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Paul Petersen is a Actor American born on 23 september 1945 at Glendale (USA)
William Paul Petersen (born September 23, 1945) is an American actor, singer, novelist, and activist.
Petersen first rose to prominence in the 1950s playing Jeff Stone on The Donna Reed Show, and transitioned to a singing career in the 1960s. In the early 1980s, he had a recurring role as a police officer on Matt Houston, and in the late 1990s, he played the author Paul Conway in the film, Mommy's Day.
In 1990, Petersen established the organization A Minor Consideration to support child stars and other child laborers through legislation, family education, and personal intervention and counseling for those in crisis.
In addition to his two children from his second marriage, Petersen also has a daughter from a previous relationship.
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Petersen first rose to prominence in the 1950s playing Jeff Stone on The Donna Reed Show, and transitioned to a singing career in the 1960s. In the early 1980s, he had a recurring role as a police officer on Matt Houston, and in the late 1990s, he played the author Paul Conway in the film, Mommy's Day.
In 1990, Petersen established the organization A Minor Consideration to support child stars and other child laborers through legislation, family education, and personal intervention and counseling for those in crisis.
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Petersen has been married three times. His first marriage was to actress Brenda Benet. They married in 1967 and divorced in 1970. In 1974, he married Hallie Litman with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1988. In December 1992, Petersen married Rana Jo Platz to whom he is still married.In addition to his two children from his second marriage, Petersen also has a daughter from a previous relationship.
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That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Dick Miller, Allan Arkush, Belinda Balaski, Roger Corman, Meiert Avis, Joe Dante
Roles Self
Rating73%
The documentary surveys the life and acting career of Dick Miller, who has performed in over 170 roles in various films and television shows as a character actor. It features several interviews, as well as footage from many of Miller's performances.
, 1h38Directed by Sam Weisman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Mary McCormack, David Spade, Craig Bierko, Rob Reiner, Scott Terra, Jenna Boyd
Roles Self
Rating55%
Dickie Roberts is a former child star who shot to fame on a TV sitcom called The Glimmer Gang with his catchphrase "This is Nuckin' Futs!". His career subsequently halted after his 6th birthday. Since his heyday, he has been reduced to parking cars at Morton's and appearing on Celebrity Boxing, where he is matched with Emmanuel Lewis. In the public eye and to his girlfriend Cyndi who apparently leaves him during a roadside incident, Dickie is washed up.
Mommy's Day (1997)
, 1h27Directed by Max Allan Collins
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Patty McCormack, Paul Petersen, Gary Sandy, Brinke Stevens, Del Close
Roles Paul Conway
Rating47%
In this sequel to 1995's Mommy, Mrs. Sterling (Patty McCormack), who had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death, escapes execution when she is wounded in a prison breakout attempt. While she is recovering, a physician convinces the courts that she would be able to live in a halfway house if she takes a violence-suppressing drug that he designed. Although her parole forbids contact with her daughter (who is now living with her sister and brother-in-law), she violates her parole by secretly visiting her one night. When people who are trying to keep her from seeing her daughter start turning up murdered, a local cop starts investigating her.
Scout's Honor (1980)
, 1h40Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gary Coleman, Katherine Helmond, Pat O'Brien, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Harry Morgan, Eric Taslitz
Roles Ace's Dad
Rating59%
Gidget Grows Up (1969)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Edward Mulhare, Paul Petersen, Warner Anderson, Robert Cummings
Roles Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin
Rating64%
After two years of college abroad, Gidget returns to Santa Monica. She discovers that the letters she wrote to her boyfriend Jeff, intended to make him jealous, have backfired, and her attempts to patch things up with him are rebuffed. Inspired by a speech she hears on television made by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, she hops a bus to New York City to work for the United Nations.
Journey to Shiloh (1968)
, 1h41Directed by William Hale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Western
Actors James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Harrison Ford, Brenda Scott, Albert Popwell, Don Stroud
Roles J.C. Sutton
Rating56%
Seven young Texans in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, The Concho County Comanches, journey to Shiloh, Tennessee where a major battle is about to take place. Along the way they encounter many perilous adventures.
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
, 2hDirected by Don Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dan Blocker, Susan Clark, John Dehner, Warren Oates, Don Stroud, Paul Petersen
Roles Peter Duren
Rating68%
John Killibrew, a blacksmith, had convinced a number of settlers to follow him to California and found the town of Arkana. When the railroad comes through the area in 1870 but bypasses the settlement, the townspeople blame him. Ten years later, when a steam engine falls off of a train into a pond, Killibrew gets an idea. He goes to San Francisco and buys the steam engine from the insurance company that had paid off on the claim. Meanwhile, Mary Duren had been teaching Killibrew how to read and developed an attraction for him, to which Killibrew is at least initially oblivious. When he returns to the town, no one will help him recover the engine, in part because the site is in the middle of hostile Indian country. Then Mary buys the mules he needs and travels with Killibrew to the site. John and Mary dig a trench to drain the pond in which the steam engine is sunk. During this time John proposes to Mary and they become engaged. However, her three brothers, who had been using Mary as their housekeeper and cook, track down John and Mary and force them into a shotgun wedding. When they return, the engine is not in the drained pond. The pair track it down and discover it was taken by the Indians. Since Killibrew used to live with the Indians many years ago, earning the sobriquet "Big Beaver", he persuades them to give the engine back to him. John and Mary haul the engine back towards the town through rain, facing a bear and temporarily losing it in a cave-in. The wagon with the engine gets stuck in a hole. The townspeople ride out and offer to help, but Killibrew, remembering their earlier refusal turns them down. When he says he doesn't need anybody to help, even Mary leaves him, as a torrential rain pours down. The banker in town plots to take the steam engine in lieu of $316.82 Killibrew owes to the bank. When Killibrew refuses to sell to the bank, the banker serves a writ on Killibrew. After Killibrew beats up the posse, Killibrew submits to arrest. Mary talks the women of the town into trying to lynch the sheriff. Mary sells enough shares in the steam engine to pay John's debt and the sheriff prudently decides to drop the other charges against Killibrew. The steam engine is hauled into town. John and Mary sneak off for their honeymoon.
The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
, 2h24Directed by Norman Tokar
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Gladys Cooper, Geraldine Page, Hermione Baddeley
Roles Tony Biddle
Rating65%
The story begins in Autumn of 1916, and follows an Irish immigrant named John Lawless (Tommy Steele) as he applies for a butler position with eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray). Even though the family is a bit strange, Lawless soon learns that he fits right in. Mr. Biddle takes a liking to him immediately. For the rest of the film, Lawless serves as the narrator/commentator.
In the Year 2889 (1967)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Paul Petersen, Charla Doherty
Roles Steve Morrow
Rating29%
In a post nuclear Earth survivors are holed-up in a secluded valley and must protect themselves from mutant human beings, and in some cases, each other.
A Time for Killing (1967)
, 1h28Directed by Roger Corman, Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Glenn Ford, George Hamilton, Inger Stevens, Paul Petersen, Todd Armstrong, Timothy Carey
Roles Blue Lake
Rating53%
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
Houseboat (1958)
, 1h50Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Paul Petersen, Charles Herbert, Harry Guardino
Roles David Winters
Rating65%
For several years, Tom Winters (Grant) has been estranged from his wife and their three children, David (Petersen), Elizabeth (Gibson), and Robert (Herbert). The film begins as he returns home from Europe shortly after his wife's death. The children want to stay in the country with their mother's wealthy family, including her parents and her sister Carolyn (Hyer), but Tom takes them to Washington, D.C., where he works in the US State Department.
Day of the Badman (1958)
, 1h22Directed by Harry Keller
Genres Western
Actors Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon, John Ericson, Robert Middleton, Marie Windsor, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Boy
Rating62%
Le juge Jim Scott veut condamner un meurtrier à la peine de mort, mais les membres de la famille du hors-la-loi ont l'intention de faire autrement. Le tout-puissant patriarche Charlie Hayes et son entourage sont persuadés qu'ils peuvent utiliser la violence pour faire commuer la peine de leur parent condamné à un simple bannissement. Alors que le shérif Barney Wiley faiblit sous les manigances de la famille, le juge Scott reste résolu à faire en sorte que justice soit faite.
This Could Be the Night (1957)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa, Joan Blondell, Julie Wilson, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Joey (uncredited)
Rating66%
Anne Leeds is a school teacher with only four weeks of experience. She takes a part-time job as a secretary to an ex-bootlegger and horse-playing gambler by the name of Rocco. He's a Broadway nightclub owner with a heart of gold who falls in love with Anne. However, he knows he's too old for her, so keeps his feelings to himself.
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
, 1h17Directed by John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette, Troy Donahue, Harry Jackson
Roles Bobby
Rating64%
In the desert outside of San Angelo, California, a huge meteorite crashes and explodes, scattering hundreds of black fragments over a wide area. The next day, Federal geologist Ben Gilbert (Phil Harvey) brings one of the fragments to his office, where he and local newspaper publisher Martin Cochrane (Les Tremayne) examine it. That night, a strong wind blows over a full water container onto the black rock, starting a chemical reaction.
Affæren Birte (1945)
Directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr., Alice O'Fredericks, Lauritz Lauritzen
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Actors Poul Reumert, Ib Schønberg, Ilselil Larsen, Edouard Mielche, Karl Jørgensen, Per Buckhøj
Rating54%