![]() ![]() And his screenwriting was very considerate to the show’s director of photography, Ted Voigtlander, who taught Landon cinematography. Joe Cartwright was seldom at the center of his scripts. However, difficult as Landon could sometimes be, Greenland believes it was perfectionism, not ego, that was driving him to such lengths. Those who worked with Landon on set remember him as a very sweet guy, but stubborn and impulsive at times. Everything would halt for endless story conferences on the set, and I finally had to use Dan Blocker as an intermediary to say, ‘Let’s get on with the damned thing.’ It got increasingly bitter toward the end.” “He’d challenge nearly everyline, every scene, every setup in other writers’ scripts. For over three decades, Michael Landons creative gifts touched millions of viewers around the world on Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, and in several other productions. ![]() “It was the same with Mike Landon, the writer,” Dotort said. Michael Landon was an actor, writer, director, and producer. They’d come to me and say, ‘We spend most of our time arguing.’” “Then, as an actor, he began to criticize what he thought were errors being made by other ‘Bonanza’ directors. “It got bad because Landon developed very quickly as a good director,” Dotort told Greenland. ![]()
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