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Narrator:
Welcome to our show .Today we discuss Pete Duel, His career as a actor has spanned decades.
It all began April 4,1940 Pennfield New York
uel was born in Rochester, New York, the eldest of three children born to Dr. Ellsworth and Lillian Deuel (née Ellstrom).[1] He had a younger brother, Geoffrey Deuel, who also became an actor, and a sister, Pamela.[2]
He attended Penfield High School, where he worked on the yearbook staff, campaigned for student government, and was a member of the National Thespians Society.[3] He graduated in 1957 and attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he majored in English. 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.[4]
Duel's childhood home
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, California in 1963, with only a tent to house them each night.[5]
Lee Thompson: when I was directing a episode of Naked city Jack Palance pointed to him(Forsyth) across the room when we completed filming and said ,"That kid has talent:
Narrator" Obliviously many thought like Jack Palance. since guest roles on the t.v. series fugitive. invaders gomer pyle followed.
finally George Forsyth was cast in his first series as a regular. the show was gidget staring Sally Field.
Forsyth played Gidgets brother in law.
Sally Field: At parties Pete called me his kid sister, I told him if he kept it out I knock him out (LAUGHS)
Pamela Duel"(Georges sister)
George was strongly against
our involvement in Vietnam and campaigning for senator Kennedy. our farther on the other hand was supporting Nixon. their conversations regarding politics were very lively.
"I made a ecology 45 and lectured at some local community colleges in southern California."
Narrator"
Footage shown of Duel in ecology video made around the 60s
it was the mid 70s Pete Duel got the part of Hannibal Hayes in the western tv series playing on abc in early 70s
Glen Larson:
I don't think a western was what Pete wanted to do at the time.
Dec. 31.1971
In the early hours of December 31, 1971, Duel died at his Hollywood Hills home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Duel's girlfriend, Dianne Ray, was at his home at the time of his death and discovered his body. Ray later told police the two had watched Duel's series Alias Smith and Jones the previous evening. She later went to sleep in another room while Duel stayed up. Sometime after midnight, Duel entered the bedroom, retrieved his revolver and told Ray "I'll see you later." Ray then said she heard a gunshot from another room and discovered Duel's body.
According to police, Duel's friends and family said he was depressed about his drinking problem. He had been arrested and pleaded guilty to a driving under the influence accident that injured two people the previous June.[9] Duel's death was later ruled a suicide.[10]
Duel's funeral was held at the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple on January 2, 1972, in Pacific Palisades. At the service, Duel's girlfriend read a poem he wrote, titled "Love". An estimated 1,000 friends and fans attended.[11][12] His body was flown to Penfield, New York, where he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.[13]
After his death, his role in Alias Smith and Jones was taken over by Roger Davis, who was previously the narrator over the opening theme of the show. The loss of Duel proved too great for the series to be sustained and the series was cancelled in 1973.
According to Quentin Tarantino, Duel was one of the inspirations for the character of Rick Dalton in the film Once Upon a time in the west and that is why he was given a part in the film staring leonardo Dicappio.
in the 70s
"I had a terrible problem with alcohol and depression,"
Narrotor
for some time Duel would act in broadway plays and guest roles on t.v. until the part that would make him the beloved star that eh known today coem about.
n 1971, George Lucas wanted to film an adaptation of the Flash Gordon serial, but could not obtain the rights, so he began developing his own space opera.[33][c] After directing American Graffiti (1973), he wrote a two-page synopsis, which 20th Century Fox decided to invest in.[34][35][36] By 1974, he had expanded the story into the first draft of a screenplay.[37] The subsequent movie's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial.[38] With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies.[39] Most of the main cast would return for the two additional installments of the original trilogy, which were self-financed by Lucasfilm.
Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977, and first subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars.[40] Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980, also achieving wide financial and critical success. The final film in the trilogy, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was released on May 25, 1983. The story of the original trilogy focuses on Luke Skywalker's quest to become a Jedi, his struggle with the evil Imperial agent Darth Vader, and the struggle of the Rebel Alliance to free the galaxy from the clutch
Duel was then cast as Han Solo ijn the film star wars. Pete Duel won the part beating Harrison Ford of Indianna Jones fame.Mark Hamiil would play Luke skywalker,Cindy wiliams as princess leia.Duel refused to the force awakens not wanting tto repeat himself.
Narrator:
Welcome to our show .Today we discuss Pete Duel, His career as a actor has spanned decades.
It all began April 4,1940 Pennfield New York
uel was born in Rochester, New York, the eldest of three children born to Dr. Ellsworth and Lillian Deuel (née Ellstrom).[1] He had a younger brother, Geoffrey Deuel, who also became an actor, and a sister, Pamela.[2]
He attended Penfield High School, where he worked on the yearbook staff, campaigned for student government, and was a member of the National Thespians Society.[3] He graduated in 1957 and attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he majored in English. 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.[4]
Duel's childhood home
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, California in 1963, with only a tent to house them each night.[5]
Lee Thompson: when I was directing a episode of Naked city Jack Palance pointed to him(Forsyth) across the room when we completed filming and said ,"That kid has talent:
Narrator" Obliviously many thought like Jack Palance. since guest roles on the t.v. series fugitive. invaders gomer pyle followed.
finally George Forsyth was cast in his first series as a regular. the show was gidget staring Sally Field.
Forsyth played Gidgets brother in law.
Sally Field: At parties Pete called me his kid sister, I told him if he kept it out I knock him out (LAUGHS)
Pamela Duel"(Georges sister)
George was strongly against
our involvement in Vietnam and campaigning for senator Kennedy. our farther on the other hand was supporting Nixon. their conversations regarding politics were very lively.
"I made a ecology 45 and lectured at some local community colleges in southern California."
Narrator"
Footage shown of Duel in ecology video made around the 60s
it was the mid 70s Pete Duel got the part of Hannibal Hayes in the western tv series playing on abc in early 70s
Glen Larson:
I don't think a western was what Pete wanted to do at the time.
Dec. 31.1971
In the early hours of December 31, 1971, Duel died at his Hollywood Hills home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Duel's girlfriend, Dianne Ray, was at his home at the time of his death and discovered his body. Ray later told police the two had watched Duel's series Alias Smith and Jones the previous evening. She later went to sleep in another room while Duel stayed up. Sometime after midnight, Duel entered the bedroom, retrieved his revolver and told Ray "I'll see you later." Ray then said she heard a gunshot from another room and discovered Duel's body.
According to police, Duel's friends and family said he was depressed about his drinking problem. He had been arrested and pleaded guilty to a driving under the influence accident that injured two people the previous June.[9] Duel's death was later ruled a suicide.[10]
Duel's funeral was held at the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple on January 2, 1972, in Pacific Palisades. At the service, Duel's girlfriend read a poem he wrote, titled "Love". An estimated 1,000 friends and fans attended.[11][12] His body was flown to Penfield, New York, where he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.[13]
After his death, his role in Alias Smith and Jones was taken over by Roger Davis, who was previously the narrator over the opening theme of the show. The loss of Duel proved too great for the series to be sustained and the series was cancelled in 1973.
According to Quentin Tarantino, Duel was one of the inspirations for the character of Rick Dalton in the film Once Upon a time in the west and that is why he was given a part in the film staring leonardo Dicappio.
in the 70s
"I had a terrible problem with alcohol and depression,"
Narrotor
for some time Duel would act in broadway plays and guest roles on t.v. until the part that would make him the beloved star that eh known today coem about.
n 1971, George Lucas wanted to film an adaptation of the Flash Gordon serial, but could not obtain the rights, so he began developing his own space opera.[33][c] After directing American Graffiti (1973), he wrote a two-page synopsis, which 20th Century Fox decided to invest in.[34][35][36] By 1974, he had expanded the story into the first draft of a screenplay.[37] The subsequent movie's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial.[38] With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies.[39] Most of the main cast would return for the two additional installments of the original trilogy, which were self-financed by Lucasfilm.
Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977, and first subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars.[40] Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980, also achieving wide financial and critical success. The final film in the trilogy, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was released on May 25, 1983. The story of the original trilogy focuses on Luke Skywalker's quest to become a Jedi, his struggle with the evil Imperial agent Darth Vader, and the struggle of the Rebel Alliance to free the galaxy from the clutch
Duel was then cast as Han Solo ijn the film star wars. Pete Duel won the part beating Harrison Ford of Indianna Jones fame.Mark Hamiil would play Luke skywalker,Cindy wiliams as princess leia.Duel refused to the force awakens not wanting tto repeat himself.