Pete Duel: A Biography

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Actor Pete Duel, most widely known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in television's Alias Smith and Jones, led an unpredictable and often tumultuous life, a fact best characterized by his highly publicized 1971 suicide at the height of his television celebrity. This extensive biography delves beyond such familiar events as Duel's career and death to reveal more personal aspects, including his political involvement and environmental activism. Organized chronologically, the biography features ...
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Overview

Actor Pete Duel, most widely known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in television's Alias Smith and Jones, led an unpredictable and often tumultuous life, a fact best characterized by his highly publicized 1971 suicide at the height of his television celebrity. This extensive biography delves beyond such familiar events as Duel's career and death to reveal more personal aspects, including his political involvement and environmental activism. Organized chronologically, the biography features extensive personal interviews with Duel's closest family and friends, including sister Pamela Deuel Johnson and former girlfriends Jill Andre, Beth Griswold, Kim Darby and Dianne Ray. Plus exclusive interviews with close personal friends, actors, producers, directors and writers who worked with Pete Duel.
Includes complete episode guides for his work on TV's Gidget, Love on a Rooftop and Alias Smith and Jones and an extensive filmography. Includes over 60 previously unpublished photographs.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786430628
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 5/28/2007
  • Pages: 219
  • Sales rank: 398,758
  • Product dimensions: 6.70 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Meet the Author

Writer and artist Paul Green is also the author of A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962(2006). He lives in Rustburg, Virginia.
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Table of Contents


Acknowledgments     vii
Foreword   Pamela Deuel Johnson     1
Preface     3
Introduction     5
Arrival     7
Reckless Rebel     28
Promise of the Future     37
New Directions     54
Safe in the Park     66
Forward Motion     82
Episodic Television     98
Drive Away     109
Outlaws to Make You Smile     114
Natural Rhythms     128
Hope and Despair     137
A Sudden Compulsion     145
Puzzlement     158
Life in the Shadow     166
Ripples Through Time     171
Fractured Image     179
Testimony     182
Episode Guides     193
Theater Career and Filmography     203
Bibliography     209
Index     213
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  • Posted February 22, 2010

    Very engaging reading

    One of those books you're not sure you want to read, given you already know the tragic ending. But Paul Green constructs a life story that reaches in so many directions, you really do forget the ending, while sharing the memories of Peter Duel's life with his sister and many friends and colleagues. Green resists the temptation to "narrate" and offer his own assumptions and opinions, opting instead, to offer context and a vivid timeline so the story can unfold on it's own. Well written, engaging, and worth reading. And even if you're not familiar with the actor's work or his life... it's an honest portrait of a young man's struggle with the world, and with himself.

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