Peter Ellstrom Deuel Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Peter Ellstrom "Pete" Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971), also known as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television and film actor. He is best known for his role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the television series Alias Smith and Jones.Duel died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the early morning hours on New Year's Eve, 1971. His death was ruled a suicide.
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TV Shows
Alias Smith and Jones, Love on a Rooftop, Gidget
Star Sign
Pisces
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On his love for cars and motorcycles: Cars and motorcycles are a weakness I watch. I'm mechanical and revel in the quality of a fine car and cycle. When I was on tour with the play I fell for a British sports car. The payments on it were too high during my first year here so I learned not to do that again. I drive a jeep. It's rugged but not cheap, either. If a date thinks we should go somewhere in a nicer car, we transfer to hers. If it's a premiere, I rent one for the evening. I sold my last motorcycle five months ago, when I was persuaded it was dangerous. I'm apt to buy a new one, though. I admit I once split my right leg open from my knee to my ankle when a nut turned in front of me abruptly and sent me careening down a canyon. (1967)
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On changing the spelling of his name: It all came to a head about a year and a half ago. A lot of things entered into it. I'm not conventional in my habits. I had personal problems that made me feel it was time to try something new. Then there was the matter of simplicity. People were always saying 'Peter who?' or 'Peter O'Toole?' There were too many questions. I first took the 'e' out of Deuel, and then said to myself, 'Why not take the 'r' out of Peter and make that a four-letter word, too, to balance the other? (1971)
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It's a big fat drag to any actor with interest in his work. It's the ultimate trap. - on doing a weekly series
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After two or three interviews, talking about pictures and how they're made and what I do in them and what I'm going to do next, there's nothing more to say.
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Fact
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Was named the "Most Promising Male Star" of 1966 in Quigley Publications' "Television Almanac".
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At the time of his suicide, police reported that the gun Duel used had also been used to shoot a framed telegram telling him that he hadn't been elected to the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild.
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Father was physician in small town of Penfield, outside Rochester, New York. Pete attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC from 1957-1961. Played three one-year TV stints: Gidget (1965), Love on a Rooftop (1966) (co-star) and Alias Smith and Jones (1971) (co-star).
$250,000
