Hal Landon Jr.

Last updated

Hal Landon Jr. (born May 23, 1941) is an American actor most notable for portraying Ted's Dad in the Bill & Ted franchise.

Contents

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

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] His father, Hal London Sr. (1918 - 2002) played alongside him in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey as Thomas Edison.

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1977 Eraserhead Pencil Machine OperatorFeature film
1978 Jokes My Folks Never Told Me Various RolesFeature film
1979 Scavenger Hunt CornfieldFeature film
1981 Lou Grant Frank BlankenshipEpisode: "Hometown"
1982 Father Murphy Ira EavesEpisode: "The Dream Day"
1983 T.J. Hooker JasonEpisode: "Payday Pirates"
1983 Sunset Limousine GardenerTV movie
1984 Oh Madeline Unnamed CharacterEpisode: "Ah, Wilderness"
1985 Dallas Oil Man #2Episode: "Mothers"
1986 The Twilight Zone O'DellSegment: "The Little People of Killany Woods"
1986 Highway to Heaven RepairmanEpisode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind"
1986 Cheers Floyd PanjericEpisode: "Save the Last Dance for Me"
1986 Newhart James ReevesEpisode: "Sweet and Sour Charity"
1987 Prison WallaceFeature film
1988 Matlock GeorgeEpisode: "The Fisherman"
1988WinnieMan with CarTV movie
1988 Falcon Crest HendersonEpisode: "Life with Father" (cut scene, uncredited)
1989 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Captain LoganFeature film
1990 Pacific Heights 2nd Deputy SheriffFeature film
1990 Get a Life Ben Spangler2 episodes
1990 Almost an Angel Paradise Bar localFeature film
1990 Hull High Bus DriverEpisode #1.5
1991 Down Home PriestEpisode: "Mail Order Tran"
1991 Defending Your Life Man in Past Lives PavilionFeature film
1991 Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Captain LoganFeature film
1991 Quantum Leap NormEpisode: "A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953"
1992 Married... with Children JanitorEpisode: "The Goodbye Girl"
1992 Trespass Eugene DeLongFeature film
1992, 1994 Love & War Maitre D'2 episodes
1994 Muddling Through Gidney7 episodes
1995 Ellen Bus driverEpisode: "These Successful Friends of Mine"
1995 Live Shot HobartEpisode: "The Forgotten Episode"
1996The Little DeathMr. KeatsFeature film
1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge George MillTV movie
1998 Break Up NikeFeature film
1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman StoryEpiscopal BishopTV movie
1998 Playing by Heart Actor 'Commissioner'Feature film
1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine NeralEpisode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
2002 Frasier Mr. LasskopfEpisode: "Deathtrap"
2002SpeakeasyMr. PetersenFeature film
2005Greener MountainsLenFeature film
2008 My Name is Earl Mr. HillEpisode: "Orphan Earl"
2009 Numb3rs Professor Nelson HorowitzEpisode: "Animal Rites"
2009 Mad Men AchillesEpisode: "The Color Blue"
2010 CSI: NY Henry WainwrightEpisode: "Uncertainty Rules"
2011 The Middle PhotographerEpisode: "Mother's Day II"
2011 The Artist NapoleonFeature film
2011 L.A. Noire Oswald Jacobs (voice)Video game
2011 The Closer Terry WeaverEpisode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
2012 California Solo FarmerFeature film
2013The Sleepy ManAdmiralShort film
2013 Bad Samaritans HerbertEpisode: "Pilot"
2015 Smosh: The Movie ButlerFeature film
2016 Pee-Wee's Big Holiday Farmer BrownFeature film
2016 All the Way Speaker John McCormackTV movie
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music Captain LoganFeature film
2021 Side Hustle Prescott / Scott DilgerEpisode: "Extra Crunchy"

References

  1. "Hal Landon Jr.'s final bow as Scrooge brings tears and an end to a 40-year tradition". Los Angeles Times . December 27, 2019.
  2. "Hal Landon Jr., Keeping Christmas in His Way for 40 Years". American Theatre. December 19, 2019.