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Pete Duel
A Biography
Paul Green
Foreword by Pamela Deuel Johnson

ISBN 978-0-7864-3062-8
64 photos, appendices, filmography, bibliography, index
229pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2007

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Description
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 Includes over 60 previously unpublished photographs.

About the Author
Paul Green has worked as an artist for Marvel UK, DC Egmont and Western Publishing Company/Golden Books USA, among others. The author of numerous books about television history, he lives in Rustburg, Virginia. His popular blogs can be found at A History of Television’s The Virginian, Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns, and Pete Duel: A Biography.

Other Book(s) by Paul Green Available from McFarland:

Pete Duel

Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns

A History of Television’s The Virginian, 1962-1971

Reviews

"explores his life and death, and does it exceedingly well...a must"--Western Clippings

"It is not the usual superficial adoring screen bio. I am impressed with the depth of the portrait. There is a serious psychological study in the narrative of his life. The book makes its comment on the human condition and does it without appearing to"--Frank Price (former President of Universal TV).