Little House on the Prairie Premiered Date, Network, Genre, Cast

Premiered Date

September 11, 1974

Genre

Western

Network

NBC

Cast

Kyle Richards, Shannen Doherty, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Matthew Laborteaux, Karen Grassle, Victor French, Katherine Macgregor, Dean Butler, Alison Arngrim, Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Merlin Olsen, Dabbs Greer, Linwood Boomer, Richard Bull

Kyle Richards

as Alicia Sanderson Edwards

Shannen Doherty

as Jenny Wilder

Melissa Gilbert

as Laura Ingalls

1936-1991

Michael Landon

as Charles Ingalls

Melissa Sue Anderson

as Mary Ingalls

Matthew Laborteaux

as Albert Quinn Ingalls

Karen Grassle

as Caroline Ingalls

1934-1989

Victor French

as Isaiah Edwards

1925-2018

Katherine Macgregor

as Harriet Oleson

Dean Butler

as Almanzo James Wilder

Alison Arngrim

as Nellie Oleson

Lindsay Greenbush

as Carrie Ingalls

Sidney Greenbush

as Carrie Ingalls

Jonathan Gilbert

as Willie Oleson

1940-2010

Merlin Olsen

as Jonathan Garvey

1917-2007

Dabbs Greer

as Reverend Robert Alden

Linwood Boomer

as Adam Kendall

1924-2014

Richard Bull

as Nels Oleson

About Little House on the Prairie

About

This show chronicles the lives of the members of the Ingalls family in the 1800s in the American Midwest. The show ran for nine seasons and aired a total of 204 episodes.

Trivia

The show is based on the Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Shannen Doherty and Jason Bateman have both guest starred on the series.