Victor Edwin French (1934 - 1989)

Born 4 Dec 1934 in Santa Barbara, California, United States

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Died 15 Jun 1989 at age 54 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Most widely known for co-starring with Michael Landon on two television series. He appeared on Little House on the Prairie (1974–1977), (1981–1984) as Isaiah Edwards (French also directed some episodes of that series) and then on Highway to Heaven (1984–1989) as Mark Gordon.

Victor was born December 4, 1934 in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles county, California. He was the son of actor and stuntman Victor French and Nellie Louise Cowles.

Following in his father's footsteps, French also began his television career as a stuntman in mostly westerns and anthology shows. He was inducted (as a cast member of Little House on the Prairie (1974) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1998.

After a three month battle with lung cancer, Victor passed away at the age of 54 on June 15, 1989 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea near Santa Barbara, California.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 October 2020), memorial page for Victor French (4 Dec 1934–15 Jun 1989), Find A Grave: Memorial #6380277, ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, who reports a Ashes scattered near Santa Barbara, California.

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Q7-X6B), Victor Edwin French, 04 Dec 1934; citing Santa Barbara, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HL-XB3), Victor E French in household of Victor T French, Councilmanic District 1, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1306, sheet 4A, line 12, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 377.
• https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/collections/awards/western-performers/inductees/1621/

SEE ALSO:

• Wikipedia: Victor_French
• IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294229/bio