List of Little House on the Prairie characters

This is a list of characters of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1984).

Contents 1 The Ingalls Family 1.1 The In-laws 2 The Town 3 Non-recurring characters 3.1 Season one 3.2 Season two 3.3 Season three 3.4 Season four 3.5 Season five 3.6 Season six 3.7 Season seven 3.8 Season eight 3.9 Season nine

The Ingalls Family

Name	Seasons	No. of episodes	Played by	Character summary
Charles Ingalls	1–8	161	Michael Landon	farmer; husband and father
Caroline Ingalls	1–8	172	Karen Grassle	wife and mother
Laura Ingalls Wilder	1–9	190	Melissa Gilbert	nicknamed "Half-pint"; second daughter
Mary Ingalls	1–8	133	Melissa Sue Anderson	oldest child
Carrie Ingalls	1–8	164	Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush	third daughter
Freddie Ingalls	1	1	unknown	late baby son
Grace Ingalls	5–8	60	Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh	fourth daughter
Albert Quinn Ingalls	5–9	89	Matthew Laborteaux	adopted son
James Cooper/Ingalls	7–8	21	Jason Bateman	adopted after parents were killed in a wagon accident
Cassandra Cooper/Ingalls	7–8	21	Missy Francis	same as above

The In-laws

Name	Seasons	No. of episodes	Played by	Character summary
Almanzo Wilder	6–9	65	Dean Butler	Farmer; Laura's husband (season 7); father
Adam Kendall	4–8	35	Linwood Boomer	Teacher of the blind; Mary’s husband (season 5)
Jenny Wilder	9	18	Shannen Doherty	Almanzo's niece, whom he gets custody of after his brother dies
Rose Wilder	8–9	17	Jennifer and Michele Steffin	Almanzo's and Laura's daughter
Eliza Jane Wilder	6–8	14	Lucy Lee Flippin	Teacher; Almanzo's older sister

The Town

Name	Seasons	No. of episodes	Played by	Character summary
Nels Oleson	1–9	147	Richard Bull	mercantile proprietor; husband and father
Harriet Oleson	1–9	153	Katherine MacGregor	worked at the mercantile; wife and mother
Nellie Oleson	1–9	104	Alison Arngrim	oldest child of the Nels and Harriet
Willie Oleson	1–9	140	Jonathan Gilbert	son of the Nels and Harriet
Nancy Oleson	8–9	33	Allison Balson	adopted daughter of Nels and Harriet
Percival Dalton/Isaac Cohen	6–7	11	Steve Tracy	Nellie’s husband
Rachel Brown Oleson	9	2	Sherri Stoner	Willie’s wife
Dr. Hiram Baker	1–9	113	Kevin Hagen	town physician
Robert Alden	1–9	76	Dabbs Greer	church minister
Melinda Foster	1–9	61	Ruth Foster	post office manager
Isaiah Edwards	1-3, 8-9	52	Victor French	Charles’ best friend
Grace Snider Edwards	1–6	23	Bonnie Bartlett / Corinne Camacho	wife of Isaiah Edwards
John Sanderson Edwards	2–4	8	Radames Pera	oldest child adopted by Isaiah & Grace Edwards
Alicia Sanderson Edwards	2-3, 5, 8	19	Kyle Richards	adopted daughter of Isaiah & Grace Edwards
Carl Sanderson Edwards	2–4	19	Brian Part	youngest child adopted by Isaiah & Grace Edwards
Matthew Rogers	9	5	Jonathan Hall Kovacs	boy that Isaiah Edwards took care of (season 9)
Jonathan Garvey	4–7	51	Merlin Olsen	farmer; husband and father
Alice Garvey	4–6	33	Hersha Parady	wife and mother; teacher; dies in fire
Andy Garvey	4–7	43	Patrick Labyorteaux	son of Jonathan and Alice
Eva Beadle Simms	1–4	45	Charlotte Stewart	school teacher
Adam Simms	4	2	Joshua Bryant	married Miss Beadle
Lars Hanson	1–5	41	Karl Swenson	lumber mill owner; a founder of Walnut Grove
Hester-Sue Terhune	4–9	40	Ketty Lester	head of the school for the blind
John Carter	9	19	Stan Ivar	blacksmith; husband and father
Sarah Carter	9	15	Pamela Roylance	starts a newspaper; wife and mother
Jeb Carter	9	18	Lindsay Kennedy	older son of John and Sarah
Jason Carter	9	18	David Friedman	younger son of John and Sarah
Susan Goodspeed	4–7	16	Michelle Downey	student at the blindschool
Etta Plum	9	15	Leslie Landon	school teacher
Christy Kennedy	1–2	10	Tracie Savage	schoolgirl
Sandy Kennedy	1	4	Robert Hoffman	schoolboy; Christy's brother
Hans Dorfler	1–4, 6	9	Jim Jeter	resident of Walnut Grove; a stable-owner
Bill Anderson	6–9	6	Sam Edwards	banker of Walnut Grove
Joe Kagan	4–5, 7	5	Moses Gunn	aging boxer who retires to farmlife in Walnut Grove
Judd Larrabee	4–5	5	Don "Red" Barry	resident of Walnut Grove
Mrs. Amanda "May" Whipple	1–4	5	Queenie Smith	resident of Walnut Grove; local seamstress
Mr. Kennedy	1	4	Wayne Heffley	resident of Walnut Grove; father of Christy and Sandy
Ebenezer Sprague	2–3	4	Ted Gehring	banker of Walnut Grove
Houston Lamb	6–7	4	Dub Taylor	works and lives at the blindschool in Sleepy Eye
Kezia Horn	4–5	3	Hermione Baddeley	resident of Walnut Grove and friend of Laura and Albert

Non-recurring characters

Season one

Episode 5:

• Johnny Johnson (played by Mitch Vogel)

Episode 6:

• Miss Amy Hearn (played by Josephine Hutchinson)

Episode 7:

• Olga Nordstrom (played by Kim Richards)

Episode 9:

• Abel Makay (played by Dirk Blocker)

Episode 11

• Tinker Jones (played by Chuck McCann)

Episode 14:

• Jonathan (played by Ernest Borgnine)

Episode 19:

• Willie O'Hara (played by Red Buttons)

Episode 20:

• Graham Stewart (played by Johnny Lee)
• John Stewart (played by Harris Yulin)

Episode 21:

• Trudy Coulter (played by Julie Cobb)
• Joseph Coulter (played by Alan Fudge)

Episode 22:

• Jack Lame Horse (played by Robert Tessier)
• Marshal Anders (played by Jack Ging)

Episode 23:

• Hiram Johnson (played by Hal Bokar)
• Johnny Johnson (played by Mitch Vogel)
• Mimi (played by Jane Alice Brandon)

Season two

Episode 4:

• Jebediah Mumfort (played by Karl Lukas)

Episode 5:

• Amos Pike (played by John Anderson)

Episode 10:

• Jonah (played by Shane Sinutko)

Episode 13:

• Jason (played by Eric Shea)

Episode 17:

• Hannibal Applewood (played by Richard Basehart)

Episode 18:

• Henry Hill (played by Louis Gossett Jr)

Episode 19:

• Elizabeth Thurman (played by Mariette Hartley)

Episode 20:

• Yuli Pyatakov (played by Theodore Bikel)
• Viktor Pyatakov (played by Ike Eisenmann)
• Fanya Pyatakov (played by Lisa Pera)

Episode 21:

• Granville Whipple (played by Richard Mulligan)

Season three

Episode 1:

• Caleb Hodgekiss (played by Johnny Cash)
• Mattie Hodgekiss (played by June Carter Cash)

Episode 2:

• Jason (played by Eric Shea)

Episode 4:

• Wendell Loudy (played by John Ireland)

Episode 9:

• Bubba Galinder (played by Michael LeClair)
• George Galinder (played by Roy Jenson)
• Sam Galinder (played by Geoffrey Lewis)

Episode 10:

• Sam Shelby (played by Burl Ives)

Episode 14:

• Ginny Clark (played by Rachel Longaker)
• Harold Mayfield (played by Warren Vanders)
• Della Clark (played by Kay Peters)

Episode 15:

• Joseph Spotted Eagle Stokes (played by Caesar Ramirez)
• Seth (played by Willie Aames)
• Jeremy Stokes (played by George Murdock)

Episode 18:

• Solomon Henry (played by Todd Bridges)

Episode 19:

• Anna Gillberg (played by Katy Kurtzman)

Episode 20:

• Elmer Dobkins (played by Eric Olson)
• Sam Dobkins (played by Charles Aidman)

Episode 21:

• Zachariah (played by E.J. Andre)

Season four

Episode 3:

• Ellen Taylor (played by Mia Bendixsen)
• Eloise Taylor (played by Corinne Michaels)
• Cal Taylor (played by James Wainwright)

Episode 4:

• Chris Nelson (played by Gil Gerard)

Episode 6:

• Bailey Farrell (played by Bernard Behrens)
• Timothy Farrell (played by Johnny Doran)

Episode 7:

• Stanley Novack (played by Michael Pataki)
• Beth Novack (played by Collin Wilcox)
• Jed Haney (played by Eddie Quillan)
• Dr. Asa T Logan (played by Burr DeBenning)

Episode 9:

• Judge Picker (played by Eddie Quillan)

Episode 14:

• Samantha Higgins (played by Seeley Ann Thumann)
• Jimmy Hill (played by Chris Petersen)

Episode 15:

• Nats Rachel Peal (played by Anita Dangler)
• Caleb Fisher (played by John McLiam)
• Katie Fisher (played by Linda McMillan)
• Ellen Fisher (played by Dee Croxton)

Episode 17:

• Bobby Harris (played by Michael Mullins)
• Anna Mears (played by Lenora May)
• Shaniel Mears (played by Donald Moffat)
• Reverend Pritchard (played by Woodrow Parfrey)

Episode 21:

• Dr. Burke (played by Ford Rainey)
• Miseth Barton (played by Rob Kenneally)

Season five

Episode 4:

• John Bevins (played by Cliff Emmich)
• Bess Bevins (played by Kate Woodville)
• Amelia Bevins (played by Julie Ann Haddock)

Episode 5:

• Toby Noe (played by Ray Bolger)

Episode 8:

• Erich Schiller (played by Ike Eisenmann)
• Otto Schiller (played by King Moody)
• Anna Schiller (played by Lisa Pera)

Episode 15:

• Isaac Singerman (played by John Bleifer)
• Aaron Singerman (played by Alvin Kupperman)

Episode 16:

• Jordan Harrison (played by Ronnie Scribner)
• Young Caroline (played by Katy Kurtzman)
• Younger Laura Colby Ingalls (played by Sarah Miller)
• Mr. Watson (played by Sorrell Booke)
• Harold Watson (played by Adam Gunn)
• Peter Ingalls (played by David Considine)
• Henry Quiner-Holbrook (played by Gregg Forrest)
• Polly Ingalls (played by Robin Muir)
• Eiza Ann Quiner-Holbrook (played by Kristi Jill Wood)
• Lansford Ingalls (played by Nicolas Coster)
• Charlotte Holbrook (played by Virginia Kiser)
• Young Charles Ingalls (played by Matthew Laborteaux)

Episode 18:

• Miss Elliot (played by Ellen Regan)
• Holly (played by Martha Nix)

Episode 19:

• Caroline Quiner-Holbrook (played by Katy Kurtzman)

Episode 20:

• Adele Larrabee (played by Joan Tompkins—wife of Karl Swenson)

Episode 22:

• Leslie Harper (played by Jenny Sullivan)
• Samantha Harper (played by Kyle Richards)
• Bret Harper (played by Charles Ciofi)
• Thomas Harper (played by Bobby Rolofson)

Episode 24:

• Dylan Whitaker (played by Steve Shaw)

Season six

Episode 3:

• Jeremy Quinn (played by Michael Pataki)

Episode 6:

• Russell Harmon (played by William Schallert)
• Anna Craig Alden (played by Iris Korn)

Episode 9:

• Milo Stavroupolis (played by Leo Gordon)
• Anna Stavroupolis (played by Nora Meerbaum)

Episode 10:

• Reverend Danforth (played by James Olson)

Episode 12:

• Harold (played by Royal Dano)

Episode 13:

• Tod Dortmunder (played by Timothy Wead)
• Brewster Davenport (played by Malcolm Atterbury)
• Virginia Davenport (played by Susan French)

Episode 20:

• Penelope Parker (played by Stacey Sipes)

Episode 21:

• Molly Reardon (played by Suzanne Rogers)

Episode 22:

• Ms Trimble (played by Lucille Benson)

Season seven

Episode 1:

• Harv Miller (played by James Cromwell)

Episode 4:

• Dan Ellerbee (played by James Jarnagin)
• Pete Ellerbee (played by William Traylor)

Episode 6:

• Annie Crane (played by Madeleine Stowe)

Episode 7:

• Brenda Sue Longworth (played by Tish Raye)

Episode 8:

• Leslie Barton (played by Suzy Gilstrap)

Episode 9:

• Kavendish (played by Eddie Quillan)

Episode 15:

• Hertzell Lundy (played by Mel Stewart)

Episode 17:

• Sylvia Webb (played by Olivia Barash)
• Mr. Webb (played by Royal Dano)
• Irv Hartwig (played by Richard Jaekel)

Episode 19:

• Edna Mills (played by Barbara Collentine—wife of Richard Bull)

Episode 21:

• Mr Case (played by Ivan Bonar)
• Jed Cooper (played by EJ Andre)
• Sarah Cooper (played by ME Loree)
• Alvin Cooper (played by George McDaniel)

Episode 22:

• Isaiah Tompkins (played by Len Wayland)

Season eight

Episode 1:

• Miss Mason (played by Elizabeth Hoffman)
• Michele Pierson (played by Melora Hardin)

Episode 4:

• Dr. Caleb Ledoux (played by Don Marshall)
• Mattie Ledoux (played by Marlene Warfield)

Episode 5:

• Mortimer Carstairs (played by Patrick Collins)

Episode 6:

• Amy Cassidy (played by Martha Nix)
• Rodolfo Gambini (played by Jack Kruschen)
• Ana Rosa Gambini (played by Gloria Manos)
• Marco Gambini (played by Stephen Manley)
• Stefano Gambini (played by Robert Torti)

Episode 9:

• Elmer Miles (played by J.Brennan Smith)

Episode 10:

• Major Guffey (played by Laurie Main)

Episode 12:

• Gideon Hale (played by Peter Billingsley)
• Braden Hale (played by Dennis Howard)

Episode 14:

• Jack Prescott (played by Claude Earl Jones)

Episode 16:

• Sam Terhune (played by J.A. Preston)
• Naomi Terhune (played by Marguerite DeLain)

Episode 20:

• Sherman Andruss (played by Dennis Lipscomb)
• Helen Andruss (played by Judith Weston)
• Louisa Beckwith (played by Ruth Silveira)
• Horace Beckwith (played by Calvin Bartlett)
• Nora Cramer (played by Betty McGuire)

Episode 22:

• Old Man (played by Don Beddoe)

Season nine

Episode 3:

• Lem McCary (played by Lew Ayres)
• Jess Moffet (played by Charles Lane)

Episode 4:

• Thomas Stark (played by Robert Loggia)
• Constance Stark (played by Michele Marsh)
• Elizabeth Stark (played by Tammy Lauren)
• Randall Page (played by Ronnie Scribner)

Episode 5:

• Lou Bates(played by Billy Barty)
• Mrs. Bates (played by Susan French)

Episode 10:

• Jane Canfield (played by Jill Schoelen)

Episode 12

• Dr. Marvin Haynes (played by Ralph Bellamy)

Episode 14:

• Cole Younger (played by Geoffrey Lewis)

Episode 16:

• Matthew Rogers (played by Jonathan Hall Kovacs)

Episode 19:

• Ruthy Leland (played by Vera Miles)
• Dewey (played by Eric Christmas)

Episode 20:

• Buffalo Bill (played by Eddie Quillan)

Episode 21:

• Mae Flannery (played by Barbara Townsend)