Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Cast & Crew

Michael Landon Charles Ingalls

Karen Grassle Caroline Ingalls

Melissa Gilbert Laura Ingalls Wilder

Melissa Sue Anderson Mary Ingalls Kendall

Karl Swenson Lars Hanson
Richard Bull Nels Oleson
Katherine MacGregor Harriet Oleson

Alison Arngrim Nellie Oleson Dalton
Jonathan Gilbert Willie Oleson

Kevin Hagen Dr. Baker
Dabbs Greer Rev. Robert Alden

Charlotte Stewart Eva Beadle Simms

Victor French Mr. Isaiah Edwards
Ted Gehring Ebenezer Sprague

Bonnie Bartlett Grace Edwards

Merlin Olsen Jonathan Garvey

Patrick Laborteaux Andy Garvey

Hersha Parady Alice Garvey

Matthew Labyorteaux Albert Ingalls

Linwood Boomer Adam Kendall
Don "Red" Barry Jud Larabee
Ketty Lester Hester Sue Terhune

Dean Butler Almanzo Wilder
Lucy Lee Flippin Eliza Jane Wilder
Steve Tracy Percival Dalton

Jason Bateman James Cooper

Missy Francis Cassandra Cooper
Allison Balson Nancy Oleson

Shannen Doherty Jenny Wilder

Stan Ivar John Carter
Pamela Roylance Sarah Carter
Lindsay Kennedy Jeb Carter
David Friedman Jason Carter
Leslie Landon Etta Plum

Lindsay Greenbush Carrie Ingalls
Sidney Greenbush Carrie Ingalls
Brenda Turnbaugh Grace Ingalls

Wendi Turnbaugh Grace Ingalls

Michael Landon Executive Producer
Ed Friendly Executive Producer

Michael Landon Director
William F. Claxton Director
Maury Dexter Director

Victor French Director

Leo Penn Director
Alf Kjellin Director
Lewis Allen Director
Victor Lobl Director

Joseph Pevney Director
Michael Ray Rhodes Director
Blanche Hanalis Writer

Michael Landon Writer
Don Balluck Writer
John T. Dugan Writer
Arthur Heinemann Writer
Carole Raschella Writer
Michael Raschella Writer
John Hawkins Producer
William F. Claxton Producer
Winston Miller Producer
⨁Full Cast & CrewUpcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, February 16
Marvin's Garden
Season 9 • Episode 12
An elderly, ailing doctor (Ralph Bellamy) takes partially paralyzed Jenny as his last patient.
Monday, February 16
Sins of the Fathers
Season 9 • Episode 14
Sarah's publisher father demands she return to her life of luxury in New York.
Tuesday, February 17
The Older Brothers
Season 9 • Episode 13
Mr. Edwards stumbles into a robbery by the Younger gang and is mistaken for one of them.
Tuesday, February 17
Marvin's Garden
Season 9 • Episode 12
An elderly, ailing doctor (Ralph Bellamy) takes partially paralyzed Jenny as his last patient.
Tuesday, February 17
Sins of the Fathers
Season 9 • Episode 14
Sarah's publisher father demands she return to her life of luxury in New York.
Tuesday, February 17
The Older Brothers
Season 9 • Episode 13
Mr. Edwards stumbles into a robbery by the Younger gang and is mistaken for one of them.
Tuesday, February 17
Once Upon a Time
Season 9 • Episode 15
After Laura wins a writing contest, a Minneapolis publisher asks her to alter her stories.
Tuesday, February 17
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 16
Charles decides to bring Albert back to Walnut Grove after police arrest him for theft in Chicago.
Wednesday, February 18
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 17
Charles discovers a morphine addiction is causing Albert's anger.
Wednesday, February 18
Once Upon a Time
Season 9 • Episode 15
After Laura wins a writing contest, a Minneapolis publisher asks her to alter her stories.
Wednesday, February 18
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 16
Charles decides to bring Albert back to Walnut Grove after police arrest him for theft in Chicago.
Wednesday, February 18
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 17
Charles discovers a morphine addiction is causing Albert's anger.
Wednesday, February 18
A Child With No Name
Season 9 • Episode 18
Laura holds Dr. Baker responsible for her newborn son's sudden, mysterious death.
Wednesday, February 18
The Last Summer
Season 9 • Episode 19
Sarah gets angry when Jason spends all of his free time with a wealthy, childless neighbor.
Thursday, February 19
For the Love of Blanche
Season 9 • Episode 20
Mr. Edwards swears to find a home for a dying man's girl, not knowing she is a baby orangutan.
Thursday, February 19
A Child With No Name
Season 9 • Episode 18
Laura holds Dr. Baker responsible for her newborn son's sudden, mysterious death.
Thursday, February 19
The Last Summer
Season 9 • Episode 19
Sarah gets angry when Jason spends all of his free time with a wealthy, childless neighbor.
Thursday, February 19
For the Love of Blanche
Season 9 • Episode 20
Mr. Edwards swears to find a home for a dying man's girl, not knowing she is a baby orangutan.
Thursday, February 19
May I Have This Dance?
Season 9 • Episode 21
Willie's mother reacts angrily to news of the 16-year-old's engagement.
Thursday, February 19
Hello and Goodbye
Season 9 • Episode 22
Matthew meets the father who abandoned him; a famous author stays at the Wilder boarding house.
Friday, February 20
A Harvest of Friends
Season 1 • Episode 1
After promising to fix a store's roof and stack sacks of grain, Charles falls out of a tree.
Friday, February 20
May I Have This Dance?
Season 9 • Episode 21
Willie's mother reacts angrily to news of the 16-year-old's engagement.
Friday, February 20
Hello and Goodbye
Season 9 • Episode 22
Matthew meets the father who abandoned him; a famous author stays at the Wilder boarding house.
Friday, February 20
A Harvest of Friends
Season 1 • Episode 1
After promising to fix a store's roof and stack sacks of grain, Charles falls out of a tree.
Friday, February 20
Country Girls
Season 1 • Episode 2
Before their first day of school, Laura and Mary worry other students won't accept them.
Friday, February 20
Look Back to Yesterday
Charles Ingalls stops in Walnut Grove to see the Wilders with his dying son, Albert.
Saturday, February 21
Country Girls
Season 1 • Episode 2
Before their first day of school, Laura and Mary worry other students won't accept them.
Saturday, February 21
Look Back to Yesterday
Charles Ingalls stops in Walnut Grove to see the Wilders with his dying son, Albert.
Saturday, February 21
The 100-Mile Walk
Season 1 • Episode 3
After wheat is destroyed, farmers must take risky quarry jobs.
Saturday, February 21
Bless All the Dear Children
A grieving frontier woman kidnaps Almanzo and Laura's baby girl.
Sunday, February 22
The 100-Mile Walk
Season 1 • Episode 3
After wheat is destroyed, farmers must take risky quarry jobs.
Sunday, February 22
Bless All the Dear Children
A grieving frontier woman kidnaps Almanzo and Laura's baby girl.
Sunday, February 22
Mr. Edwards' Homecoming
Season 1 • Episode 4
Caroline plays matchmaker for Charles' old friend, Mr. Edwards, and an attractive local widow.
Sunday, February 22
The Last Farewell
Walnut Grove citizens vow to destroy homes after learning that Eastern financiers own their town.
Monday, February 23
Mr. Edwards' Homecoming
Season 1 • Episode 4
Caroline plays matchmaker for Charles' old friend, Mr. Edwards, and an attractive local widow.
Monday, February 23
The Last Farewell
Walnut Grove citizens vow to destroy homes after learning that Eastern financiers own their town.
Monday, February 23
The Love of Johnny Johnson
Season 1 • Episode 5
Laura becomes enamored by a new student, but he expresses more interest in Mary.
Tuesday, February 24
The Love of Johnny Johnson
Season 1 • Episode 5
Laura becomes enamored by a new student, but he expresses more interest in Mary.
Tuesday, February 24
If I Should Wake Before I Die
Season 1 • Episode 6
Charles helps a woman stage her own wake to ensure her distant children's attendance.
Tuesday, February 24
Town Party, Country Party
Season 1 • Episode 7
Laura befriends a lonely, crippled girl (Kim Richards) sheltered by her father.
Wednesday, February 25
Ma's Holiday
Season 1 • Episode 8
Caroline reluctantly goes on a six day vacation.
Wednesday, February 25
If I Should Wake Before I Die
Season 1 • Episode 6
Charles helps a woman stage her own wake to ensure her distant children's attendance.
Wednesday, February 25
Town Party, Country Party
Season 1 • Episode 7
Laura befriends a lonely, crippled girl (Kim Richards) sheltered by her father.
Wednesday, February 25
Ma's Holiday
Season 1 • Episode 8
Caroline reluctantly goes on a six day vacation.
Wednesday, February 25
School Mom
Season 1 • Episode 9
Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.
Wednesday, February 25
The Raccoon
Season 1 • Episode 10
After Laura's pet raccoon bites her and the dog, Charles and Caroline discover it is rabid.
Thursday, February 26
The Voice of Tinker Jones
Season 1 • Episode 11
A mute coppersmith (Chuck McCann) plans to end a controversy over a proposed church bell.
Thursday, February 26
School Mom
Season 1 • Episode 9
Substitute-teacher Caroline deals with a boy (Dirk Blocker) ridiculed for his limited literacy.
Thursday, February 26
The Raccoon
Season 1 • Episode 10
After Laura's pet raccoon bites her and the dog, Charles and Caroline discover it is rabid.
Thursday, February 26
The Voice of Tinker Jones
Season 1 • Episode 11
A mute coppersmith (Chuck McCann) plans to end a controversy over a proposed church bell.
Thursday, February 26
The Award
Season 1 • Episode 12
Mary accidentally sets the barn on fire while cramming for an important school competition.
Thursday, February 26
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Season 1 • Episode 13
Feeling rejected, Laura does not pray for the recovery of her sickly newborn brother.
Friday, February 27
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Season 1 • Episode 14
A mountain man (Ernest Borgnine) helps Laura deal with guilt over the baby's death.
Friday, February 27
The Award
Season 1 • Episode 12
Mary accidentally sets the barn on fire while cramming for an important school competition.
Friday, February 27
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Season 1 • Episode 13
Feeling rejected, Laura does not pray for the recovery of her sickly newborn brother.
Friday, February 27
The Lord Is My Shepherd
Season 1 • Episode 14
A mountain man (Ernest Borgnine) helps Laura deal with guilt over the baby's death.
Friday, February 27
Christmas at Plum Creek
Season 1 • Episode 15
The Ingalls struggle with limited funds as they decide on Christmas gifts.
Friday, February 27
Family Quarrel
Season 1 • Episode 16
The Olesons separate after arguing about the quality of the Ingalls' eggs.
Saturday, February 28
Doctor's Lady
Season 1 • Episode 17
Doc Baker falls in love treating Mrs. Oleson's niece for an injured arm.
Saturday, February 28
Christmas at Plum Creek
Season 1 • Episode 15
The Ingalls struggle with limited funds as they decide on Christmas gifts.
Saturday, February 28
Family Quarrel
Season 1 • Episode 16
The Olesons separate after arguing about the quality of the Ingalls' eggs.
Saturday, February 28
Doctor's Lady
Season 1 • Episode 17
Doc Baker falls in love treating Mrs. Oleson's niece for an injured arm.
Saturday, February 28
Plague
Season 1 • Episode 18
Doc Baker drafts Charles to help townspeople quarantined during a typhus outbreak.
Saturday, February 28
The Circus Man
Season 1 • Episode 19
A traveling showman (Red Buttons) hawks a supposedly medicinal powder from India.
Sunday, March 1
Child of Pain
Season 1 • Episode 20
Caroline volunteers Charles to keep a round-the-clock watch on a drunken, abusive father.
Sunday, March 1
Plague
Season 1 • Episode 18
Doc Baker drafts Charles to help townspeople quarantined during a typhus outbreak.
Sunday, March 1
The Circus Man
Season 1 • Episode 19
A traveling showman (Red Buttons) hawks a supposedly medicinal powder from India.
Sunday, March 1
Child of Pain
Season 1 • Episode 20
Caroline volunteers Charles to keep a round-the-clock watch on a drunken, abusive father.
Sunday, March 1
Money Crop
Season 1 • Episode 21
A school-trained farmer (Alan Fudge) convinces Charles to switch from wheat to a new corn variety.
Sunday, March 1
Survival
Season 1 • Episode 22
A Dakota pursued by a determined sheriff (Jack Ging) rescues Charles in a fierce blizzard.
Monday, March 2
To See the World
Season 1 • Episode 23
A farm boy (Mitch Vogel) takes Mr. Edward's tales to heart and heads to the big city.
Monday, March 2
Money Crop
Season 1 • Episode 21
A school-trained farmer (Alan Fudge) convinces Charles to switch from wheat to a new corn variety.
Monday, March 2
Survival
Season 1 • Episode 22
A Dakota pursued by a determined sheriff (Jack Ging) rescues Charles in a fierce blizzard.
Monday, March 2
To See the World
Season 1 • Episode 23
A farm boy (Mitch Vogel) takes Mr. Edward's tales to heart and heads to the big city.
Monday, March 2
Founder's Day
Season 1 • Episode 24
Jim Tyler is scared of losing the log chopping contest to a younger Charles Ingalls.
Monday, March 2
The Richest Man in Walnut Grove
Season 2 • Episode 1
A company owing money to Charles goes bankrupt, leaving him deeply in debt.
Tuesday, March 3
Four Eyes
Season 2 • Episode 2
Mary's failing eyes cause problems with her schoolwork, forcing Charles to seek help.
Tuesday, March 3
Founder's Day
Season 1 • Episode 24
Jim Tyler is scared of losing the log chopping contest to a younger Charles Ingalls.
Tuesday, March 3
The Richest Man in Walnut Grove
Season 2 • Episode 1
A company owing money to Charles goes bankrupt, leaving him deeply in debt.
Tuesday, March 3
Four Eyes
Season 2 • Episode 2
Mary's failing eyes cause problems with her schoolwork, forcing Charles to seek help.
Tuesday, March 3
Haunted House
Season 2 • Episode 5
Laura decides to find out for herself if a hermit (John Anderson) is really a maniac.
Tuesday, March 3
The Big Inning
Season 2 • Episode 4
The Green-Stockings of Sleepy Eye challenge the men of Walnut Grove to a baseball game.
Wednesday, March 4
The Camp-Out
Season 2 • Episode 9
Mrs. Oleson invites her family along on the Ingalls' camping vacation.
Wednesday, March 4
Haunted House
Season 2 • Episode 5
Laura decides to find out for herself if a hermit (John Anderson) is really a maniac.
Wednesday, March 4
The Big Inning
Season 2 • Episode 4
The Green-Stockings of Sleepy Eye challenge the men of Walnut Grove to a baseball game.
Wednesday, March 4
The Camp-Out
Season 2 • Episode 9
Mrs. Oleson invites her family along on the Ingalls' camping vacation.
Wednesday, March 4
The Spring Dance
Season 2 • Episode 6
Laura and Widow Snider (Bonnie Bartlett) scheme to get dates for the spring dance.
Wednesday, March 4
Remember Me
Season 2 • Episode 7
A dying widow (Patricia Neal) asks the Ingalls to help find homes for her children.
Thursday, March 5
Remember Me
Season 2 • Episode 8
When it appears the widow's children must be separated, Mr. Edwards makes an announcement.
Thursday, March 5
The Spring Dance
Season 2 • Episode 6
Laura and Widow Snider (Bonnie Bartlett) scheme to get dates for the spring dance.
Thursday, March 5
Remember Me
Season 2 • Episode 7
A dying widow (Patricia Neal) asks the Ingalls to help find homes for her children.
Thursday, March 5
Remember Me
Season 2 • Episode 8
When it appears the widow's children must be separated, Mr. Edwards makes an announcement.
Thursday, March 5
Ebenezer Sprague
Season 2 • Episode 3
A nasty banker accuses Laura of befriending him just to get a loan for Charles.
Thursday, March 5
At the End of the Rainbow
Season 2 • Episode 10
Laura thinks she has found gold and imagines the glamorous life it can buy.
Friday, March 6
The Gift
Season 2 • Episode 11
Mary and Laura invest in patent medicines to raise funds for a gift for the Rev. Alden.
Friday, March 6
Ebenezer Sprague
Season 2 • Episode 3
A nasty banker accuses Laura of befriending him just to get a loan for Charles.
Friday, March 6
At the End of the Rainbow
Season 2 • Episode 10
Laura thinks she has found gold and imagines the glamorous life it can buy.
Friday, March 6
The Gift
Season 2 • Episode 11
Mary and Laura invest in patent medicines to raise funds for a gift for the Rev. Alden.
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