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Connecting Michael Landon and Ewan McGregor



Michael Landon
Other parts came: movie roles in '' I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' (1957), '' Maracaibo'' (1958), ''High School Confidential'' (1958), the notorious ''God's Little Acre'' (1958), and ''The Legend of Tom Dooley'' (1959), as well as many roles on television, such as ''Crossroads'' (three episodes), ''The Restless Gun'' (pilot episode aired on '' Schlitz Playhouse of Stars''), ''Sheriff of Cochise'' (in "Human Bomb"), ''U.S. Marshal'' (as Don Sayers in "The Champ"), ''Crusader'', ''Frontier Doctor'', ''The Rifleman'' (in "End of a Young Gun", 1958), '' The Adventures of Jim Bowie'', ''Johnny Staccato'', ''Wire Service'', ''General Electric Theater'', ''The Court of Last Resort'', ''State Trooper'' (two episodes), ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' (three episodes), ''The Texan'' (in the 1958 episode "The Hemp Tree"), ''The Tall Man'', ''Tombstone Territory'' (in the episodes "The Man From Brewster", with John Carradine and "Rose of the Rio Bravo", with Kathleen Nolan), ''Trackdown'' (two 1958 episodes), and ''Wanted Dead or Alive'', starring Steve McQueen (in episodes "The Martin Poster", 1958, and "The Legend", 1959).

John Carradine American actor
His first performance on the "small screen" was on the DuMont Television Network in 1947, when he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a broadcast presentation of ''A Christmas Carol.'' His final role on television was in 1986 as Professor Alex Stottel on a revival of the classic series '' The Twilight Zone'', in an episode segment titled "Still Life." Some examples of other television series on which he appeared include ''My Friend Flicka'', ''Johnny Ringo'' (as The Rain Man), and ''Place the Face'', NBC's ''Cimarron City'' as the foreboding Jared Tucker in the episode "Child of Fear" and on William Bendix's '' Overland Trail'' in the 1960 episode "The Reckoning," on ''Harrigan and Son'' starring Pat O'Brien in the episode "A Matter of Dignity," '' Maverick'' in "Red Dog" starring Roger Moore and Lee Van Cleef, ''Sugarfoot'', ''The Rebel'', and ''The Legend of Jesse James'' , on the syndicated adventure series '' Rescue 8'' with actor Jim Davis and in two episodes of the western TV series '' Bonanza'' ("Springtime" and "Dead Wrong").
* '' Maverick'' in "Red Dog" (1960) starring Roger Moore, Lee Van Cleef and Sherry Jackson

Roger Moore
In 2015, he read Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and The Pea" for the children's fairy tales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF with other British celebrities, including Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna, and Michael Ball.


Michael Landon
In 1972, he was among the guests in David Winters' musical television special '' The Special London Bridge Special'', starring Tom Jones, and Jennifer O'Neill.

Tom Jones (singer)
He also appeared as himself in Tim Burton's 1996 film '' Mars Attacks!''.
In 1996, Jones appeared as himself in Tim Burton's ensemble science-fiction comedy film '' Mars Attacks!''.

Tim Burton American film director, producer, writer and artist
Starring Ewan McGregor as young Edward Bloom and Albert Finney as an older Edward Bloom, the film also stars Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Marion Cotillard. '' Big Fish'' received four Golden Globe nominations as well as an Academy Award nomination for Elfman's score.


Michael Landon
Landon appeared on the cover of ''TV Guide'' 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball.

Lucille Ball American actress, comedian, model, studio executive and producer (1911–1989)
Subsequently, Nicole Kidman was hired to portray Ball when Sorkin's film entitled ''Being the Ricardos'' was produced in 2021.
On February 8, 2022, Nicole Kidman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Ball.

Nicole Kidman American and Australian actress and producer
In 2001, she took on the role of cabaret actress and courtesan Satine in Baz Luhrmann's musical '' Moulin Rouge!'', opposite Ewan McGregor.


Michael Landon
''Sam's Son'' was a 1984 coming-of-age feature film written and directed by Landon and loosely based on his early life. The film stars Timothy Patrick Murphy, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Hallie Todd, and James Karen.

Eli Wallach
A few years prior to that event, Kate Winslet told another audience that Wallach, with whom she acted in ''The Holiday'' in 2006, was one of the "most charismatic men" she'd met, and her "very own sexiest man alive."

Kate Winslet
In an effort to encourage natural ageing, she formed the British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League, alongside fellow actresses Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz.

Rachel Weisz
In 1992, Weisz appeared in the television film ''Advocates II'', followed by roles in the ''Inspector Morse'' episode "Twilight of the Gods", and the BBC's steamy period drama '' Scarlet and Black'', alongside Ewan McGregor. '' Dirty Something'', a BBC Screen Two, hour-long television film made in 1992, was Weisz's first film, in which she played Becca, who met and fell in love with a traveller, Dog (Paul Reynolds), at the end of Glastonbury Festival.





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