Pete Duel

A Biography, 2d ed.

Paul Green (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

284 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9696-9 (ISBN)

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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. This second edition of Paul Green's biography expands on such familiar events as Duel's career and death to reveal more personal aspects, including his political involvement and environmental activism.

Most widely known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in television's Alias Smith and Jones (1971-1973), actor Pete Duel (originally Peter Deuel) led an unpredictable and often tumultuous life, cut short by his highly publicized suicide on New Year's Eve 1971, at the height of his celebrity. In the expanded second edition, this biography of Duel reveals more personal aspects of his career and death, including his formative years in New York City and Hollywood. The author draws on extensive interviews with Duel's closest family and friends, including sister Pamela Deuel, former girlfriends Jill Andre, Beth Griswold, Kim Darby and Dianne Ray, as well actors, producers, directors and writers who worked with Duel.

The late Paul Green worked as an artist in the UK for Marvel, DC and World Distributors, among others, on titles such as Doctor Who, Rambo, Action Man, Wonder Woman and Star Trek. The author of many books about television and film history, he lived in Rustburg, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteix

Foreword by Belinda Montgomery

Preface

Introduction

1 Arrival

2 Reckless Rebel

3 Promise of the Future

4 New Directions

5 Safe in the Park

6 Forward Motion

7 Episodic Television

8 Drive Away

9 Outlaws to Make You Smile

10 Natural Rhythms

11 Hope and Despair

12 A Sudden Compulsion

13 Puzzlement

14 Life in the Shadow

15 Ripples Through Time

16 Fractured Image

17 Testimony

18 Doorway to Transcendence

19 Fact and Fiction

Appendix A—Episode Guides

Appendix B—Theater Career and Filmography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2015
Zusatzinfo	72 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
ISBN-10	0-7864-9696-7 / 0786496967
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9696-9 / 9780786496969
Zustand	Neuware