Gidget’s Brotherly Brother-in-Law
by Brenda Marshall; TV Radio Mirror, May 1966
Pete Deuel is very different from the serious image he projects as the stuffy, psychology-spouting brother-in-law on ABC-TV’s Gidget. He’s tall, dark, and handsome. He has enchanting dimples when he smiles. He’s a carefree, very eligible bachelor who enjoys sports, discotheque dancing, beer, exploring the rough countryside in his land cruiser—and going around barefoot!
Pete was barefoot, wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, when he greeted me on the flight of wooden stairs leading to his modest garage apartment in Hollywood. “Going barefoot isn’t just a gimmick,” he explained. “I’ve been going barefoot … Read More
by Felicia Lawrence; Movie World, February 1970
They thought her too big for her britches, and impossible to work with—except one man!
The sleek limousine approached the curb and stopped, and quickly the guard, dressed in a dark blue suit, tailored with braided shoulders, hurried to open the door and let the passengers out. A tiny dark-haired girl, who looked like she was twelve, stepped out. Right behind her a nice looking, thin young man, about twenty, came out of the car and smiled at the crowd, waving around as he did. Yes, there they were—the stars of the new movie, Generation, … Read More
by M. Pinto; Movie Stars, February 1972
Leap Year means that men start thinking about marriage—if the right girl asks!
Happily for single girls, Hollywood has it share of heartthrobs this season. The eligible bachelors that we see in the movies and on the television screen this year might not be Clark Gables and Cary Grants, but in many ways they are their contemporary equals. We’ve picked out the eight young men most girls want to hear about, see and date, and we’re going to give you all the pertinent facts on each of them.
PETER DUEL
Pete Duel, Hannibal Heyes on Alias Smith … Read More
by Rona Barrett; Rona Barrett’s Hollywood, May 1972
SAD GOODBYES…. Hollywood lost several of its brightest faces and names, to the distress of all who love good entertainment. I came back from a sunny vacation to find that not only the beloved MAURICE CHEVALIER had left us, but also a young star with a great future ahead, PETER DUEL.
Slowly, in the days that followed PETER’s death by self-inflicted gunshot, the details of his life began to be tied together. For instance, it was decided that PETER’s part in his Alias Smith and Jones series would definitely be taken over by ROGER … Read More
by Percy Shain, Globe Staff; Boston Globe TV Week, February 14, 1971
There is something symptomatic in the name change of actor Peter Deuel to Pete Duel. The co-star of the new ABC mid-season series, Alias Smith and Jones, seems constantly in a duel with himself.
One would have thought he would be in 7th Heaven with this third crack at series stardom (after the one-year flops of Gidget and Love on a Rooftop). Instead, he says, “I have had happier periods in my life.”
Is he glad he was chosen for it? “I had no choice,” he replied. “As a player under … Read More
Letter to Tiger Talk, Tiger Beat, February 1972
I just had to write and tell you the marvelous thing Pete Duel did for this city and its people. Our local TV station had a telethon for the March of Dimes and Pete worked very hard and unselfishly for many hours to raise money for those who need it so badly. He signed autograph after autograph, and you could see how happy he was to be doing everything. Before he left, he kissed me and signed autographs for me and other lucky people. Not many stars would do something as wonderful as … Read More
Flip, February 1972
Whether you think of them as Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry or Smith and Jones or Peter Duel and Ben Murphy, on TV, these two characters may tend to look a little alike at times. But off-screen they are two very distinct people!
There are a great many differences between Pete and Ben. For example, their homes: Pete lives in a funky old house in the Hollywood Hills, while Ben lives in an apartment with a pool in the San Fernando Valley. For Ben, it only takes about five minutes to get to Universal Studios where Alias Smith and … Read More