Hal Landon Jr.

Hal Landon Jr. (born May 23, 1941) is an American actor, best known for playing Ted's father Captain Logan in the Bill & Ted franchise.

Early life and education Landon was born in Long Beach, California and raised there and in Tucson, Arizona. His father, Harold "Hal" Landon Sr. was also an actor, who appeared alongside his son in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey as Thomas Edison. He graduated from Catalina High School in 1959.

Filmography Film

+ Year Title Role Notes 1977 Eraserhead Pencil Machine Operator 1978 Jokes My Folks Never Told Me Various Roles 1979 Scavenger Hunt Cornfield 1987 Prison Wallace 1989 Bill and 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 and Ted's Bogus Journey Captain Logan 1996 The Little Death Mr. Keats 1998 Break Up Nike Playing by Heart Actor 'Commissioner' 1992 Trespass Eugene DeLong 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 2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music Captain 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 Jason Episode: "Payday Pirates" Sunset Limousine Gardener TV movie 1984 Oh Madeline Unnamed Character Episode: "Ah, Wilderness" 1985 Dallas Oil Man #2 Episode: "Mothers" 1986 The Twilight Zone O'Dell Segment: "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" 1988 Winnie Man with Car TV movie Falcon Crest Henderson Episode: "Life with Father" (cut scene, uncredited) 1990 Get a Life Ben Spangler 2 episodes Hull High Bus Driver Episode #1.5 1991 Down Home Priest Episode: "Mail Order Tran" Quantum Leap Norm Episode: "A Single Drop of Rain - September 7, 1953" 1992 Married... with Children Janitor Episode: "The Goodbye Girl" 1992, 1994 Love & War Maitre D' 2 episodes 1994 Muddling Through Gidney 7 episodes 1995 Ellen Bus driver Episode: "These Successful Friends of Mine" Live Shot Hobart Episode: "The Forgotten Episode" 1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge George Mill TV movie 1998 Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story Episcopal Bishop TV movie 1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Neral Episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" 2002 Frasier Mr. 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 Wainwright Episode: "Uncertainty Rules" 2011 The Middle Photographer Episode: "Mother's Day II" L.A. Noire Oswald Jacobs (voice) Video game The Closer Terry Weaver Episode: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" 2013 Bad Samaritans Herbert Episode: "Pilot" 2016 All the Way Speaker John McCormack TV movie 2021 Side Hustle Prescott / Scott Dilger Episode: "Extra Crunchy"