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Michael Landon

 

Awards and Honors

 

 

Awards and Nominations

   

    Recipient, National Service Award, The Washington Times Foundation, April 16, 1996

 

    Recipient, Hall of Fame Award, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, October 1995 (Aired: April 18, 1996)

 

    Recipient, PLAY Award, Best Celebrity Performance, [Electronic Retailing Association], September 1992

 

    Recipient, NBC Lifetime Achievement Award, National Broadcasting Company, June 5, 1990

 

    Recipient, Gabriel Award for Personal Achievement, Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals, 1987

 

    Recipient (Michael Landon Productions), Media Access Award, Outstanding Media Employer, California Employment Development Department in partnership with the Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 1987

 

    Recipient (Highway to Heaven), Media Access Award,  California Employment Development Department in partnership with the Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 1987

 

    Recipient, Silver Angel Award, Excellence in Media, 1985

 

    Recipient, Golden Boot Award, Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation, 1984

 

    Nominee (Little House on the Prairie, A New Beginning), Young Artist Award, Best New Family Television Series, 4th Annual Youth in Film Awards (1981-1982), The Young Artist Foundation, 198[3]

 

    Recipient, International Emmy Founders Award, The International Academy of Television Arts & Science, 1982

 

    Recipient (Father Murphy), Young Artist Award, Best Television Series – Family Enjoyment, 3rd Annual Youth in Film Awards (1980-1981), The Young Artist Foundation, 198[2]

 

    Nominee (Little House on the Prairie), Young Artist Award, Best Television Series – Family Enjoyment, 3rd Annual Youth in Film Awards (1980-1981), The Young Artist Foundation, 198[2]

 

    Recipient (Little House on the Prairie), Media Access Award, California Employment Development Department in partnership with the Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 1981

 

    Recipient, Spur Award, Best TV Script, Western Writers of America, 1980

                       For the Little House on the Prairie episode, “May We Make Them Proud”

 

    Nominee (Little House on the Prairie), Young Artist Award, Best TV Series or Special Featuring Youth,  1st Annual Youth in Film Awards (1978-1979), The Young Artist Foundation, 19[80]

 

    Recipient (Little House on the Prairie), People’s Choice Award, Favorite TV Dramatic Program, 5th Annual People's Choice Awards, March 8, 1979

 

    Nominee, Golden Globe, Best TV Actor (Drama), 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, January 27, 1979

 

    Recipient (Little House on the Prairie), People’s Choice Award, Favorite TV Dramatic Program, 4th Annual People's Choice Awards, February 20, 1978

 

    Nominee (Little House on the Prairie), Golden Globe, Best TV Drama, 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, January 29, 1977

 

    Recipient (Little House on the Prairie), TP de Oro Award, Best Foreign Series, [#th Annual TP de Oro Awards], Teleprograma magazine, 1976

 

    Recipient (Little House on the Prairie), Bronze Wrangler, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Awards, 1975

 

    Recipient, Christopher Award, The Christopher Awards, [1975]

 

    Recipient, Bronze Wrangler, Fictional Television Drama,  National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Awards, 1970

                    For the Bonanza script "The Wish," written and directed by Michael Landon; David Dortort, Executive Producer; Richard

                    Collins, Producer; Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Ossie Davis, Roy Jenson, Harry Page, Barbara Parrio,

                    George Spell, and Jerry Summers, Actors

 

    Recipient [(shared with Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker)], Bambi Award, 1969

 

    Recipient, Silver Spurs Award, The Most Popular TV Western Star, Reno Chamber of Commerce, May __, 1964

 

    Nominee (Bonanza), Emmy Award, Outstanding Dramatic Series, 18th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, May 22, 1966

 

    Recipient (Bonanza), Logie Award, Best Overseas Show, [6th] Annual TV Week Logie Awards, [March __,] 1964

 

    Nominee (Bonanza), Golden Globe, Best TV Show, 21st Annual Golden Globe Awards, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, March 11, 1964

 

    Recipient (Bonanza), TV Guide Award, Favorite Series, [TV Guide Awards], [August __], 1963

       

 

Honors

 

    Awards Named in his Honor:

Michael Landon Award, presented by the California Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, to an individual who has made a lifetime commitment to the advancement and inclusion of people with disabilities in the media industry, at the Media Access Awards.

 

The Michael Landon Award, Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television, presented by the Young Artist Foundation at the Annual Young Artist Awards.

 

Michael Award, given out at the fashion industry’s annual awards ceremony, which is called The Michael Awards, and benefits the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation. The first recipient of the Michael Award was Cindy Crawford in March 1993.

 

PanCAN-AACR Michael Landon Career Development Award, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

 

 

    Named to list (#24) of 50 Greatest TV Icons, Entertainment Weekly and TV Land Present: The 50 Greatest TV Icons, November 16, 2007

 

    Inducted into the South Jersey Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame, 2004

 

    Automatic Inductee to The New York Walk of Fame, 2004

 

    Recipient (Bonanza), TV Land Award, Best in the West, 1st Annual TV Land Awards, March 2, 2003 (Aired: March 12, 2003)

 

    No. 33 on TV Guide’s list of 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time, TV Guide Special Issue, September 28-October 4, 2002

 

    Honored at "Evening with the Stars,"  Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), November 8, 1998

 

    Inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame, 1998

 

    45 People Who Made a Difference in the television industry, TV Guide Special Issue, April 4-10, 1998

 

    Inducted into the Collingsworth (N.J.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame, 1997

 

    No. 8 on TV Guide’s list of 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time, TV Guide Special Issue, December 14-20, 1996

 

  

 

    Michael Landon’s bronze bust unveiled in The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Hall of Fame Plaza, 199?

 

 

    Inducted into The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Hall of Fame, October 1995

 

    Honored at St. Vincent Medical Center’s annual dinner, April 23, 1993

 

    First Michael Awards, benefiting the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation, is held on March 15, 1993 in NYC

 

    Center Court re-named, Michael Landon Center Court, and a bust statue of him placed behind the stadium court at Randolph Tennis Center, Tucson, Arizona, 1992

 

 

    Michael Landon Memorial, Memorial Grove in Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, New Jersey, Dedicated by WAR (Women Against Rape) Child Watch on September 17, 1991

 

    

 

    A tribute to Michael Landon at the Thirteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards, Young Artist Foundation, 1991

 

    A tribute to Michael Landon, 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, August 25, 1991

 

    Community center in Malibu Bluffs Park is named in his honor (Michael Landon Community Center), June 1, 1991

 

 

    Tribute to Michael Landon by Rep. Gallegly in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 16, 1991 (part of the Congressional Record)

 

    Co-Host, 15th Annual People’s Choice Awards, March 11, 1989

 

    Recipient of an award from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department Auxiliary Volunteers, 198[5]

 

    Grand Marshal, 53rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, 1984

 

 

    Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, August 1984

 

 

    President of the Emmy jury, International Emmy Awards, 1982

 

    Received Certificate of Appreciation from California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped, 1982

 

    Scheduled Co-Host, 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, September 7, 1980
                    
Replaced (as were the other co-hosts, Bob Newhart and Lee Remick) because they honored the boycott of the show

                         called for by the Screen Actors Guild

 

 

         Named National Chairman for the 1977 Easter Seal Campaign

 

    Grand Marshal, Reno Rodeo Parade, May 1972

 

    Presenter at 6th Annual Awards Dinner, Academy of Country and Western Music, March 22, 1971

 

    Named a Honorary U.S. Air Force Recruiter, [July] 1967

 

    Co-Grand Marshal, The Indy 500 Festival Parade, May 1967

                            Shared the honor with Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker

 

    Citation from U.S. Postal Service for Bonanza episode "Ride the Wind," 1966

 

 

    Named Honorary Mayor of Encino, California, 1965-196[6]

 

    Named a Honorary Citizen of Nevada, October 31, 1964

 

    Co-Grand Marshal, Nevada Day Parade, October 31, 1964

                            Shared the honor with Lorne Greene

 

    Appears (as Little Joe) in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 28, 1963

 

    Grand Marshal, Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade, 1963

 

    Cast of Bonanza rode their horses in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 24, 1960

 

    Grand Marshal, Annual J.C. Rodeo Parade held in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 1960

 

Year Unknown:

 

         Inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, 19__

 

    Honorary Member of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures, 19__

 

    Led the WSB-TV Salute 2 America Parade (Atlanta, Georgia), July 4, 197_

 

    Grand Marshal, Grand Floral Parade, Blossomtime Festival of Southwestern Michigan, [first Saturday of May], 196_

 

    Grand Marshal, La Grange Pet Parade, 196_

 

  

 

 

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