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In 1974, when peter duel learned his show Alias Smith and jones had been canceled. The actor was so happy he wanted to dance on the ceiling. Finaly I can do better, more fulfilling role”s Duel told a reporter for a magazine. In the mid 7o”s he stared as a criminal master mind , in pink panther goes to rome. Next for duel was felix leiter in the film the spy with 21 face”s.
In 1980”s Peter duel played detective morrion in aserie”s of film”s for 21 century fox. In 1988, he took a break which wouod last for five years, in in mid 90”s he played the loner wild west film some say his greatest role ever. I 1999 he did a remake of chisum with his brother geofrey duel. Peter duel is also a environmentalist ands political activist he played the attorney genral on west wing.
This is his real life bio.
Pete Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971) was an American actor, best known for his role in the television series Alias Smith and Jones.



Duel's childhood homePeter Ellstrom Deuel was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in nearby Penfield. 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.[1] Moving to New York, Duel landed a role in a touring production of the comedy Take Her, She's Mine. To find work in the movies, Duel and his mother drove across the country to Hollywood in 1963, with only a tent to house them each night.[2]

CareerIn Hollywood, he found work in television, making small guest appearances in comedies like Gomer Pyle, USMC and dramas, such as ABC's Channing with Jason Evers and Combat! with Rick Jason and Vic Morrow. In 1965, he was cast in the comedy series Gidget. Duel played Gidget's brother-in-law, John Cooper, on the series, and appeared in twenty-two of the thirty-two episodes. 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. Although the show earned good ratings, ABC decided not to bring it back after its first season. Duel wished to move from sitcoms to more serious roles.[3] He appeared in The Psychiatrist, The Bold Ones, Ironside, and Marcus Welby, M.D.. He also made feature films during this time, beginning with the important role of Rod Taylor’s best friend and copilot, Mike Brewer, in The Hell with Heroes in 1968 and the next year in Generation. Following that movie, he went to Spain to film Cannon for Cordoba (1970), a western in which he played the mischievous soldier, Andy Rice. Due in part to their uncanny resemblance, his younger brother, Geoffrey Deuel (who starred in the movie Chisum with John Wayne as the character Billy the Kid), is sometimes mistaken for him.

In 1970, Duel 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. During the hiatus between the first and second seasons, he starred in the television production of Percy MacKaye’s 1908 play, The Scarecrow.

Personal life Duel became involved in politics during the primaries for the 1968 presidential election, campaigning for Eugene McCarthy, in opposition to the Vietnam war.[4] He attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and witnessed the violence that erupted.[5]

Death In the early hours of December 31, 1971, Duel apparently shot himself, after drinking heavily the previous evening.[6] At the time, his girlfriend, Dianne Ray, was in the house, but not in the same room, and did not witness what happened. In October 1970, he had been the driver in a car wreck in which another person was injured, and was facing legal problems; an astrologer had then told him that 1972 was going to be a difficult year for him. After his death, his role in Alias Smith and Jones was taken over by Roger Davis (previously, the series' narrator), but the sudden loss proved too great and fans were slow to accept the dissimilar-looking Davis. The series was cancelled in 1973.

Duel is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Penfield, New York.[7]

[edit] FilmographyYear Title Role Notes
1963 Channing 1 episode
1964 Combat! Szigeti 1 episode
1964 Mickey Crazy Hips McNish 1 episode
1964–1965 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1st Man
Marine at dance 2 episodes
1964–1965 Twelve O'Clock High Lt. Benning
Lt. Ditchik 2 episodes
1965–1966 Gidget John Cooper 22 episodes
1965 Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha Wild Youth Television movie
1965 The Fugitive Buzzy 1 episode
1965–1967 The F.B.I. Wayne Everett Powell
Mike James 2 episodes
1966 W.I.A. Wounded in Action Pvt. Myers
1966–1967 Love on a Rooftop David Willis 30 episodes
1968 The Hell with Heroes Mike Brewer
1968 Ironside Jonathan Dix 1 episode
1968–1969 The Virginian Jim Dewey aka Thomas Baker
Denny Todd 2 episodes
1968–1971 The Name of the Game Chernin
Ted Sands 2 episodes
1969 Generation Walter Owen Alternative titles: A Time for Caring
A Time for Giving
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. Lew Sawyer Television movie
1970 Cannon for Cordoba Andy Rice Alternative title: Dragon Master
1970 The Young Country Honest John Smith Television movie
1970 Insight Edward 1 episode
1970 Matt Lincoln Father Nicholas Burrell 1 episode
1970 The Interns Fred Chalmers 1 episode
1970 The Young Lawyers Dom Acosta 1 episode
1970 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers Jerry Purdue 1 episode
1970 The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children Casey T. Poe Television movie
1971 Alias Smith and Jones Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith Television movie
1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. Roger Nastili 1 episode
1971 The Psychiatrist Casey Poe 1 episode
1971 How to Steal an Airplane Sam Rollins Television movie
1971–1972 Alias Smith and Jones Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith 33 episodes
1972 The Scarecrow Richard Talbot Television movie
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