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Set in 1940 in the Bahamas. Tom (George C. Scott) sees his three sons after four years. It is a bittersweet reunion as he had left them and his wife Audrey and moved away. Later, the four go on a challenging fishing trek as David tries to catch a Marlin. Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.

Michael-James Wixted holds his own up against George C. Scott and gives a riveting performance.






Lassie The Miracle (1975)
Michael plays Kerry.
Release Date: 1975

Kerry is a mute boy. Lassie is the only one who seems to understand him. Kerry helps Lassie elude a local rancher determined to rid the area of killer dogs. But in the end it's Lassie who helps Kerry the most. Vast stretches of time in the film watching Lassie and her pups roam around the foothills of beautiful southern California.

This film was made by combining a four part series of Lassie episodes from 1970. (See Lassie in the Television section below.) This film was released in 1975, but all the footage was shot in 1970.




My Father's House (1975)
Michael plays Tom Jr., as a boy.
Original Air Date: 1 June 1975

While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up.











The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
Michael plays Fred Robinson.
Original Air Date: 15 April 1975

A Swiss pastor and his family get stranded on a remote deserted island and must learn to survive in this hostile environment. This TV movie made by Irwin Allen (the master of disaster films like "The Towering Inferno") was a pilot, with Martin Milner and Pat Delany as the shipwrecked parents of Michael-James Wixted and Eric Olson. The other survivor is a young girl (Cindy Fisher). They set up treehouse-keeping on a lush island, also inhabited by Cameron Mitchell, shipwrecked there for seven years. Pirates, headed by John Vernon, land on the island and cause all the adventures, except for those caused by tropical storms, volcanic eruptions and fire.
This pilot movie was picked up and ran for one season (20 episodes). Unfortunately Michael-James Wixted was replaced in the tv series by Willie Aames as 'Fred Robinson'.



Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Michael plays Michael.
Original Air Date: 8 October 1974

It's the end of the world and Michael's parents are dead. He and a small group of survivors just trying to make it.

A spellbinding and touching post apocalyptic film. Made for TV, this film was a pilot for a weekly tv series. Unfortunately it was not picked up. Michael-James Wixted is excellent!








Lost in the Stars (1974)
Michael plays Edward Jarvis.
Release Date: 8 April 1974

A musical about the plight of the black man during apartheid.













A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
Michael plays Neely Nolan.
Original Air Date: 27 March 1974

The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.

Based on Betty Smith's best selling novel. Pilot for a weekly series drama.








Lost Flight (1970)
Michael plays Charlie Burnett.
Original Air Date: 12 August 1970

The captain of a downed airliner (Lloyd Bridges) must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle.












Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Michael plays a boy at the train station (uncredited).
Release Date: April 1970

All-Star cast with Dan Blocker (his last feature film), Jim Backus, Wally Cox, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, Mickey Rooney, and many more.











Take the Money and Run (1969)
Michael plays Virgil Starkwell's son (uncredited).
Release Date: 18 August 1969

Michael has a very small part (with no speaking lines) in this classic Woody Allen film.