Here are some interesting facts about the cast members of "Little House" you probably didn't know before!

1. Anne Archer ("Doctor's Lady") is the daughter of another famous television star, Marjorie Lord ("Make Room For Granddaddy"). Miss Archer later appeared in a well-known horror film, "Fatal Attraction".

2. Leo Penn directed some of the early episodes of "Little House". His son, Sean Penn, made an uncredited appearance in "The Love Of Johnny Johnson".

3. The music heard in the "...A New Beginning" episode "Marvin's Garden" would later become the theme to another Michael Landon series, "Highway To Heaven".

4. Two actors took on the role of one of my favorite supporting characters, Erich Schiller. Ike Eisenmann originated the role in "Harriet's Happenings". Dan McBride would later assume the role, but often when he visited Nellie's Restaurant he would call himself other names, such as Reilly and Taylor. Ike Eisenmann would play Schiller one last time in an uncredited cameo in "Bless All The Dear Children".

5. Louis Gossett ("The Long Road Home") would go on to win an Academy Award® for playing the firm Sgt. Foley in "An Officer And A Gentleman".

6. Peter Billingsley ("No Beast So Fierce") is best known as the little boy in MGM's "A Christmas Story".

7. Dirk Blocker ("School Mom") is the son of the late actor Dan Blocker (from Michael Landon's previous series "Bonanza").

8. Shannen Doherty began her career as a voice in the animated film "The Secret Of NIMH" before co-starring in "...A New Beginning". Today the former "Beverly Hills 90210" star appears in Aaron Spelling's series "Charmed".

9. Ernest Borgnine ("The Lord Is My Shephard") is best known as one of the survivors in "The Poseidon Adventure".

10. James Karen ("The Last Farewell") played the crooked real estate agent in Steven Spielberg's 1982 horror film "Poltergeist".

11. Kim Richards and Kyle Richards are real life sisters. Kim (who before LHOTP played one of the kids in "Nanny And The Professor") played the disabled girl who got to walk straight in "Town Party-Country Party", while Kyle played Alicia Edwards (formerly Sanderson) in several episodes of LHOTP.