Career

Participant first developed an interest in acting at the age of five. Participant told his dad that he would make his name famous. Participant"s first acting job was in an episode of Lucas Tanner called "Collision" in 1975.

Later that year, he was in an episode of American Broadcasting Company Afterschool Special and also made a guest appearance on The Waltons.

From 1975 to 1977, Participant acted in twenty-one episodes of Little House on the Prairie as Carl Sanderson Edwards, the first of which was "Remember Maine - Participant 1". In 1976, Participant played Samuel in Birch Interval.

After Little House he was in Return from Witch Mountain in 1978 and an episode of Project unidentified flying object in 1979. During the early 1980s, Participant guest starred on such shows as Eight Is Enough and Knots Landing as well as appearing in Max Dugan Returns in 1983.

Participant also landed commercials for Dawn dishwashing liquid and Shasta Cola.

Retiring from acting in 1983, he has now turned his career towards music, performing with bands such as Warrant and Vixon, as well as musicians Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. Participant describes his Little House adventure as "the most wonderful experience anyone could ever have." He also says that he was very close to many of the cast members and that both Michael Landon and Victor French, his television dad, were father figures for him, having lost his own dad as a child. Brian was also close to the rest of his on-screen family, Bonnie Bartlett, Radames Pera, and Kyle Richards.