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
Category: 1971 and Earlier
December 30, 2019Laura
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
November 29, 2019Laura
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
November 29, 2019Laura
by Bridget Byrne; Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, February 27, 1970
Pete Duel wanted to talk about the problems of population and pollution, but the crowded gossip-filled atmosphere of the Hollywood Brown Derby was not the ideal place for such a discussion.
Throughout the interview, Duel, the star of that nice young movie Generation, who revealed that he was 30 that day, was restless. He looked as though he should have been sprawled out on some sea cliff kicking up the earth with the heel of his boots rather than crammed in a booth, unable to stretch.
In town to do some looping on his ... Read More
October 28, 2019Laura
by Judy Hugg; Dallas Morning News, February 11, 1971
"I'm not really an ecology nut or a fanatic on preserving the environment," said Pete Duel, "but I grew up in a beautiful country and I'd like it to stay that way." Pete, who co-stars with Ben Murphy on ABC's Alias Smith and Jones series, was born in Penfield, NY. His interest in the out-of-doors started as soon as he was old enough to walk.
"My father started taking me camping in the woods when I was just a little fellow," he recalled. "In those days, Penfield was a real country town with ... Read More
October 28, 2019Laura
Altoona Mirror, December 6, 1966, page 22, by Dick Kleiner
Peter Deuel, the party of the masculine part on ABC's Love on a Rooftop, is taking up skydiving. I asked him whether the studio would allow such a valuable property to risk his valuable neck. Peter says so far they haven't said a word, but he’s rehearsed the dialogue when—and if—they do.
“‘We want you to stop skydiving,’ they’ll say. ‘Nuts,’ I’ll say. ‘O.K., we’ll take away your dressing room.’ ‘Then I won’t work.’ ‘Then you’re fired.’ ‘You can’t fire me—I’m in a series.’ ‘You’re right. But we want you to stop ... Read More
September 18, 2019Laura
by Dora Albert; TV Picture Life, June 1967
With startling candor, Peter reveals why he won’t marry Jill Andre, the lovely divorcee he admittedly loves. Handsome Peter Deuel, who plays a happy husband so convincingly in Love on a Rooftop, has been described as strictly a love ’em and leave ’em type, a man who kisses girls and makes them cry.
However, Peter recently admitted that for the past year-and-a-half, he has been deeply in love with one woman—the lovely, sandy-haired, blue-eyed actress and former model, Jill Andre. Jill is a divorcee who lives in a pleasant cottage in West Hollywood with ... Read More
August 2, 2019Laura