Stan Ivar
Stan Ivar is an American actor who is best known for his role as John Carter in Little House on the Prairie, and also known for his roles as Ben Robinson in NCIS, Daniel Scott in Days of Our Lives, Mark Johnson in Star Trek: Voyager, and as Captain Mike Davison in the cult movie Creature.
Career
He played blacksmith John Carter in Little House on the Prairie, joining the cast during the final season, and the TV movies Little House: [Look Back to Yesterday], Little House: Bless All the Dear Children, and Little House: The Last Farewell.Once [Little House on the Prairie |Little House on the Prairie] ended, Ivar asked if he could keep the set. Ivar later disassembled the house and moved it out to his home in rural LA County.
Other notable TV roles include Ben Robinson in NCIS, Daniel Scott in Days of Our Lives, Paul Raines in Highway to Heaven, and Mark Johnson in Star Trek: Voyager.
He has also had roles in numerous other major television series, including Grapevine'', General Hospital, Crazy Like a Fox, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Cagney & Lacey, The Practice, St. Elsewhere, The [John Larroquette Show], Married with Children, Murder, She Wrote, Beverly Hills, 90210, Beauty and [the Beast |Beauty and the Beast], Cybill, Matlock, and Moonlighting.
He has appeared in several television movies including The Alamo: [Thirteen Days to Glory], Shattered Dreams, The Last Halloween, Torch Song, The Disappearance of Nora, Chance of a Lifetime, and many more.
Feature film roles include [Creature |Creature] , The [Big Picture |The Big Picture], Rock-A-Doodle , Aspen Extreme, and playing Matt LeBlanc's character's father in Ed''.