Peter Turgeon(1919-2000)

Actor
Writer
Director

Peter Turgeon was born on 25 December 1919 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Airport (1970), American Gigolo (1980) and Dear Heart (1964). He was married to Virginia Wright Richardson. He died on 6 October 2000 in Stony Brook, New York, USA.

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Known for

Burt Lancaster, Jacqueline Bisset, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Dean Martin, Barbara Hale, Helen Hayes, Barry Nelson, Lloyd Nolan, Jean Seberg, Maureen Stapleton, and Dana Wynter in Airport (1970)

Airport

6.6

Marcus Rathbone

1970

American Gigolo

6.3

Julian's Lawyer

1980

Dear Heart

7.2

Peterson

1964

Muscle Beach Party

5.2

Theodore

1964

Credits

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Actor

L.A. Law
7.1
TV Series
- Harold Cooley
- 1989
Guiding Light
6.6
TV Series
- Dr. Emmet Scott #3
- Dr
- 1982
The Edge of Night
7.7
TV Series
- Mr. Arnold (credit only)
- 1981
American Gigolo
6.3
- Julian's Lawyer
- 1980
Anatomy of a Seduction
5.7
TV Movie
- Paul
- 1979
The Jeffersons
7.5
TV Series
- Bill Walters
- 1979
Hot l Baltimore
7.9
TV Series
- Chapman Packer
- 1975
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
6.3
- Counterman
- 1973
The Possession of Joel Delaney
5.8
- Detective Brady
- 1972
Airport
6.6
- Marcus Rathbone
- 1970
Some Kind of a Nut
4.4
- Thomas Allen Defoe
- 1969
Me, Natalie
6.5
- Attorney
- 1969
Last Summer
6.9
- Mr. Caudell (uncredited)
- 1969
De Düva: The Dove
7.4
Short
- Uncle Anders
- 1968
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
6.5
- Roberts (Security Expert) (uncredited)
- 1968

Writer

Director

Personal details

Alternative name
- Peter Turgeson
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- December 25, 1919
- Hinsdale, Illinois, USA
Died
- October 6, 2000
- Stony Brook, New York, USA(stroke and emphysema)
Spouse
- Virginia Wright RichardsonOctober 17, 1950 - September 21, 1993 (her death, 2 children)
Children
Parents
Other works
He acted in the musical revue, "A Thurber Carnival," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Tom Ewell, Peggy Cass, Paul Ford, John McGiver, Alice Ghostley and Wynne Miller in the cast. James Thurber wrote the book. Don Elliott was composer and performer. Marvin Reiss was set designer. Ramse Stevens was costume designer. Burgess Meredith was director and developer. Michael Davis, Helen Bonfils, and Haila Stoddard were producers.

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Trivia
On stage from 1940 in 'Life With Father'. His theatrical career was interrupted by wartime service in the U.S.Army Air Corps. Resumed in 1946 with the Broadway revue 'Call Me Mister', followed by 'Inside U.S.A.' with Beatrice Lillie and 'The Beggar's Opera' with Shirley Jones. On Broadway with 'A Thurber Carnival' (1960), 'Send Me No Flowers' (1960-1961) and 'Little Me' (1962-1963), with Sid Caesar. Later involved with the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Centre in Waterford, Connecticut, as writer/director and actor.