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Hal Landon Jr.

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Hal Landon Jr.
Born (1941-05-23) May 23, 1941 (age 85)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present

Hal Landon Jr. (born May 23, 1941) is an American actor, best known for playing Ted's father Captain Logan in the Bill & Ted franchise.

Early life and education

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Landon was born in Long Beach, California and raised there and in Tucson, Arizona.[1][2] His father, Harold "Hal" Landon Sr. was also an actor, who appeared alongside his son in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey as Thomas Edison. He graduated from Catalina High School in 1959.[2] He studied theatre at the University of Arizona, and began his stage acting career with the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco.[1][2]

Career

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Landon is best known for playing Ted's father Captain Logan in the Bill & Ted franchise. He has also appeared in films including David Lynch's Eraserhead, Defending Your Life, Trespass, and The Artist. Landon also voiced Oswald Jacobs and provided his likeness via motion capture in the 2011 video game LA Noire.

The majority of his acting has been on television, appearing in episodes of Highway to Heaven, Lou Grant, T.J. Hooker, Dallas, Cheers, Remington Steele, Matlock, Newhart, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Frasier, Married... with Children, My Name is Earl, Mad Men, and The Middle.

He was a member of the South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, most notably playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge on stage from 1979 to 2019.[3][2]

Filmography

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Film

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Hal Landon Jr. film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1977EraserheadPencil Machine Operator
1978Jokes My Folks Never Told MeVarious Roles
1979Scavenger HuntCornfield
1987PrisonWallace
1989Bill and Ted's Excellent AdventureCaptain Logan
1990Pacific Heights2nd Deputy Sheriff
Almost an AngelParadise Bar local
1991Defending Your LifeMan in Past Lives Pavilion
Bill and Ted's Bogus JourneyCaptain Logan
1996The Little DeathMr. Keats
1998Break UpNike
Playing by HeartActor 'Commissioner'
1992TrespassEugene DeLong
2002SpeakeasyMr. Petersen
2005Greener MountainsLen
2011The ArtistNapoleon
2012California SoloFarmer
2013The Sleepy ManAdmiralShort film
2015Smosh: The MovieButler
2016Pee-Wee's Big HolidayFarmer Brown
2020Bill & Ted Face the MusicCaptain Logan

Television

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Hal Landon Jr. television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Lou GrantFrank BlankenshipEpisode: "Hometown"
1982Father MurphyIra EavesEpisode: "The Dream Day"
1983T.J. HookerJasonEpisode: "Payday Pirates"
Sunset LimousineGardenerTV movie
1984Oh MadelineUnnamed CharacterEpisode: "Ah, Wilderness"
1985DallasOil Man #2Episode: "Mothers"
1986The Twilight ZoneO'DellSegment: "The Little People of Killany Woods"
Highway to HeavenRepairmanEpisode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind"
CheersFloyd PanjericEpisode: "Save the Last Dance for Me"
NewhartJames ReevesEpisode: "Sweet and Sour Charity"
1988MatlockGeorgeEpisode: "The Fisherman"
1988WinnieMan with CarTV movie
Falcon CrestHendersonEpisode: "Life with Father" (cut scene, uncredited)
1990Get a LifeBen Spangler2 episodes
Hull HighBus DriverEpisode #1.5
1991Down HomePriestEpisode: "Mail Order Tran"
Quantum LeapNormEpisode: "A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953"
1992Married... with ChildrenJanitorEpisode: "The Goodbye Girl"
1992, 1994Love & WarMaitre D'2 episodes
1994Muddling ThroughGidney7 episodes
1995EllenBus driverEpisode: "These Successful Friends of Mine"
Live ShotHobartEpisode: "The Forgotten Episode"
1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeGeorge MillTV movie
1998Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman StoryEpiscopal BishopTV movie
1999Star Trek: Deep Space NineNeralEpisode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
2002FrasierMr. LasskopfEpisode: "Deathtrap"
2008My Name is EarlMr. HillEpisode: "Orphan Earl"
2009Numb3rsProfessor Nelson HorowitzEpisode: "Animal Rites"
Mad MenAchillesEpisode: "The Color Blue"
2010CSI: NYHenry WainwrightEpisode: "Uncertainty Rules"
2011The MiddlePhotographerEpisode: "Mother's Day II"
L.A. NoireOswald Jacobs (voice)Video game
The CloserTerry WeaverEpisode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
2013Bad SamaritansHerbertEpisode: "Pilot"
2016All the WaySpeaker John McCormackTV movie
2021Side HustlePrescott / Scott DilgerEpisode: "Extra Crunchy"

References

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  1. 1 2 "Hal Landon". EVOLVING ACTOR. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Hal Landon Jr., Keeping Christmas in His Way for 40 Years". American Theatre. December 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hal Landon Jr.'s final bow as Scrooge brings tears and an end to a 40-year tradition". Los Angeles Times. December 27, 2019.
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