Press Packet for 'A Time for Giving,' 1969 Kim Darby and Pete Duel had to discover each other before they could portray newlyweds in Joseph E. Levine's presentation of the Frederick Brisson production of A Time for Giving, which opens at the Theatre. Until Brisson and Director George Schaefer brought the two young stars together in the contemporary comedy, they had never met, only knowing of the other by name. "I want the love scenes to reflect the tenderness of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in Seventh Heaven," explained Schaefer, who is of a generation that remembers. Kim and Pete, who are ... Read More

What's New? by Eunice Field; TV Radio Mirror, May 1967 Party Lines: Screen Gems had a whale-of-a-gala in Palm Springs! Peter Deuel arrived with his lovely blonde, Jill Andre. While he's been seen about town with other dolls, Jill has been the real love of his life for two years. At the dinner-dance, Jill was a "wowee" in white mini-skirt and white figured stockings. She looked 16, but pointed out, "I'm a divorcee with a girl, 6, and a boy, 4, and I don't claim to have been a child bride."

Screen Gems, 1966 In the first minutes of the first episode of Love On A Rooftop (LOART), boy meets girl. A few scenes later, boy marries girl. And with those preliminaries out of the way, this bright new Screen Gems comedy series — premiering Tuesday, September 6 at 9:30 p.m. (PDT) on ABC-TV, proceeds to chronicle their adventures in the happy-ever-after department. The names of the boy and girl are David and Julie. Both attractive, in their twenties, and full of life, hope, and a zest for living. David is good looking, athletic in build, and an apprentice architect. His desire is to ... Read More

Press Packet for 'A Time for Giving' (aka 'Generation'), 1969 The hairy problem has finally been settled. There is no scraggly, happy-hippie type beard for Pete Duel as the young anti-Establishment hero of Joseph E. Levine's presentation of the Frederick Brisson production, A Time for Giving, which opens at the Theatre. Duel showed up for the start of filming of A Time for Giving with a fine sprout of whiskers, but Producer Brisson and Director George Schaefer took one look and ordered him to "Shave it off, shave it all off." They decreed that the rebellious character Duel portrays would be smooth-shaven. "Walter ... Read More

FAB 208 1. What is your real name? 2. When were you born? 3. How tall are you? 4. What colour are your eyes and hair? 5. Are you married? If not, do you have a girlfriend? 6. Whereabouts do you live? 7. Please describe your home. 8. What is your favourite restaurant and your favourite food? 9. What kind of car do you drive? 10. What is your favourite colour? 11. Do you have any pets? 12. What are your hobbies or interests in addition to acting? 13. What were you doing before Alias Smith and Jones? 14. What ... Read More

TV Radio Annual, 1967 Many an actress, when she wrote her autobiography or otherwise was in a mood to tell all, admitted that it was almost impossible to play love scenes with an attractive man without becoming personally involved. So, by all rights, Judy Carne and Peter Deuel should be in love. They are both young, attractive, and neither is otherwise engaged. And certainly on the television screen in Love on a Rooftop they seem made for each other. But on the set, where they are in close contact some twelve hours a day, they spend a good deal of their ... Read More

Unknown Source, 1971 When actor Pete Duel wants to get away from it all, he really does. Star of the ABC Television Network's new western-adventure series, Alias Smith and Jones, jumps into a special four-wheel drive truck with a camping unit attached and heads into California's High Sierras. There, in a setting so wild and natural it would even impress his rough and ready character, Pete fishes and enjoys nature in the rough. "I think the purest form of pleasure is to get out and camp, to discover new country far away from the freeways," Pete explained recently. As soon as he was old ... Read More

by Vernon Scott; Unknown Source, 1966 or 1967 HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Newcomer Peter Deuel is a newly-wed in Love on a Rooftop series, but he's a bachelor in private life who takes his romance where he finds it. A native of Penfield, N.Y. (near Rochester), Peter expected to become a doctor. His father, grandfather and great grandfather were physicians. But he prefers the carefree life of an actor. And carefree it is. He lives in a garage apartment in West Hollywood, paying only $65 a month rent. On moving in, he threw out all the furniture and went shopping for heavy antiques that he ... Read More

by Wanda Redding; Movie Mirror, 1969 or early 1970 In the past three years, Kim's been married, had a baby, divorced, made four films — and fallen in love again. She feels like she's been riding a merry-go-round, and just hopes that she and boyfriend Peter Duel can make their romance last! People fall in love for any number of reasons — some sensible, some foolish, some unexplainable. But none could be wackier than the reason Kim Darby gives for falling in love with Peter Duel: "George Schaefer told me to," she says wide-eyed, as though that explains everything. So the reader won't ... Read More

by Dick Kleiner, D&C-Newspaper Enterprise Association; Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 8, 1969 Hollywood — Generation is a film about the generation gap and you can see the difference between the generations on the set at Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. David Janssen, between shots, retires to his trailer and reads. He was reading Carlos Baker's new biography of Ernest Hemingway. "I read all day," he says. "I get up at 6:30 and read. I read between set-ups. I read when I go home at night." But the younger cast members — Peter Deuel, whose home is in Penfield, N.Y., and Kim Darby — are ... Read More

Photo TV Land, June 1967 ...How they spend their time, their views about dating, their thoughts on marriage. If you happen to be one of Hollywood's popular actors and a bachelor — what do you do with your time? Silly question, you say? You say that you'd keep yourself busy night and day dating some of the beautiful actresses, going to all the "in" places in town, and really live it up? Well, that's the answer we'd expect. In fact, isn't that everyone's concept of the Hollywood bachelor life? We thought we'd ask 10 of TV's big name stars what they do ... Read More