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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 .
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.
| 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" |
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