Stan Ivar

Stan Ivar is an American actor, born in Brooklyn, who built a long screen career largely in television. His best known part was the blacksmith John Carter on Little House on the Prairie, which he joined in its final season, and he returned for the three follow-up television movies, Look Back to Yesterday, Bless All the Dear Children and The Last Farewell. Other recurring roles include Ben Robinson on NCIS, Daniel Scott on Days of Our Lives, Paul Raines on Highway to Heaven and Mark Johnson on Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared in many series, among them General Hospital, Cagney & Lacey, St. Elsewhere, Murder, She Wrote, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Moonlighting. His feature work includes the cult film Creature (1985), Rock-A-Doodle (1991), Aspen Extreme (1993) and Ed (1996), where he played the father of Matt LeBlanc's character.