He's been known as Little Joe Cartwright, Charles Ingalls and Jonathan Smith-three of his unforgettable characters-but the name Michael Landon is one that will always be instantly recognizable.

It's pretty much impossible to think about the Western TV genre without thinking of Bonanza. The beloved NBC series galloped into fans' lives on Sept. 12, 1959, and ran for 14 seasons. Bonanza ...

For three years in the 1960s, this rambunctious Western about the ranching Cartwright family of Nevada’s sprawling Ponderosa was TV’s No. 1 show. The first Western shown “in living color,” Bonanza ...

Running on NBC from 1959 to 1973, Bonanza centered on the Cartwright family—patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons, Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker), and Little Joe ...

The Michael Landon most people know was Pa Ingalls on LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and Little Joe Cartwright on ...

Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, and Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright on 'Bonanza' Image via NBC For fourteen seasons between 1959 and 1973, Bonanza graced ...