Pete Duel
Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes
Born	February 24, 1940 Rochester, New York
Died	December 31, 1971 Hollywood, California

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Biography

Early life

Childhood Home

Originally Peter Ellstrom Deuel, he was born in Penfield, New York. Duel's parents, Dr. Ellstrom Deuel and Mrs. Lillian Deuel, were active citizens in Penfield and took part in many community projects. Duel had a brother, Geoffrey Deuel. In later years, Duel often fondly reminisced about his childhood, much of which was spent playing in the woods that were outback of his family home.^[1] It would provide the basis for a passion for the environment that would continue throughout his life. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (973x730, 132 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (973x730, 132 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Geoffrey Jacob Deuel is an American actor born 17 January 1943. ...

Duel came from a long line of doctors and it was expected that he would also enter into the family profession. By the time he graduated high school in 1957, however, his parents were happy just to see their son, a rather indifferent student, go on to college. He attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he majored in English. Still, he preferred performing in the drama department’s productions to studying for his classes during his two years there. When his father came to see him in The Rose Tattoo, he realized that his son was only wasting time and money at the university, and told him to follow a career in acting. ^[2] Duel was quick to take his advice and moved to New York City. While there, he landed a role in a touring production of the comedy Take Her, She’s Mine . Although he enjoyed his time on the stage, he decided to try to earn a name for himself in Hollywood. With this goal in mind, Duel and his mother drove across the country in 1963 with only a tent to house them each night. ^[3] St. ... Canton is a town located in St. ... The Rose Tattoo is a Tennessee Williams play. ... ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Career

In Hollywood, he found work in television, making small guest appearances in comedies like Gomer Pyle, USMC and war dramas, such as Combat!. While these bit parts offered much in the way of experience, the same could not be said for the amount of screen time they gave him. His big break came in 1965, when he was cast in the comedy series Gidget, starring a young Sally Field. Duel played Gidget's brother-in-law, John Cooper, on the series and appeared in twenty-two of the thirty-two episodes. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was a television series that ran on CBS from 1964 to 1969, with episodes rerun in mid-1970. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Gidget was a 1965 U.S. television sitcom starring Sally Field in the lead role of Frances Lawrence, a teenage character adapted for film and television from a novel by Frederick Kohner. ... Sally Margaret Field Mahoney (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Sally Fields) (born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California) is an American actress who is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe winner; she is also a two-time Emmy Award winner who became a household name at age 20...

Gidget was cancelled after only one season in 1966, but Duel was immediately offered the starring role of Dave Willis, a newlywed apprentice architect, in an upcoming romantic comedy called Love on a Rooftop, also starring Judy Carne. Although the show earned good ratings, ABC decided to not bring it back after its first season. See also: 1965 in television, other events of 1966, 1967 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1966-67 American network television schedule. ... Love on a Rooftop was an American television series about a newlywed couple, Dave and Julie Willis, and their humorous struggles to survive in San Francisco on Dave’s apprentice architects salary of $85. ... Judy Carne (born Joyce Botterill on April 27, 1939 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England) is an actress and may be best remembered for her introducing the phrase Sock it to me! while a regular on Laugh-In. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...

The end of Love on a Rooftop was a blessing in Duel’s point of view. He felt that he was already being typecast as a sitcom actor and wanted the opportunity to prove that he was capable of more. ^[4] Now free of filming the weekly series, he was able to pursue dramatic guest starring roles in shows such as The Psychiatrist, The Bold Ones, Ironside, and Marcus Welby, M.D., displaying his versatility as an actor. He also made feature films during this time, beginning with the important role of Rod Taylor’s best friend and co-pilot, Mike Brewer, in The Hell with Heroes in 1968. The next year found him starring in Generation, a comedy that also featured David Janssen, Carl Reiner, and Kim Darby. Following that movie, he went to Spain to film Cannon for Cordoba (1970), a western in which he played the mischievous soldier, Andy Rice. Roy Thinnes (right) with guest star Pete Duel (left) The Psychiatrist was an American television series about a young psychiatrist with unorthodox methods of helpings his patients. ... The Bold Ones was an anthology umbrella television series on NBC from 1969-1973. ... Ironside (broadcast under the name A Man Called Ironside in the United Kingdom) was the name of a television series which ran on NBC from 1967 to 1975. ... Marcus Welby, M.D. was a popular medical drama that aired on ABC from late September 1969 to May 1976. ... Rod Taylor (born Rodney Sturt Taylor on January 11, 1930) is an Australian-born film and television actor. ... // Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... David Janssen David Harold Meyer (March 27, 1931 - February 13, 1980), better known as David Janssen, was an American film and television actor who is best-known for his role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (ABC,1963-1967). ... Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. ... Cannon for Cordoba was a western film that was released in 1970. ... // Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ...

Duel finally made an international impact in 1970 when he was cast as the outlaw Hannibal Heyes, alias Joshua Smith, opposite Ben Murphy, in Alias Smith and Jones, a light-hearted western about the exploits of two outlaws trying to earn an amnesty. Although the show had to compete with the immensely popular The Flip Wilson Show in the same timeslot, it still managed to gain quite a following. Duel’s feelings on the series were mixed. While it was a major boost to his stardom, it also took up most of his time, keeping him from pursuing other projects while the show was filming. During the hiatus between the first and second seasons, he starred in the television production of Percy MacKaye’s 1908 play, The Scarecrow. The role of Hannibal Heyes, however, would be his last. The series was at the height of its popularity when, in the early hours of December 31, 1971, Duel apparently shot himself, after drinking heavily that evening. After his death, his role in Alias Smith and Jones was taken over by Roger Davis but, with another man in the part, many fans lost interest, and the series was cancelled in 1973. Benjamin E. Murphy (born March 6, 1942) is an American actor. ... Alias Smith and Jones was a Western television series on ABC from 1971 to 1973, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. ... Flip Wilson in character as Geraldine Jones, on a recently released best of DVD set. ... The Scarecrow is a play by Percy MacKaye, written in 1908, but first presented on Broadway in 1911. ... Roger Davis (born 5 April 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role in the early 1970s television series, Alias Smith and Jones and before that was Dark Shadows. Davis was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and first appeared on television in 1959. ... See also: 1972 in television, other events of 1973, 1974 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1973-74 American network television schedule. ...

Personal life

Beyond his acting career, Duel was a man with a desire to change the world. He became involved in politics during the primaries for the 1968 presidential election, campaigning for Eugene McCarthy, who was running for the Democratic nomination. Duel admired McCarthy for his opposition to the Vietnam war. ^[5] His work for the campaign would eventually bring him to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago that year, where he witnessed firsthand the violence that erupted. ^[6] Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Eugene Joseph Gene McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician and a longtime member of the U.S. Congress. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... (Redirected from 1968 Democratic Convention) Police and protesters at the Convention The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago by the United States Democratic Party, for the purposes of choosing the Democratic nominee for the 1968 U.S. Presidential Election. ...

Duel’s habit of signing autographs “Peace and ecology now” reflected his desire for the end of the war, as well as his interest in preserving the environment. He dabbled in poetry, often writing of nature’s beauty and the jeopardy it was in because of humanity not taking proper care of it. In 1971, he recorded a short record in which he discussed his thoughts on ecology and read a selection of his poems on the subject. He also leant his talents gratis to narrating the environmental documentary Ah Man, See What You’ve Done.

Alias Smith and Jones producer, Jo Swerling, Jr., described Duel as being “frustrated that he couldn’t do enough to solve the problems of the world.” ^[7] Alias Smith and Jones was a Western television series on ABC from 1971 to 1973, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. ...