6 Things You Never Knew About ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Star Dean Butler

Dean Butler turns 69 on May 20, 2025, and while he’s done a lot of impressive work in his career, to many of us, he’ll always be Almanzo Wilder of Little House on the Prairie. As the sweet and steady love interest of Laura Ingalls, Butler won hearts in the show’s final seasons and beyond — an experience he chronicled in his book, Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond.

Here are six fun facts you might not know about the Canadian-American actor:

1 He started out on The Streets of San Francisco