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Peter Burnell(1942-1987)

  • Actor
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Peter Burnell is best known for his role as Mike Powers on the soap opera "The Doctors", a role Armand Assante took over when Burnell left the series. Burnell was an accomplished classical actor. During his career, he appeared as Shannon in Night of the Iguana, Edmund in Long Day's Journey into Night and the Gentleman Caller in Glass Menagerie, all at the Provincetown Playhouse; and regional productions of Cyrano de Bergerac (as Christian), Butley, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, off-Broadway in Dancing for the Kaiser; many others.
BornApril 29, 1942
DiedJanuary 5, 1987(44)
BornApril 29, 1942
DiedJanuary 5, 1987(44)
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Known for

James Pritchett in The Doctors (1963)
The Doctors
7.0
TV Series
  • Mike Powers
  • Dr. Mike Powers
Without a Trace (1983)
Without a Trace
7.1
  • Reporter
  • 1983
As the World Turns (1956)
As the World Turns
6.3
TV Series
  • Hank Barton #1(1969)
  • 1956
Pat Klous, Connie Sellecca, and Kathryn Witt in Flying High (1978)
Flying High
6.6
TV Series
  • Tony

Credits

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Actor

  • Without a Trace (1983)
    Without a Trace
    7.1
    • Reporter
    • 1983
  • Shaun Cassidy and Linda Purl in Like Normal People (1979)
    Like Normal People
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Young Man at Y
    • 1979
  • Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)
    Vega$
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Intern
    • 1979
  • Pat Klous, Connie Sellecca, and Kathryn Witt in Flying High (1978)
    Flying High
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Tony
    • 1978
  • William Hurt, Victor Garber, Guy Boyd, Jill Eikenberry, Pauline Flanagan, Sean P. Griffin, William Prince, and Robert P. Fields in The Best of Families (1977)
    The Best of Families
    6.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Teddy Wheeler
    • 1977
  • James Pritchett in The Doctors (1963)
    The Doctors
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Mike Powers
    • Dr. Mike Powers
    • 1968–1973
  • As the World Turns (1956)
    As the World Turns
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Hank Barton #1 (1969)
    • 1956–2010
  • Jane Krakowski, Matthew Ashford, Domini Blythe, Colleen Dion, Terri Eoff, David Forsyth, Lee Godart, Louan Gideon, Marcia McCabe, Jeffrey Meek, Jacqueline Schultz, and Mary Stuart in Search for Tomorrow (1951)
    Search for Tomorrow
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Richard Kent (1981)
    • 1951–1986

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 29, 1942
    • Johnstown, New York, USA
  • Died
    • January 5, 1987
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA(suicide by hanging)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following production:

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    Was the original Teddy Wheeler in the 1977 mini-series, "The Best of Families," but he was replaced thereon by Victor Garber.

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