Birth Name: Christopher Beau Landon
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 27, 1975
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish and Irish (father)
*German, English, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch (mother)
Christopher B. Landon is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Christopher is the son of actor, director, and filmmaker Michael Landon and actress Lynn Noe. His half-sister is actress Jennifer Landon.
Christopher’s paternal grandfather was named Eli Maurice Orowitz. Eli was born in Pennsylvania, and was of Russian Jewish descent.
Christopher’s paternal grandmother was dancer and comedian Peggy O’Neal. Peggy was of Irish ancestry.
Christopher’s maternal grandfather was John Graham Noe (the son of Arvin Graham Noe and Milton Foster “Mittie” Van Arsdale/Vanarsdale). John was born in Kentucky. Arvin was the son of Stith Thompson Noe and Mary Elizabeth Graham. Milton was the daughter of Samuel Cornelius Van Arsdale/Vanarsdale and Sarah Margaret Campbell.
Christopher’s maternal grandmother was Virginia Plock (the daughter of John Wesley Plock and Virginia Linwood Jenkins). Christopher’s grandmother Virginia was born in Kentucky. John was the son of German parents, August Ploch and Amelia Johann.
Sources: Genealogies of Christopher Landon – https://www.geni.com
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Christopher’s father – http://www.algerclan.org
Genealogy of Christopher’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://old.findagrave.com
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