Recipient of a National Hero Award (for his contribution of moral entertainment), 1992

    Recipient, Grand Ozzi Award, Kansas Film Institute, December 2, 1990

    Recipient, 1964 Valor Award of the Mississippi State Conference of NAACP branches, December 4, 1964

                    Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker also received a Valor Award

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. [Michael Landon had been named honorary president of the foundation but passed away before he could take the post.]

Free Art Angel Awards, given out by Free Arts for Abused Children, was established in memory of Michael Landon.

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, 1^st 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

    "Little Treehouse on the Prairie" (in Knight Park, Collingswood, N.J.), dedicated June 7, 1997

    Inducted into the Collingswood (N.J.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame, February 8, 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

         Inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, 1994

    Honored at St. Vincent Medical Center Auxiliary's 'Time to Remember' benefit, April 23, 1993

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

    A cancer prevention center is named after him by the Los Angeles Oncologic Institute of St. Vincent Medical Center. The Michael Landon Cancer Prevention Center opened in the Fall of 1992

    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

         Honored in Memoriam as the Male Entertainer of the Year by Lefthanders International, 1991

    Recipient of a Gentle Spirit Award, 1991

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

    Honored at the Fourth Annual Tuolumne County Wild West Film Fest & Rodeo, September 27-29, 1991

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    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, 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, August 25, 1991

    National Spokesman for the National Down Syndrome Congress, 198[_]-1991

     Recipient of an award from Retinitis Pigmentosa International, an organization dedicated to eye research, for the Highway to Heaven episode “Summer Camp,” June 29, 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)

    Recipient of an award from the American Women in Radio and TV, May 11, 1989

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

    Honored by his hometown of Collingswood, New Jersey, May 1988

Entered into the Congressional Record by a NJ Congressman

Received a Senatorial Proclamation from a NJ State Senator

Received a Proclamation from the Collingswood Mayor

Received a Special Letter of Commendation from the NJ Governor

    Honored by the Free Arts Clinic for Abused Children, April 16, 1988

    Honorary Chairman of the fundraising campaign for Pima County Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers, 1988

    Honored by the California Special Olympics, November 14, 1987

    Honored by the L.A. Project for Hiring the Handicapped, October 21, 1987

    Honored by Catholic Big Brothers and Jewish Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles, March 19, 1987

    A Chief Spokesman for First Earth Run, 1986

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

    National Spokesman for Pharmacists Against Drug Abuse, 1983-198[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

    Salvation Army's National Christmas Chairman, 1981

    Received an award from the National Father's Day Council, 1981

    Named the Male Entertainer of the Year by Lefthanders International, 1980

    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

         Honorary Membership Chairman of the California PTA, 1979

         Chairman of National Hobby Month, October 1978   

         National Chairman for the 1977 Easter Seals Campaign

         National Chairman for American Humane Association's 'Be Kind to Animals' Week, May 2-8, 1976 and National 'Kindness' Chairman for the whole year

         Received the Mariner’s Humanitarian Award from the San Pedro Masonic Lodge No. 332 (now known as the L.A. Harbor Lodge No. 332), 1976

         Little House on the Prairie episode “A Harvest of Friends” was honored by the Los Angeles Women’s Chapter of the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge as "an outstanding achievement in bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life," 1975

    Grand Marshal, Longview 50th Anniversary Parade, June 30, 1973

    Grand Marshal, Reno Rodeo Parade, June 24, 1972

    Named an official Goodwill Ambassador for the Greater Reno Chamber of Commerce and presented with Honorary Good Citizen Plaque, May 1972

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

    Honorary Mayor of Encino, California, 1969-1970

    Honorary Sheriff of Encino, California, 1966-1967

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

    Co-Grand Marshal (w/Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker), The Indy 500 Festival Parade, May 28, 1967

    Grand Marshal, Grand Floral Parade, Blossomtime Festival of Southwestern Michigan, May 20, 1967

    Honorary Chairman (w/Lorne Greene & Dan Blocker) of United Cerebral Palsy's Teen Rainbow Tag Day, May 6, 1967

    Received silver Scout statuette for his work as Honorary Chairman of the Scout Roundup - membership drive for Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, February 1967

    Voted one of TV’s “Most Popular Actors in the San Francisco Bay Area” by leading SF editors and journalists, 1966

    Citation from both the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Postal Service for Bonanza (prompted by the episode "Ride the Wind") and proclamations issued by Governors of Midwest and Western States through which Pony Express couriers passed, January 6, 1966

    Honorary Mayor of Encino, California, 1965-1966

    Grand Marshal, King Orange Jamboree  Parade, December 31, 1965

    Named Honorary Citizen of Nevada, October 31, 1964

    Co-Grand Marshal (w/Lorne Greene), Nevada Day Parade, October 31, 1964

    Named Honorary Citizen of Brussels, Belgium, January 1964

    Honorary Grand Marshal, Annual Carolinas' Carrousel Parade, November [28], 1963
 

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

    Named Honorary Member of the YMCA's Ponderosa Day Camp at Cedar Creek Ranch, September 1963

    Little Joe Cartwright Day, July 20, 1963, by proclamation of the Mayor of Lima, Ohio

    Grand Marshal, Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade, 1963

    Grand Marshal of the Parade for the Grant County Fair & Rodeo, [August] 1962

    Rides in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 23, 1961

    Named Honorary First Sergeant of the U.S. Marine Corps., June 1961

    Cast of Bonanza rode their horses in the 72nd Tournament of Roses Parade, January 2, 1961

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

    Received plaque from the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children at Denver (for fostering the ideal that the cause of the child is the cause of humanity), 1960

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

Year Unknown:

    Named 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, La Grange Pet Parade, June [_], 196[_]

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