List of characters in Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

This is a list of characters from the Little House on the Prairie television series (1974-1984). Next to the characters name is the actor/actress who played them.

The Ingalls/Wilders/Kendalls

*Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon)
*Caroline Ingalls (played by Karen Grassle)
*Laura Ingalls Wilder (played by Melissa Gilbert)
*Mary Ingalls Kendall (played by Melissa Sue Anderson)
*Carrie Ingalls (played by Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush)
*Albert Ingalls (played by Matthew Laborteaux)
*Grace Ingalls (played by Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh)
*Lansford Ingalls (played by Arthur Hill)
*Laura Colby Ingalls (played by Jan Sterling)
*Peter Ingalls (played by Mark Lenard)
*Eliza Ingalls (played by Hersha Parady)
*Frederick Holbrook (played by Barry Sullivan)
*Adam Kendall (played by Linwood Boomer)
*Giles Kendall (played by Philip Abbott)
*Almanzo Wilder (played by Dean Butler)
*Eliza Jane Wilder (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282439 Lucy Lee Flippin] )
*James Cooper Ingalls (played by Jason Bateman)
*Cassandra Cooper Ingalls (played by Missy Francis)
*Rose Wilder (played by Jennifer & Michelle Steffin)
*Jenny Wilder (played by Shannen Doherty)
*Royal Wilder (played by Woody Eney and Nicolas Coster)
*Millie Wilder (plyaed by Aileen Fitzpatrick)
*Perley Day Wilder (played by Charles Bloom)
*Rupert Wilder (played by Rossie Harris)
*Myron Wilder (played by Ham Larson)

The Olesons/Daltons/Browns

*Nelson "Nels" Oleson (played by Richard Bull)
*Harriet Oleson (played by Katherine MacGregor)
*Nellie Oleson Dalton (played by Alison Arngrim)
*Willie Oleson (played by Jonathan Gilbert)
*Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870562 Steve Tracy] )
*Nancy Oleson (played by Allison Balson)
*Rachel Brown Oleson (played by Sherri Stoner)
*Mr. Brown (played by Jack Ging)
*Annabelle Oleson (played by Harriett Gibson)
*Sterling Murdock (played by John Hillerman)
*Kate Thorvald (played by Anne Archer)
*Peter Lundstrom (played by Michael Sharrett)
*Mr Lundstrom (played by Nehemiah Persoff)
*Benjamin Cohen (played by E M Margolese)
*Edna Cohen (played by Bea Silvern)

The Garveys

*Jonathan Garvey (played by Merlin Olsen)
*Alice Garvey (played by Hersha Parady)
*Andy Garvey (played by Patrick Labyorteaux)
*Alice's Mother (played by Marie Denn)

The Carters

*John Carter (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412177 Stan Ivar] )
*Sarah Reed Carter (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747398 Pamela Roylance] )
*Jebidiah "Jeb" Carter (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448181 Lindsay Kennedy] )
*Jason Carter (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295191 David Friedman] )
*Elliot Reed (played by John McLiam)

The Edwards Family

*Isaiah Edwards (played by Victor French)
*Grace ("Widow Snider") Edwards (played by Bonnie Bartlett)
*Julia Sanderson (played by Patricia Neal)
*John Sanderson Edwards (played by Radames Pera)
*Alicia Sanderson Edwards (played by Kyle Richards)
*Carl Sanderson Edwards (played by Brian Part)

The Beadle/Simms Family

*Eva Beadle Simms (played by Charlotte Stewart)
*Adam Simms (played by Joshua Bryant)
*Luke Simms (played by Bob Marsic)

The Town

*Dr. Hiram Baker (played by Kevin Hagen)
*Rev. Robert Alden (played by Dabbs Greer)
*Lars Hanson (played by Karl Swenson)
*Melinda Foster (played by Ruth Foster)
*Hester-Sue Terhune (played by Ketty Lester)
*Joe Kagan (played by Moses Gunn)
*Etta Plumb (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484930 Leslie Landon] )
*Sherwood Montague (played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143857 Robert Casper] )

eason 1 Guest Characters

*Christy Kennedy (played by Tracie Savage)
*Mr Kennedy (played by Wayne Heffley)
*Olga Nordstrom (played by Kim Richards)
*Abel Makay (played by Dirk Blocker)
*Willie O'Hara (played by Red Buttons)
*Tinker Jones (played by Chuck McCann)
*Hans Dorfler (played by Jim Jeter)
*Trudy Coulter (played by Julie Cobb)
*Joseph Coulter (played by Alan Fudge)
*Miss Amy Hearn (played by Josephine Hutchinson)
*Jonathan (played by Ernest Borgnine)
*Johnny Johnson (played by Mitch Vogel)
*Hiram Johnson (played by Hal Bokar)
*Mimi (played by Jane Alice Brandon)
*Graham Stewart (played by Johnny Lee)
*John Stewart (played by Harris Yulin)
*Jack Lame Horse (played by Robert Tessier)
*Marshal Anders (played by Jack Ging)

eason 2 Guest Characters

*Elizabeth Thurman (played by Mariette Hartley)
*Hannibal Applewood (played by Richard Basehart)
*Henry Hill (played by Louis Gossett Jr)
*Ebenezer Sprague (played by Ted Gehring )
*Mrs Whipple (played by Queenie Smith)
*Granville Whipple (played by Richard Mulligan)
*Jason (played by Eric Shea)
*Jonah (played by Shane Sinutko)
*Jebediah Mumfort (played by Karl Lukas)
*Yuli Pyatakov (played by Theodore Bikel)
*Viktor Pyatakov (played by Ike Eisenmann)
*Fanya Pyatakov (played by Lisa Pera)
*Amos Pike (played by John Anderson)

eason 3 Guest Characters

*Wendell Loudy (played by John Ireland (actor))
*Solomon Henry (played by Todd Bridges)
*Anna Gillberg (played by Katy Kurtzman)
*Caleb Hodgekiss (played by Johnny Cash)
*Mattie Hodgekiss (played by June Carter Cash)
*Joseph Spotted Eagle Stokes (played by Caesar Ramirez)
*Seth (played by Willie Aames)
*Jeremy Stokes (played by George Murdock)
*Ginny Clark (played by Rachel Longaker)
*Harold Mayfield (played by Warren Vanders)
*Della Clark (played by Kay Peters)
*Elmer Dobkins (played by Eric Olson)
*Sam Dobkins (played by Charles Aidman)
*Sam Galinder (played by Geoffrey Lewis)
*Bubba Galinder (played by Michael LeClair)
*George Galinder (played by Roy Jenson)
*Sam Shelby (played by Burl Ives)
*Zacchariah (played by EJ Andre)

eason 4 Guest Characters

*Kezia Horn (played by Hermione Baddeley)
*Dr. Burke (played by Ford Rainey)
*Seth Barton (played by Rob Kenneally)
*Chris Nelson (played by Gil Gerard)
*Bailey Farrell (played by Bernard Behrens)
*Timothy Farrell (played by Johnny Doran)
*Jimmy Hill (played by Chris Petersen)

*Reverend Pritchard (played by Woodrow Parfrey)
*Samantha Higgins (played by Seeley Ann Thumann)
*Stanley Novack (played by Michael Pataki)
*Beth Novack (played by Collin Wilcox)
*Jed Haney (played by Eddie Quillan)
*Dr. Asa T Logan (played by Burr DeBenning)
*Anna Mears (played by Lenora May)
*Bobby Harris (played by Michael Mullins)

*Nathaniel Mears (played by Donald Moffat)
*Miss Rachel Peal (played by Anita Dangler)
*Caleb Fisher (played by John McLiam)
*Katie Fisher (played by Linda McMillan)
*Ellen Fisher (played by Dee Croxton)
*Ellen Taylor (played by Mia Bendixsen)
*Eloise Taylor (played by Corinne Michaels)
*Cal Taylor (played by James Wainwright)
*Judge Picker (played by Eddie Quillan)

eason 5 Guest Characters

*Mr Standish (played by Leon Charles)
*Susan Goodspeed (played by Michele Downey)
*John Bevins (played by Cliff Emmich)
*Bess Bevins (played by Kate Woodville)
*Amelia Bevins (played by Julie Ann Haddock)
*Toby Noe (played by Ray Bolger)
*Judd Larrabbee (played by Don "Red" Barry)
*Adele Larrabbee (played by Joan Tompkins, wife of Karl Swenson)
*Erich Schiller (played by Ike Eisenmann)
*Otto Schiller (played by King Moody)
*Anna Schiller (played by Lisa Pera)
*Miss Elliot (played by Ellen Regan)
*Holly (played by Martha Nix)
*Isaac Singerman (played by John Bleifer)
*Aaron Singerman (played by Alvin Kupperman)
*Dylan Whitaker (played by Steve Shaw)
*Leslie Harper (played by Jenny Sullivan)
*Samantha Harper (played by Kyle Richards)
*Bret Harper (played by Charles Ciofi)
*Thomas Harper (played by Bobby Rolofson)
*Jordan Harrison (played by Ronnie Scribner)

eason 6 Guest Characters

*Russell Harmon (played by William Schallert)
*Anna Craig Alden (played by Iris Korn)
*Reverend Danforth (played by James Olson)
*Tod Dortmunder (played by Timothy Wead)
*Brewster Davenport (played by Malcolm Atterbury)
*Virginia Davenport (played by Susan French)
*Molly Reardon (played by Suzanne Rogers)
*Jeremy Quinn (played by Michael Pataki)
*Harold (played by Royal Dano)
*Bill Anderson (played by Sam Edwards)
*Penelope Parker (played by Stacey Sipes)
*Ms Trimble (played by Lucille Benson)
*Milo Stavroupolis (played by Leo Gordon)
*Anna Stavroupolis (played by Nora Meerbaum)

eason 7 Guest Characters

*Harv Miller (played by James Cromwell)
*Irv Hartwig (played by Richard Jaekel)
*Sylvia Webb (played by Olivia Barash)
*Mr. Webb (played by Royal Dano)
*Annie Crane (played by Madeline Stowe)
*Houston Lamb (played by Dub Taylor)
*Mr Case (played by Ivan Bonar)
*Jed Cooper (played by EJ Andre)
*Sarah Cooper (played by ME Loree)
*Alvin Cooper (played by George McDaniel)
*Hertzell Lundy (played by Mel Stewart)
*Leslie Barton (played by Suzy Gilstrap)
*Edna Mills (played by Barbara Collentine, wife of Richard Bull)
*Brenda Sue Longworth (played by Tish Raye)

*Kavendish(played by Eddie Quillan)
*Dan Ellerbee (played by James Jarnagin)
*Pete Ellerbee (played by William Traylor)

eason 8 Guest Characters

*Sam Terhune (played by J.A. Preston)
*Naomi Terhune (played by Marguerite DeLain)
*Elmer Miles (played by J.Brennan Smith)
*Rodolfo Gambini (played by Jack Kruschen)
*Ana Rosa Gambini (played by Gloria Manos)
*Marco Gambini (played by Stephen Manley)
*Stefano Gambini (played by Robert Torti)
*Amy Cassidy (played by Martha Nix)
*Michele Pierson (played by Melora Hardin)
*Dr. Caleb Ledoux (played by Don Marshall)
*Mattie Ledoux (played by Marlene Warfield)
*Gideon Hale (played by Peter Billingsley)
*Braden Hale (playe by Dennis Howard)
*Nora Cramer (played by Betty McGuire)
*Louisa Beckwith (played by Ruth Silveira)
*Horace Beckwith (played by Calvin Bartlett)
*Sherman Andruss (played by Dennis Lipscomb)
*Helen Andruss (played by Judith Weston)
*Jack Prescott (played by Claude Earl Jones)
*Mortimer Carstairs (played by Patrick Collins)
*Major Guffey (played by Laurie Main)
*Miss Mason (played by Elizabeth Hoffman)
*Old Man/Angel in episode "He Was Only 12" (played by Don Beddoe)

eason 9 Guest Characters

*Ruthy Leland (played by Vera Miles)
*Dewey (played by Eric Christmas)
*Jane Canfield (played by Jill Schoelen)
*Thomas Stark (played by Robert Loggia)
*Constance Stark (played by Michele Marsh)
*Elizabeth Stark (played by Tammy Lauren)
*Randall Page (played by Ronnie Scribner)
*Dr. Marvin Haynes (played by Ralph Bellamy)
*Matthew Rogers (played by Jonathan Hall Kovacs)
*Lou Bates(played by Billy Barty)
*Mrs. Bates (played by Susan French)
*Lem McCary (played by Lew Ayres)
*Jess Moffet (played by Charles Lane)
*Buffalo Bill (played by Eddie Quillan)
*Cole Younger (played by Geoffrey Lewis)