Pete Duel
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Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940-December 31, 1971), also known as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor best known for his appearance as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in Alias Smith and Jones' television series Alias Smith and Jones.
He was the older brother of actor Geoffrey Deuel (1970), who is best known for his appearances in Chisum (1970) and several episodic television appearances of the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life
Duel was born in Rochester, New York, and she was the eldest of three children born to Dr. Ellsworth and Lillian Deuel (née Ellstrom). Geoffrey Deuel, his brother, was also an actor, best known for his appearances in Chisum (1970) and many television appearances in the 1960s and 1970s; their sister's name was Pamela.
He attended Penfield High School, where he served on the yearbook staff, campaigned for student rights, and was a member of the National Thespian Society. He graduated in 1957 and attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he majored in English. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. During his two years as a student, he preferred acting in the drama department's productions to attending for his classes. When his father came to see him in The Rose Tattoo, he realized that his son was only wasting time and resources at the university and suggested he pursue a career in acting.
Duel landed a role in a touring version of The Come Dancing of She's Mine in New York City. Duel and his mother travelled around the country to Hollywood, California, in 1963, with only a tent to house them each night.
Personal life
Duel fought for Eugene McCarthy during the 1968 presidential primary election, protesting the Vietnam War. He attended the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and witnessed the uprising that erupted.
Career
He found work in television, appearing in comedies such as Gomer Pyle, Washington, D.C. Chunning, Combat!, and Bonanza are among the popular dramas and films involving Channing, Combat! He appeared in 22 of the show's 32 episodes as Gidget's brother-in-law John Cooper, who appeared in Gidget's comedy in 1965.
Duel was given the lead in the romantic comedy series Love on a Rooftop, after Gidget's demise. Although the show received good reviews, ABC decided not to bring it back after its first season. Duel wanted to move from sitcoms to more serious roles. He changed the spelling of his last name from Deuel to Duel around 1970.
Duel appeared in The Psychiatrist, The Bold Ones, Ironside, and Marcus Welby, M.D. During this period, he also made feature films, starting with The Hell with Heroes in 1968, playing Rod Taylor's closest friend and co-pilot, Mike Brewer, and Generation follows next year. He travelled to Cordoba (1970), a Western in which he appeared in mischievous soldier Andy Rice, after the film.
Duel was portrayed as the outlaw Hannibal Heyes, alias Joshua Smith, opposite Ben Murphy's Kid Curry, in Alias Smith and Jones, a lighthearted Western about two outlaws attempting to obtain their amnesty in 1970. During the intermission between the first and second seasons, he appeared in Percy MacKaye's 1908 play The Scarecrow.
Duel was one of the inspirations for the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, according to Quentin Tarantino. Duel and Dalton worked together, "enjoyed... each other's company," and they were both "undiagnosed bipolar," according to Tarantino's novelization of the film.