American actor Richard Jaeckel guest-starred on Little House on the Prairie as a sexual predator who became obsessed with the young Sylvia Webb. What was his name?

Irv Hartwig, played by Richard Jaeckel, was the local blacksmith of Walnut Grove, and while he outwardly appeared to be a kind-hearted man, he was actually a deviant sexual predator. Upon growing an obsession for 15-year-old Sylvia Webb, he attacked and raped her.

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