MICHAEL LANDON - COLLECTION WITH LORNE GREENE, DAN "HOSS" BLOCKER - HFSID 264264
Price: $2,250.00
BONANZA: MICHAEL LANDON, LORNE GREENE and DAN BLOCKER
Striking matted presentation of individual photographs signed by three of the
stars of the classic Western, including a rare signature of Dan Blocker.
Comprises: (1) MICHAEL LANDON. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To
Tobi,/Best Wishes/Michael/Landon". B/w, 6¾x8¾. Minor surface creases. Light
vertical striation at facial image. Fine condition. (2) LORNE GREENE.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Tobi-/Best Bonanza Wishes/Lorne
Greene". B/w, 6¾x8¾. Minor surface creases and smudges (most not evident
head on), light creases at facial image. Overall, fine condition. (3) DAN
BLOCKER. Photograph inscribed and signed: "My best to/Tobi -/Dan
Blocker". B/w, 6¾x8¾. Some writing is light (completely legible). Minor
surface creases and striations (most not evident head on). Fine condition.
Bonanza, the story of the Cartwright family, who lived and worked on
their sprawling Ponderosa ranch, ran on NBC from 1959-1973. Bonanza
was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best TV Show in 1964. Actor,
producer, director and writer MICHAEL LANDON (1936-1991), who starred
as Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright, is the only actor to have three
consecutive shows on television that ran for five years or more: Bonanza,
Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983) and Highway to Heaven
(1984-1989). Charles Ingalls, Landon's character on Little House on the
Prairie, was ranked #4 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads
of All Time" (June 20, 2004 issue). In early 1991, after 35 years of working on
NBC, Landon moved to CBS to star in the pilot of a two-hour movie, Us, in
which he played a man released from a long prison term after being cleared of a
murder for which he was wrongfully convicted. This was going to be another one
of Landon's shows but, in April 1991, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Landon was 54 when he died on July 1, 1991. One of television's most creative
stars on both sides of the camera, Landon was never nominated for the Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Award. However, in 1994, he was inducted
posthumously into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of
Fame. Canadian actor LORNE GREENE (1915-1987) got his big break in
1959, after his performance in an episode of the western series, Wagon
Train. The producer and creator of Bonanza immediately
recognized Greene as the perfect Ben Cartwright, and Greene starred in
the role of the family patriarch during the series' entire run. Greene's other
TV outings included Battlestar Galactica, the miniseries,
Roots, and several documentaries. Greene, who had a No. 1 hit record,
"Ringo", in 1964, released five albums of music. DAN BLOCKER
(1928-1972) portrayed Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on Bonanza from 1959
until his sudden death in May 1972 at the age of 43. Blocker had made his film
debut in 1955 in Hook a Crook, and he also appeared as a guest star in
several TV series, beginning in 1957. Blocker also started and owned the
Bonanza steak house restaurant chain. Rare signature of Blocker.
Matted to 27¼x13¼. Mat is chipped at upper edge, else fine
condition.
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