Little House on the Prairie
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, January 13
A Christmas They Never Forgot
Season 8 • Episode 11
The Ingalls family and friends remember Christmases past while snowbound on Christmas Eve.
Monday, January 13
No Beast So Fierce
Season 8 • Episode 12
Hunting for a runaway friend, James and Charles encounter a feral dog that changes their lives.
Monday, January 13
Stone Soup
Season 8 • Episode 13
Laura risks her life and her unborn child to keep a new orchard alive through drought.
Monday, January 13
The Creeper of Walnut Grove
Season 4 • Episode 6
Sleuths Laura and Andy try to track down a thief in Walnut Grove.
Monday, January 13
To Run and Hide
Season 4 • Episode 7
Despondent Doc Baker retires after the death of a farmer who refused medical attention.
Monday, January 13
The Aftermath
Season 4 • Episode 8
Frank and Jesse James, posing as businessmen, hire Mary to run errands and then take her hostage.
Tuesday, January 14
The Reincarnation of Nellie
Season 8 • Episode 1
The Olesons go to an orphanage to find a daughter after Nellie moves to New York.
Tuesday, January 14
The Reincarnation of Nellie
Season 8 • Episode 2
Nancy Oleson causes havoc as she schemes to win the lead in the school festival.
Tuesday, January 14
Uncle Jed
Season 8 • Episode 15
James and Cassandra's elderly relative comes to Walnut Grove to get custody.
Tuesday, January 14
Second Chance
Season 8 • Episode 16
Charles and Caroline decide to help Hester Sue's reformed husband win her back.
Tuesday, January 14
A Promise to Keep
Season 8 • Episode 19
Isaiah Edwards seeks refuge with the Ingallses after his wife throws him out for drinking.
Tuesday, January 14
The High Cost of Being Right
Season 4 • Episode 9
Jonathan's objections to his wife's needed new job leads to a separation.
Tuesday, January 14
Meet Me at the Fair
Season 4 • Episode 11
The Ingalls family travels to a nearby town for the annual fair.
Tuesday, January 14
Here Come the Bride
Season 4 • Episode 12
Adam and Luke Simms move to Walnut Grove; Luke falls in love with Nellie.
Wednesday, January 15
A Wiser Heart
Season 8 • Episode 5
Laura's teacher suggests her grade will depend on her reaction to his romantic overtures.
Wednesday, January 15
Gambini the Great
Season 8 • Episode 6
The children of Walnut Grove idolize an aging daredevil and endanger themselves.
Wednesday, January 15
The Godsister
Season 5 • Episode 14
Carrie creates an imaginary playmate and an adventure to learn when Charles will return.
Wednesday, January 15
Chicago
Season 8 • Episode 8
In Chicago, Mr. Edwards suspects the death of his son was no accident.
Wednesday, January 15
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow
Season 8 • Episode 17
Laura's joy over the birth of her first child is shattered; Almanzo suffers a paralysing stroke.
Wednesday, January 15
For the Love of Nancy
Season 8 • Episode 9
A boy named Elmer is teased at school; Nancy seems to get along with him.
Wednesday, January 15
Freedom Flight
Season 4 • Episode 13
Charles hides an Indian chief and his family when the townspeople threaten to fight the tribe.
Wednesday, January 15
The Rivals
Season 4 • Episode 14
Laura wants to impress a newly discovered old buddy; Charles and Jonathan start a freight line.
Wednesday, January 15
Whisper Country
Season 4 • Episode 15
Teacher Mary clashes with a hostile, domineering woman (Anita Dangler) in a remote community.
Thursday, January 16
Chicago
Season 8 • Episode 8
In Chicago, Mr. Edwards suspects the death of his son was no accident.
Thursday, January 16
For the Love of Nancy
Season 8 • Episode 9
A boy named Elmer is teased at school; Nancy seems to get along with him.
Thursday, January 16
He Was Only Twelve
Season 8 • Episode 21
Charles, Albert and Mr. Edwards follow robbers who shot James.
Thursday, January 16
He Was Only Twelve
Season 8 • Episode 21
Charles, Albert and Mr. Edwards follow robbers who shot James.
Thursday, January 16
Times Are Changing
Season 9 • Episode 1
The Carters buy the Ingalls' farm; Laura welcomes teacher Etta Plum and Almanzo's relatives.
Thursday, January 16
I Remember, I Remember
Season 4 • Episode 16
Caroline recalls their meeting and courtship while waiting for Charles on their anniversary.
Thursday, January 16
The Inheritance
Season 4 • Episode 18
Friends try to advise Charles on how to spend an inheritance.
Thursday, January 16
The Stranger
Season 4 • Episode 19
Charles helps Mr. Oleson's unloved nephew learn values by hiring him for odd jobs.
Friday, January 17
A Christmas They Never Forgot
Season 8 • Episode 11
The Ingalls family and friends remember Christmases past while snowbound on Christmas Eve.
Friday, January 17
No Beast So Fierce
Season 8 • Episode 12
Hunting for a runaway friend, James and Charles encounter a feral dog that changes their lives.
Friday, January 17
Welcome to Olesonville
Season 9 • Episode 3
An elderly farmer (Lew Ayres) urges Almanzo to run for mayor to oppose Mrs. Oleson.
Friday, January 17
Rage
Season 9 • Episode 4
A deranged man attacks his wife and child, then takes Laura and her daughter hostage.
Friday, January 17
Little Lou
Season 9 • Episode 5
Mrs. Oleson's prejudice troubles a former circus dwarf who is trying to raise his daughter alone.
Friday, January 17
A Most Precious Gift
Season 4 • Episode 20
Pregnant Caroline worries Charles will be disappointed if her baby is a girl.
Friday, January 17
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Season 4 • Episode 21
Caroline and Charles are devastated when they find out that Mary's sight is deteriorating.
Friday, January 17
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Season 4 • Episode 22
An understanding instructor helps Mary cope with her blindness; Walnut Grove faces financial ruin.
Saturday, January 18
The Legacy
Season 8 • Episode 14
A modern couple buys a piece of antique furniture, unaware of Charles' pains to create it.
Saturday, January 18
Uncle Jed
Season 8 • Episode 15
James and Cassandra's elderly relative comes to Walnut Grove to get custody.
Monday, January 20
Dance With Me
Season 5 • Episode 17
Laura and Albert play matchmaker for a hard-drinker and a prim woman.
Monday, January 20
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow
Season 8 • Episode 17
Laura's joy over the birth of her first child is shattered; Almanzo suffers a paralysing stroke.
Monday, January 20
As Long as We're Together
Season 5 • Episode 1
The Ingalls move from financially troubled Walnut Grove to the busy town of Winoka.
Monday, January 20
As Long as We're Together
Season 5 • Episode 2
The Ingalls, Garveys and Olesons have trouble with city life; Charles tries to reform Albert.
Monday, January 20
The Winoka Warriors
Season 5 • Episode 3
An ignorant father realises that his visually-challenged son needs education.
Tuesday, January 21
A Promise to Keep
Season 8 • Episode 19
Isaiah Edwards seeks refuge with the Ingallses after his wife throws him out for drinking.
Tuesday, January 21
A Faraway Cry
Season 8 • Episode 20
Caroline and Dr. Baker go to an unhealthy mining camp to care for her ailing, pregnant friend.
Tuesday, January 21
He Was Only Twelve
Season 8 • Episode 21
Charles, Albert and Mr. Edwards follow the bank robbers who shot innocent bystander James.
Tuesday, January 21
He Was Only Twelve
Season 8 • Episode 22
James and Alert are caught up in a nefarious gang's bank robbery while on a trip to Sleepy Eye.
Tuesday, January 21
The Man Inside
Season 5 • Episode 4
Laura makes a joke about an overweight man, unaware he is her best friend's father.
Tuesday, January 21
There's No Place Like Home
Season 5 • Episode 5
Charles and Jonathan become increasingly unhappy with Winoka; guest Ray Bolger.
Tuesday, January 21
Fagin
Season 5 • Episode 7
Albert decides to run away because Laura believes he is stealing Charles' attention.
Wednesday, January 22
He Was Only Twelve
Season 8 • Episode 21
Charles, Albert and Mr. Edwards follow the bank robbers who shot innocent bystander James.
Wednesday, January 22
He Was Only Twelve
Season 8 • Episode 22
James and Alert are caught up in a nefarious gang's bank robbery while on a trip to Sleepy Eye.
Wednesday, January 22
Times Are Changing
Season 9 • Episode 1
The Carters buy the Ingalls' farm; Laura welcomes teacher Etta Plum and Almanzo's relatives.
Wednesday, January 22
Times Are Changing
Season 9 • Episode 2
Jenny blames herself for Royal's death; Jeb Carter overcomes fear to save Jenny from drowning.
Wednesday, January 22
Harriet's Happenings
Season 5 • Episode 8
Mrs. Oleson's gossip column praises her family and infuriates her neighbors.
Wednesday, January 22
The Wedding
Season 5 • Episode 9
Mary accepts Adam's proposal, but doubts they can raise children.
Wednesday, January 22
Men Will Be Boys
Season 5 • Episode 10
Albert and Andy outwit their fathers' attempt to prove them children.
Thursday, January 23
Times Are Changing
Season 9 • Episode 1
The Carters buy the Ingalls' farm; Laura welcomes teacher Etta Plum and Almanzo's relatives.
Thursday, January 23
Times Are Changing
Season 9 • Episode 2
Jenny blames herself for Royal's death; Jeb Carter overcomes fear to save Jenny from drowning.
Thursday, January 23
The Wild Boy
Season 9 • Episode 6
Townspeople rescue a mute boy whom a carnival owner has been using as an attraction.
Thursday, January 23
The Wild Boy
Season 9 • Episode 7
Mr. Edwards is determined the carnival owner will not regain custody of the mute boy.
Thursday, January 23
The Cheaters
Season 5 • Episode 11
Nellie tutors Andy, then wants him to steal test answers.
Thursday, January 23
Blind Journey
Season 5 • Episode 12
Mrs. Oleson, Charles and Joe (Moses Gunn) move the blind children to Walnut Grove.
Thursday, January 23
Blind Journey
Season 5 • Episode 13
Adam panics at a river crossing; the students and a socialite surprise Mrs. Oleson.
Friday, January 24
The Wild Boy
Season 9 • Episode 6
Townspeople rescue a mute boy whom a carnival owner has been using as an attraction.
Friday, January 24
The Wild Boy
Season 9 • Episode 7
Mr. Edwards is determined the carnival owner will not regain custody of the mute boy.
Friday, January 24
The Return of Nellie
Season 9 • Episode 8
Nancy gets angry when her competition, Mrs. Nellie Oleson Dalton, visits Walnut Grove.
Friday, January 24
The Empire Builders
Season 9 • Episode 9
Walnut Grove farmers will be forced off their land when the construction of a railroad begins.
Friday, January 24
The Craftsman
Season 5 • Episode 15
Albert endures the scorn of residents when he becomes apprentice to a Jewish woodcarver.
Friday, January 24
Blind Man's Bluff
Season 5 • Episode 16
A boy feigns blindness to stop his parents' (Maureen Lee, Wesley Grant) divorce.
Friday, January 24
The Sound of Children
Season 5 • Episode 18
A pregnant Mary wants to reconcile Adam and his wealthy Bostonian father.
Saturday, January 25
The Return of Nellie
Season 9 • Episode 8
Nancy gets angry when her competition, Mrs. Nellie Oleson Dalton, visits Walnut Grove.
Saturday, January 25
The Empire Builders
Season 9 • Episode 9
Walnut Grove farmers will be forced off their land when the construction of a railroad begins.
Saturday, January 25
Look Back to Yesterday
Charles Ingalls stops in Walnut Grove to see the Wilders with his dying son, Albert.
Saturday, January 25
Bless All the Dear Children
A grieving frontier woman kidnaps Almanzo and Laura's baby girl.
Saturday, January 25
The Last Farewell
Walnut Grove citizens vow to destroy homes after learning that Eastern financiers own their town.
Monday, January 27
Alden's Dilemma
Season 9 • Episode 11
Mr. Edwards believes a new minister dates married women and wants the Rev. Alden's job.
Monday, January 27
Marvin's Garden
Season 9 • Episode 12
An elderly, ailing doctor (Ralph Bellamy) takes partially paralyzed Jenny as his last patient.
Monday, January 27
The Lake Kezia Monster
Season 5 • Episode 19
The children plot to scare Mrs. Oleson into returning an old woman's (Hermione Baddeley) home.
Monday, January 27
Barn Burner
Season 5 • Episode 20
The town bigot finds himself on trial for burning the Garveys' barn and assaulting their young son.
Monday, January 27
Enchanted Cottage
Season 5 • Episode 21
Adam becomes depressed when Mary announces that she can distinguish between light and dark.
Tuesday, January 28
Alden's Dilemma
Season 9 • Episode 11
Mr. Edwards believes a new minister dates married women and wants the Rev. Alden's job.
Tuesday, January 28
Marvin's Garden
Season 9 • Episode 12
An elderly, ailing doctor (Ralph Bellamy) takes partially paralyzed Jenny as his last patient.
Tuesday, January 28
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, January 28
Once Upon a Time
Season 9 • Episode 15
After Laura wins a writing contest, a Minneapolis publisher asks her to alter her stories.
Tuesday, January 28
Someone Please Love Me
Season 5 • Episode 22
The family of an alcoholic rancher turns to houseguest Charles for attention.
Tuesday, January 28
Mortal Mission
Season 5 • Episode 23
Charles and Jonathan search for medicine for the anthrax epidemic in Walnut Grove.
Tuesday, January 28
The Odyssey
Season 5 • Episode 24
William Randolph Hearst helps Charles, Laura and Albert bring a dying boy to visit the ocean.
Wednesday, January 29
The Older Brothers
Season 9 • Episode 13
Mr. Edwards stumbles into a robbery by the Younger gang and is mistaken for one of them.
Wednesday, January 29
Once Upon a Time
Season 9 • Episode 15
After Laura wins a writing contest, a Minneapolis publisher asks her to alter her stories.
Wednesday, January 29
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 16
Charles decides to bring Albert back to Walnut Grove after police arrest him for theft in Chicago.
Wednesday, January 29
Home Again
Season 9 • Episode 17
Charles discovers a morphine addiction is causing Albert's anger.
Wednesday, January 29
Back to School
Season 6 • Episode 1
Laura tries to convince Almanzo she is mature and her love for him is not just infatuation.
Wednesday, January 29
Back to School
Season 6 • Episode 2
Laura and Nellie continue their battle for the romantic attentions of Almanzo.