Birthday: February 24, 1943 Birthplace: Rochester, N.Y. Marital Status: single Hair Color: brown Parents' Names: Elsworth & Lillian Present Home: West Hollywood Present Role: Hannibal Heyes (Joshua Smith) in Alias Smith and Jones Secret Ambition: to be an airplane pilot Favorite Food: health foods Likes: nature, traveling Dislikes: being tied down, pollution Sports: all—especially tennis and fishing Hobbies: camping, movie-going Sideline: Pete comes from a family of doctors. In fact, there have been six doctors in his family within the last two generations. But Pete decided medicine wasn't for him and chose acting instead. His brother Geoffrey followed in his footsteps and is an actor now, too. Meanwhile, his sister, Pamela, has begun ... Read More

by Tex Maddox; Movie Life, June 1967 "Does he dare enough? That's the sure way to test any fellow! Add up all he tackles, how he proceeds, to discover what he is. Mere claims mean little compared to this measure of a man. "In my case, the jury's debating. But I'm not afraid of the verdict. Why shouldn't I make my own decisions on how I want to live? Who knows better about where I'd rather wind up, or when I'll be ready to marry?" "Of course," Peter Deuel confesses promptly, "I've often been accused of being too much of a rebel. But ... Read More

as told to Marco Amedeo; Movieland and TV Time, February 1967 What makes one letter more appealing to a star than the next? This month Peter Deuel tells what catches his eye. "I can't skip being honest when I reply to a fan letter I particularly like," Peter points out. "If a person treats me with the sincerity I want, I respect it and respond as frankly. I've always felt I deserve the truth. I remember how I was sidetracked and disillusioned if I didn't get it, so I'm not going to inflict a lie on anyone who could be my ... Read More

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 17, 1968 "I don't see why I can't function like anyone else, if I want to, as a political activist, or as an individual who is concerned about the way things are going." That is how Peter Deuel, a Penfield boy who made good on television and in Hollywood, expressed his views on actors in politics. Resting below a large poster of Sen. Eugene McCarthy, D-Minn., on the walls of the 37th district McCarthy headquarters, 321 Genesee St., Deuel said, "Actors are people who just happen to go into acting and are as conscientious or unconscientious as ... Read More

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