Hal Landon Jr.

Hal Landon Jr. (born May 23, 1941) is an American character actor. He is best known as Ted's father Captain Logan in the Bill & Ted film series.

Life

Landon was born May 23, 1941 in Long Beach, California the son of Hal Landon, and continues to live in California. He was a member of the South Coast Repertory in Orange County, California, most notably playing the role of Scrooge on stage from 1979 to 2019.[1][2]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1977 Eraserhead Pencil Machine Operator
1978 Jokes My Folks Never Told Me Various
1979 Scavenger Hunt Cornfield
1983 Sunset Limousine Gardener TV film
1987 Prison Wallace
1988 Winnie Man with Car TV film
1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Captain Logan
1990 Pacific Heights 2nd Deputy Sheriff
Almost an Angel Paradise Bar Local
1991 Defending Your Life Man in Past Lives Pavilion
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Captain Logan
1992 Trespass Eugene DeLong
1996 The Little Death Mr. Keats
The Siege at Ruby Ridge George Millins TV film
1998 Break Up Nike
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story Episcopal Bishop TV film
Playing by Heart Actor 'Commissioner'
2002 Speakeasy Mr. Petersen
2005 Greener Mountains Len
2011 The Artist Napoleon
2012 California Solo Farmer
2013 The Sleepy Man Admiral Short film
2015 Smosh: The Movie Butler
2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Farmer Brown
All the Way Speaker John McCormack TV film
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music Chief Logan

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Lou Grant Frank Blankenship Episode: "Hometown"
1982 Father Murphy Ira Eaves Episode: "The Dream Day"
1983 T. J. Hooker Sam Browner Episode: "Payday Pirates"
1984 Oh Madeline Episode: "Ah, Wilderness"
1985 Remington Steele Security Guard #1 Episode: "Stronger Than Steele"
Dallas Oil Man #2 Episode: "Mothers"
1986 The Twilight Zone O'Dell Episode: "The Little People of Killany Woods"
Highway to Heaven Repairman Episode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind"
Cheers Floyd Panjeric Episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me"
Newhart James Reeves Episode: "Sweet and Sour Charity"
1988 Matlock George Episode: "The Fisherman"
1990 Get a Life Ben Spangler Episodes: "Pile of Death" & "Paperboy 2000"
Hull High Bus Driver Episode: "Season 1, Episode 5"
1991 Down Home Priest Episode: "Mail Order Tran"
Quantum Leap Norm Episode: "A Single Drop of Rain"
1992 Married... with Children Janitor Episode: "The Goodbye Girl"
Love & War Maitre d' Episode: "Check, Please"
1994 Muddling Through Gidney Series regular, 7 episodes
1995 Ellen Bus Driver Episode: "These Successful Friends of Mine"
Live Shot Hobart Episode: "The Forgotten Episode"
1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Neral Episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
2002 Frasier Lasskopf Episode: "Deathtrap"
2008 My Name Is Earl Mr. Hill Episode: "Orphan Earl"
2009 Numb3rs Professor Nelson Horowitz Episode: "Animal Rites"
Mad Men Achilles Episode: "The Color Blue"
2010 CSI: NY Henry Wainright Episode: "Uncertainty Rules"
2011 The Middle Photographer Episode: "Mother's Day II"
The Closer Terry Weaver Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
2013 Bad Samaritans Herbert Episode: "Pilot"
2021 Side Hustle Scott Dilger/Prescott Episode: "Extra Crunchy"

Other Roles

References
  1. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-12-27/hal-landon-jr-scrooge-christmas-carol-final-performance
  2. "Hal Landon Jr., Keeping Christmas in His Way for 40 Years". American Theatre. December 19, 2019.


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