- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1999-05-23
- Director: Michael Landon Jr.
- Writers: Linda Bergman
- Language: English
- Stars: John Schneider , Cheryl Ladd , Joel Berti , Sarah Lancaster
- Runtime: 89 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Schatten des Ruhms - Die Michael-Landon-Story (Germany) , Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (United States of America) , Un père trop célèbre (France, French Republic) , Syn swojego ojca (Poland) , Michael Landon: El padre que conocí (Spain) , Michael Landon: Mon père (Canada) , Michael Landon, the Father I Knew , Apám, a sztár (Hungary) , A Father's Son (Australia)
- Plot: Michael Landon Jr. directs this biographical story of his television star father, 'Michael Landon' (John Schneider). The film deals with the scarring that Michael Jr. felt after his parents divorce when he was 15 and looks at his father's philandering ways. Michael Jr. is the son of Landon's second wife 'Lynn Noe'), who was deserted when Landon took up with a make-up artist on the set of Little House on the Prairie (1974).
- IMDB:tt0198753
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew Cast · · · ALL
Michael Landon Jr.
Director
John Schneider
Michael Landon
Cheryl Ladd
Lynn Noe Landon
Sarah Lancaster
Leslie Landon
J. Kenneth Campbell
Andy Glennon
Julie Condra
Cindy Landon
Trever O’Brien
Michael Landon Jr. - Age 15
Shawn Pyfrom
Michael Landon Jr. - Age 10
Rachel Duncan
Leslie Landon - Age 12
Daveigh Chase
Shawna Landon - Age 8