1994 | Love & War | Maitre D' | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Muddling Through | Gidney | 7 episodes |
| 1995 | Ellen | Bus driver | Episode: "These Successful Friends of Mine" |
| 1995 | Live Shot | Hobart | Episode: "The Forgotten Episode" |
| 1996 | The Little Death | Mr. Keats | Feature film |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | George Mill | TV movie |
| 1998 | Break Up | Nike | Feature film |
| 1998 | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Episcopal Bishop | TV movie |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Actor 'Commissioner' | Feature film |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Neral | Episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" |
| 2002 | Frasier | Mr. Lasskopf | Episode: "Deathtrap" |
| 2002 | Speakeasy | Mr. Petersen | Feature film |
| 2005 | Greener Mountains | Len | Feature film |
| 2008 | My Name is Earl | Mr. Hill | Episode: "Orphan Earl" |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | Professor Nelson Horowitz | Episode: "Animal Rites" |
| 2009 | Mad Men | Achilles | Episode: "The Color Blue" |
| 2010 | CSI: NY | Henry Wainwright | Episode: "Uncertainty Rules" |
| 2011 | The Middle | Photographer | Episode: "Mother's Day II" |
| 2011 | The Artist | Napoleon | Feature film |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Oswald Jacobs (voice) | Video game |
| 2011 | The Closer | Terry Weaver | Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" |
| 2012 | California Solo | Farmer | Feature film |
| 2013 | The Sleepy Man | Admiral | Short film |
| 2013 | Bad Samaritans | Herbert | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015 | Smosh: The Movie | Butler | Feature film |
| 2016 | Pee-Wee's Big Holiday | Farmer Brown | Feature film |
| 2016 | All the Way | Speaker John McCormack | TV movie |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Captain Logan | Feature film |
| 2021 | Side Hustle | Prescott / Scott Dilger | Episode: "Extra Crunchy" |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hal Landon Jr.'s final bow as Scrooge brings tears and an end to a 40-year tradition". Los Angeles Times. December 27, 2019.
- ^ "Hal Landon Jr., Keeping Christmas in His Way for 40 Years". American Theatre. December 19, 2019.
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