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Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Starring as Lars Hanson
(39 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (2) (Mar 13, 1978)
- Episode 4x21: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (1) (Mar 6, 1978)
- Episode 4x18: The Inheritance (Feb 6, 1978)
- Episode 4x10: The Fighter (Nov 21, 1977)
- Episode 4x08: The Aftermath (Nov 7, 1977)
- Episode 4x06: The Creeper of Walnut Grove (Oct 24, 1977)
- Episode 4x05: The Wolves (Oct 17, 1977)
- Episode 3x16: To Live with Fear (1) (Feb 14, 1977)
- Episode 3x13: Quarantine (Jan 17, 1977)
- Episode 3x11: Blizzard (Dec 27, 1976)
- Episode 3x09: The Bully Boys (Dec 6, 1976)
- Episode 3x04: Little Girl Lost (Oct 18, 1976)
- Episode 3x03: The Race (Oct 11, 1976)
- Episode 2x22: Going Home (Mar 31, 1976)
- Episode 2x20: Centennial (Mar 17, 1976)
- Episode 2x19: For My Lady (Mar 10, 1976)
- Episode 2x17: Troublemaker (Feb 25, 1976)
- Episode 2x14: The Pride of Walnut Grove (Jan 28, 1976)
- Episode 2x11: The Gift (Dec 17, 1975)
- Episode 2x08: Remember Me (2) (Nov 12, 1975)
- Episode 2x07: Remember Me (1) (Nov 5, 1975)
- Episode 2x04: In the Big Inning (Oct 1, 1975)
- Episode 2x03: Ebenezer Sprague (Sep 24, 1975)
- Episode 2x01: The Richest Man in Walnut Grove (Sep 10, 1975)
- Episode 1x23: Founder's Day (May 7, 1975)
- Episode 1x22: To See the World (Mar 5, 1975)
- Episode 1x20: Money Crop (Feb 19, 1975)
- Episode 1x19: Child of Pain (Feb 12, 1975)
- Episode 1x18: Circus Man (Jan 29, 1975)
- Episode 1x17: Plague (Feb 5, 1975)
- Episode 1x16: Doctor's Lady (Jan 22, 1975)
- Episode 1x15: Family Quarrel (Jan 15, 1975)
- Episode 1x13: The Lord Is My Shepherd (Dec 18, 1974)
- Episode 1x11: The Voice of Tinker Jones (Dec 4, 1974)
- Episode 1x09: School Mom (Nov 13, 1974)
- Episode 1x06: If I Should Wake Before I Die (Oct 23, 1974)
- Episode 1x04: Mr. Edwards' Homecoming (Oct 2, 1974)
- Episode 1x03: 100 Mile Walk (Sep 25, 1974)
- Episode 1x01: A Harvest of Friends (Sep 11, 1974)
Guest starring as Lars Hanson
- Episode 5x06: There's No Place Like Home (2) (Oct 16, 1978)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Mr. Fowler
- Episode 2x05: Trial Run for Death (Oct 14, 1973) [Co-Star]
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as Abel Morgan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x24: Three Dead Cows at Makapuu (2) (Mar 4, 1970)
- Episode 2x23: Three Dead Cows at Makapuu (1) (Feb 25, 1970)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Guest starring as Col. Dubov
- Episode 2x16: The Spy (Jan 7, 1968) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Dr. Ziegler
- Episode 4x02: The Numbers Game (aka The Key) (Oct 5, 1969) [Co-Star]
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Guest starring as Colonel Seidner
- Episode 1x19: Two for One Raid (Jan 16, 1967)
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Guest starring as Dr. Karl Svenson
- Episode 3x07: How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis (Oct 21, 1967)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Guest starring as Colonel Harper
- Episode 1x10: A Date for the Colonel's Daughter (Nov 27, 1964)
12 O'Clock High (1964)
Guest starring as Gunnar Karlsen
- Episode 3x10: To Seek and Destroy (Nov 18, 1966) [Co-Star]
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)
Guest starring as Bigger
- Episode 1x18: The Day of the Search (Jan 19, 1964)
The Lieutenant (1963)
Guest starring as Lt. Col. Curtis Morley
- Episode 1x11: Fall from a White Horse (Nov 30, 1963)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Guest starring as Barney Rossvalley
- Episode 1x17: Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep (Jan 5, 1963)
Guest starring as Watchman
- Episode 1x22: Some Fires Die Slowly (Feb 16, 1963)
Klondike (1960)
Guest starring as Judge Frank Weinstock
- Episode 1x01: Klondike Fever (Oct 10, 1960)
Guest starring as Dr. Edwards
- Episode 1x12: Swing Your Partner (Jan 9, 1961)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Guest starring as Mr. McBeevee
- Episode 3x01: Mr. McBeevee (Oct 1, 1962)
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Guest starring as George Haskell
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x26: Train Trip (Apr 9, 1958)
- Episode 1x13: Voodoo Magic (Jan 3, 1958)
Maverick (1957)
Guest starring as Sheriff Griffin
- Episode 2x10: Shady Deal at Sunny Acres (Nov 23, 1958)
Guest starring as Captain Nares
- Episode 1x11: The Wrecker (Dec 1, 1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Axel Norstaad
- Episode 5x18: The Case of the Tarnished Trademark (Jan 20, 1962)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Guest starring as Milo Culligan
- Episode 1x36: 24 Hours at North Fork (May 24, 1958)
Guest starring as Lloyd Petty
- Episode 4x24: Fandango (Mar 4, 1961)
Guest starring as Sam DeWitt
- Episode 4x30: El Paso Stage (Apr 15, 1961)
Guest starring as Sheriff
- Episode 4x33: Brother's Keeper (May 6, 1961)
Guest starring as Sheriff Neal Grayson
- Episode 2x08: A Sense of Justice (Nov 1, 1958)
Guest starring as Boris Tosheff
- Episode 2x30: Alaska (Apr 18, 1959)