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Biography

Born in California in 1934, noted character actor Victor French had a long history of television and movie work, most often in Westerns. He…more

Born

12/4/1934, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Died

6/15/1989

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Highway to Heaven
  Mark Gordon
  - S 5: Ep 13 Merry Christmas from Grandpa
    8/4/89
  - S 5: Ep 12 It's a Dog's Life
    7/28/89
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Inner Limits
    7/21/89
  - S 5: Ep 10 Summer Camp
    7/14/89
  - S 5: Ep 9 Choices
    6/30/89
  - + 106 More Credits
- Little House on the Prairie
  Isaiah Edwards (1982-1983)
  - S 10: Ep 3 Bless All the Dear Children
    12/17/84
  - S 10: Ep 2 The Last Farewell
    2/6/84
  - S 10: Ep 1 Look Back to Yesterday
    12/12/83
  - S 9: Ep 22 Hello and Goodbye
    3/21/83
  - S 9: Ep 21 May I Have This Dance?
    3/14/83
  - + 17 More Credits
- Carter Country
  Chief Roy Mobey
  - S 2: Ep 8 Hurricane Jasper
    12/16/78
  - S 1: Ep 20 Roy Pays His Taxes
    2/23/78
  - S 1: Ep 17 Ballots for Burnside
    1/26/78
  - S 1: Ep 16 Red Armstong, Goodbye
    1/19/78
  - S 1: Ep 15 Roy's Separation
    1/12/78
  - + 14 More Credits
- Get Smart
  Agent 44 (1965-1970)
  - S 5: Ep 13 Ice Station Siegfried
    12/19/69
  - S 5: Ep 12 Is This Trip Necessary?
    12/12/69
  - S 5: Ep 11 Age Before Duty
    12/5/69
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Apes of Rath
    11/28/69
  - S 5: Ep 8 And Baby Makes Four (2)
    11/14/69
  - + 131 More Credits
- The Hero
  Fred Gilman
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Terribly Talented Trayton Tyler Taylor
    1/5/67
  - S 1: Ep 15 My Favorite Father
    12/22/66
  - S 1: Ep 14 I Have a Friend
    12/15/66
  - S 1: Ep 13 Who Needs a Friend in Need?
    12/8/66
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Truth Never Hurts—Much
    12/1/66
  - + 10 More Credits
Recurring Role (21)

Role
- Little House on the Prairie
  Isaiah Edwards
  - S 9: Ep 17 Home Again (Part 2)
    2/7/83
  - S 8: Ep 22 He Was Only Twelve (2)
    5/10/82
  - S 8: Ep 21 He Was Only Twelve (1)
    5/3/82
  - S 8: Ep 19 A Promise To Keep
    3/1/82
  - S 2: Ep 4 In The Big Inning
    10/1/75
- Little House on the Prairie
  Mr. Edwards
  - S 8: Ep 11 A Christmas They Never Forgot
    12/21/81
  - S 8: Ep 8 Chicago
    11/23/81
  - S 6: Ep 11 The Return of Mr Edwards
    11/5/79
  - S 3: Ep 22 Gold Country
    4/4/77
  - S 3: Ep 18 To Live With Fear (2)
    2/21/77
  - + 16 More Credits
- Little House on the Prairie
  Mr. Isaiah Edwards (guest star prior to season 2)
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Little House Years (3)
    11/15/79
  - S 6: Ep 9 The Little House Years (2)
    11/15/79
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Little House Years (1)
    11/15/79
  - S 3: Ep 17 To Live With Fear (1)
    2/14/77
  - S 3: Ep 9 Fred
    11/29/76
  - + 6 More Credits
- Little House on the Prairie
  Mr Edwards
  - S 2: Ep 9 Remember Me (2)
    11/12/75
- Little House on the Prairie
  Mr. Edward
  - S 2: Ep 8 Remember Me (1)
    11/5/75
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Spring Dance
    10/29/75
- Little House on the Prairie
  Recurring Role
  - S 2: Ep 3 Ebenezer Sprague
    9/24/75
- Gunsmoke
  Recurring Role
  - S 20: Ep 19 Brides and Grooms
    2/10/75
  - S 20: Ep 6 The Wiving
    10/14/74
- Gunsmoke
  Sheriff Bo Harker
  - S 20: Ep 9 The Tarnished Badge
    11/11/74
- Gunsmoke
  Les Dean
  - S 19: Ep 3 Matt's Love Story
    9/24/73
- Gunsmoke
  Ruxton
  - S 18: Ep 24 This Golden Land
    3/5/73
- Gunsmoke
  Jed Frazer
  - S 17: Ep 22 Blind Man's Buff
    2/21/72
- Gunsmoke
  Trafton
  - S 17: Ep 7 Trafton
    10/25/71
- Gunsmoke
  Ed Vail
  - S 15: Ep 21 Kiowa
    2/16/70
- Gunsmoke
  Waco Thompson
  - S 14: Ep 11 Waco
    12/9/68
- Gunsmoke
  Clay Tynan
  - S 14: Ep 6 O'Quillian
    10/28/68
- Gunsmoke
  Roland Daniel
  - S 14: Ep 4 Uncle Finney
    10/14/68
  - S 13: Ep 20 Hill Girl
    1/29/68
- Gunsmoke
  Sergeant Tim Spear
  - S 13: Ep 8 Major Glory
    10/30/67
- Gunsmoke
  Eben Luken
  - S 13: Ep 5 Vengeance (2)
    10/9/67
  - S 13: Ep 4 Vengeance (1)
    10/2/67
- Gunsmoke
  Joe Smith
  - S 11: Ep 32 Prime of Life
    5/7/66
- Get Smart
  Agent 44
  - S 1: Ep 28 Ship of Spies (2)
    4/9/66
  - S 1: Ep 27 Ship of Spies (1)
    4/2/66
  - S 1: Ep 26 Hubert's Unfinished Symphony
    3/19/66
  - S 1: Ep 24 Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
    3/5/66
  - S 1: Ep 19 Back to the Old Drawing Board
    1/29/66
  - + 1 More Credits
- Gunsmoke
  Travers
  - S 11: Ep 22 Wishbone
    2/19/66
Guest Star (62)

Role
- Fame
  Mr. Donlon
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Homefront
    5/27/84
- CHiPs
  Himself (uncredited)
  - S 3: Ep 2 Roller Disco (2)
    9/22/79
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 69 May 8-14, 1978 "The Party Squares" (2)
    5/8/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 117 March 6, 1978
    3/6/78
  - S 4: Ep 45 November 14, 1977
    11/14/77
  - S 4: Ep 36 November 1, 1977
    11/1/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 87 January 16, 1978
    1/16/78
- Battle of the Network Stars
  ABC Team
  - S 2: Ep 1 Special #3
    11/4/77
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 36 May 10, 1977
    5/10/77
- Gunsmoke
  Dibble Pugh
  - S 20: Ep 24 The Sharecroppers
    3/31/75
- Tiswas
  Cotonasos (Tarzan Episode)
  - S 2: Ep 2 Series 2, Episode 2
    9/21/74
- Little House on the Prairie
  Isaiah Edwards
  - S 1: Ep 1 Little House On The Prairie - Pilot Movie
    3/30/74
- The Waltons
  Curtis Norton
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Fulfillment
    2/7/74
- Mannix
  Matt Brandon
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Dark Hours
    1/20/74
- The F.B.I.
  Riles
  - S 9: Ep 6 Tower of Terror
    10/28/73
- The Rookies (1972)
  Crazy Marvin
  - S 2: Ep 3 Deadly Cage
    9/24/73
- Kung Fu
  Sheriff Pool
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Ancient Warrior
    5/3/73
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Reggie Norris
  - S 1: Ep 15 Deathwatch
    1/13/73
- Gunsmoke
  Daniel Shay
  - S 18: Ep 5 The Drummer
    10/9/72
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
  Paris Kohler
  - S 1: Ep 9 Operation: Deadhead
    11/12/71
- Mission: Impossible
  Vic Hatcher
  - S 6: Ep 3 The Tram
    10/2/71
- Longstreet
  Dolph Cottle
  - S 1: Ep 3 One in the Reality Column
    9/30/71
- Bonanza
  Tom Callahan
  - S 12: Ep 28 An Earthquake Called Callahan
    4/11/71
- Dan August
  Art Bowman
  - S 1: Ep 9 When The Shouting Dies
    11/25/70
- Mannix
  Carl Hastings
  - S 4: Ep 4 Figures in a Landscape
    10/10/70
- Petrocelli
  Roy Caldwell
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Payoff
- Bonanza
  Jesse Potter
  - S 11: Ep 9 Meena
    11/16/69
  - S 11: Ep 26 The Horse Traders
    4/5/70
- Lancer
  Travis Caudle
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Measure of a Man
    4/8/69
- The F.B.I.
  Vincent Tobias
  - S 4: Ep 26 Moment of Truth
    3/30/69
- Daniel Boone
  Ess
  - S 5: Ep 21 Love and Equity
    3/13/69
  - S 6: Ep 25 How to Become a Goddess
    4/30/70
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Landlords
    3/5/70
- Mission: Impossible
  Leduc
  - S 2: Ep 24 Trial by Fury
    3/10/68
- Bonanza
  Aaron Gore
  - S 9: Ep 18 The Burning Sky
    1/28/68
- The F.B.I.
  Lloyd Smit
  - S 3: Ep 11 False Witness
    12/10/67
- The Danny Thomas Hour
  Detective
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Zero Man
    11/27/67
- Cimarron Strip
  Rafe Coleman
  - S 1: Ep 10 Till the End of Night
    11/16/67
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  Tony
  - S 6: Ep 5 Robin Hood and the Sheriff
    10/4/67
- Daniel Boone
  Blue Belly Sangster
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Ballad of Sidewinder and the Cherokee
    9/14/67
- Captain Nice
  Anthony
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Week They Stole Payday
    4/3/67
- The Iron Horse
  Cleary
  - S 1: Ep 25 Decision At Sundown
    2/27/67
- F Troop
  Matt Delaney
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Day They Shot Agarn
    2/16/67
- Tarzan (1966)
  Cotonasos
  - S 1: Ep 20 A Pride of Assassins
    1/27/67
- Gunsmoke
  C.K. Ross
  - S 12: Ep 16 Saturday Night
    1/7/67
- The Hero
  Fred Gilman
- Lassie
  Surveyor
  - S 12: Ep 29 The Untamed Land
    4/3/66
- Batman
  Hood #1
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Death Worse Than Fate
    2/10/66
  - S 1: Ep 9 Zelda the Great
    2/9/66
- My Favorite Martian
  Mugs Carson
  - S 3: Ep 14 Lorelei Brown vs. Everybody
    12/12/65
- Ben Casey
  Dr. Wood
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Man from Quasilia
    11/29/65
- Get Smart
  Insurance Man
  - S 1: Ep 11 Too Many Chiefs
    11/27/65
- Dr. Kildare
  Bartender
  - S 5: Ep 16 Welcome Home, Dear Anna (4)
    11/8/65
- Slattery's People
  Peter Lindler
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Hero
    11/5/65
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Arnold
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Night of a Thousand Eyes
    10/22/65
- Lassie
  Joe
  - S 12: Ep 5 Charlie Banana
    10/10/65
- Hogan's Heroes
  Commado #2
  - S 1: Ep 3 Kommandant of the Year
    10/1/65
- No Time for Sergeants
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 The $100,000 Canteen
    11/30/64
- The Virginian
  Michael
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Secret of Brynmar Hall
    4/1/64
- Temple Houston
  Willie Harrod
  - S 1: Ep 3 Letter Of The Law
    10/3/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Deputy Collins
  - S 5: Ep 23 Stranger from the Sea
    3/15/63
- Empire
  Bodie
  - S 1: Ep 22 Seven Days On Rough Street
    2/26/63
- Hawaiian Eye
  Floyd Dillon
  - S 4: Ep 19 The Long Way Home
    2/19/63
- The Virginian
  Roy
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Accomplice
    12/19/62
- Bonanza
  Con
  - S 4: Ep 11 Gallagher's Sons
    12/9/62
- The Donna Reed Show
  Mike
  - S 4: Ep 22 The New Office
    2/15/62
- Hazel
  Bailiff
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Matter of Principle
    10/19/61
- Two Faces West
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Noose
    5/15/61
Cameo (1)

Role
- Branded
  Sheriff
  - S 2: Ep 32 Kellie
    4/24/66
Director (8)

Role
- Highway to Heaven
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 5 That's Our Dad
    10/29/86
  - S 2: Ep 23 Children's Children
    4/30/86
  - S 2: Ep 14 Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind
    1/15/86
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Monster (2)
    12/11/85
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Monster (1)
    12/4/85
  - + 7 More Credits
- Little House on the Prairie
  Director
  - S 10: Ep 3 Bless All the Dear Children
    12/17/84
  - S 10: Ep 1 Look Back to Yesterday
    12/12/83
  - S 9: Ep 21 May I Have This Dance?
    3/14/83
  - S 9: Ep 18 A Child With No Name
    2/14/83
  - S 9: Ep 14 The Older Brothers
    1/17/83
  - + 12 More Credits
- Fame
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 9 Secrets
    1/7/84
- Father Murphy
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 12 Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness
    1/19/82
- Dallas
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 14 Denial
    1/15/82
- Buck Rogers
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Satyr
    3/12/81
- The Fantastic Journey
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 8 Turnabout
    4/7/77
- Gunsmoke
  Director
  - S 20: Ep 19 Brides and Grooms
    2/10/75
  - S 20: Ep 17 The Fires of Ignorance
    1/27/75
  - S 20: Ep 6 The Wiving
    10/14/74

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Trivia
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- Victor French's only headlining role was in the ABC sitcom Carter Country. To promote the show, French actually visited Plains, Georgia (the home of then-President Jimmy Carter) in 1977.
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- When asked which character on Little House on the Prairie was most like their real-life persona, Lucy Lee Flippin (who played Eliza Jane Wilder) has said it was Victor French, saying, "he was really a Teddy Bear."
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- After playing villains and criminals for much of his career, by the 1980s Victor French deliberately declined any roles that involved his character showing cruelty.
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- Victor French: (speaking on the role Michael Landon played in his career) Landon rescued me from playing killers, rapists, and every kind of villain known to man.
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