Michael Landon, the Father I Knew is an American biographical television film which originally aired on CBS on Sunday, May 23, 1999. The film was written and directed by Michael Landon Jr. documenting his privileged, but often troubled, childhood as the son of beloved television actor, writer and director, Michael Landon, Sr. The film stars John Schneider as Michael Landon, Sr., Cheryl Ladd as his second wife Lynn Noe Landon, and Joel Berti, Trever O'Brien and Shawn Pyfrom sharing the role of their eldest son, Michael Landon, Jr. throughout his childhood years.