Hal Landon Jr.
Hal Landon Jr. (born May 23, 1941) is an American character actor. He is best known as Ted's father Captain Logan in the Bill & Ted film series.
Life
Landon was born May 23, 1941 in Long Beach, California the son of Hal Landon, and nephew of 1936 presidential election candidate Alf Landon, and continues to live in California. He was a member of the South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, most notably playing the role of Scrooge on stage from 1979 to 2019.[1][2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Eraserhead | Pencil Machine Operator | |
| 1978 | Jokes My Folks Never Told Me | Various | |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Cornfield | |
| 1983 | Sunset Limousine | Gardener | TV film |
| 1987 | Prison | Wallace | |
| 1988 | Winnie | Man with Car | TV film |
| 1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Captain Logan | |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | 2nd Deputy Sheriff | |
| Almost an Angel | Paradise Bar Local | ||
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Man in Past Lives Pavilion | |
| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Captain Logan | ||
| 1992 | Trespass | Eugene DeLong | |
| 1996 | The Little Death | Mr. Keats | |
| The Siege at Ruby Ridge | George Millins | TV film | |
| 1998 | Break Up | Nike | |
| Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Episcopal Bishop | TV film | |
| Playing by Heart | Actor 'Commissioner' | ||
| 2002 | Speakeasy | Mr. Petersen | |
| 2005 | Greener Mountains | Len | |
| 2011 | The Artist | Napoleon | |
| 2012 | California Solo | Farmer | |
| 2013 | The Sleepy Man | Admiral | Short film |
| 2015 | Smosh: The Movie | Butler | |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Farmer Brown | |
| All the Way | Speaker John McCormack | TV film | |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Chief Logan | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Lou Grant | Frank Blankenship | Episode: "Hometown" |
| 1982 | Father Murphy | Ira Eaves | Episode: "The Dream Day" |
| 1983 | T. J. Hooker | Sam Browner | Episode: "Payday Pirates" |
| 1984 | Oh Madeline | Episode: "Ah, Wilderness" | |
| 1985 | Remington Steele | Security Guard #1 | Episode: "Stronger Than Steele" |
| Dallas | Oil Man #2 | Episode: "Mothers" | |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | O'Dell | Episode: "The Little People of Killany Woods" |
| Highway to Heaven | Repairman | Episode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind" | |
| Cheers | Floyd Panjeric | Episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me" | |
| Newhart | James Reeves | Episode: "Sweet and Sour Charity" | |
| 1988 | Matlock | George | Episode: "The Fisherman" |
| 1990 | Get a Life | Ben Spangler | Episodes: "Pile of Death" & "Paperboy 2000" |
| Hull High | Bus Driver | Episode: "Season 1, Episode 5" | |
| 1991 | Down Home | Priest | Episode: "Mail Order Tran" |
| Quantum Leap | Norm | Episode: "A Single Drop of Rain" | |
| 1992 | Married... with Children | Janitor | Episode: "The Goodbye Girl" |
| Love & War | Maitre d' | Episode: "Check, Please" | |
| 1994 | Muddling Through | Gidney | Series regular, 7 episodes |
| 1995 | Ellen | Bus Driver | Episode: "These Successful Friends of Mine" |
| Live Shot | Hobart | Episode: "The Forgotten Episode" | |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Neral | Episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" |
| 2002 | Frasier | Lasskopf | Episode: "Deathtrap" |
| 2008 | My Name Is Earl | Mr. Hill | Episode: "Orphan Earl" |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | Professor Nelson Horowitz | Episode: "Animal Rites" |
| Mad Men | Achilles | Episode: "The Color Blue" | |
| 2010 | CSI: NY | Henry Wainright | Episode: "Uncertainty Rules" |
| 2011 | The Middle | Photographer | Episode: "Mother's Day II" |
| The Closer | Terry Weaver | Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" | |
| 2013 | Bad Samaritans | Herbert | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2021 | Side Hustle | Scott Dilger/Prescott | Episode: "Extra Crunchy" |
Other Roles
- L.A. Noire video game, as Oswald Jacobs
References
- "Hal Landon Jr.'s final bow as Scrooge brings tears and an end to a 40-year tradition". Los Angeles Times. 27 December 2019.
- "Hal Landon Jr., Keeping Christmas in His Way for 40 Years". American Theatre. December 19, 2019.
External links
- Hal Landon Jr. at IMDb
- Hal Landon Jr. at the TCM Movie Database
- Hal Landon Jr. at AllMovie
- Rotten Tomatoes profile
- Hal Landon Jr. profile at SCR.org
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