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Duel's childhood home. Duel was born in Rochester, New York, the eldest of three children born to Dr. Ellsworth and Lillian Deuel (née Ellstrom). [1] His brother Geoffrey Deuel was also an actor, best known for his role in Chisum (1970) and numerous episodic television appearances of the 1960s and 1970s; their sister's name was Pamela.
In the early morning hours of December 31, 1971, series star Pete Duel died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 31. He was reportedly suffering from depression and had been drinking heavily when he shot himself. Upon learning of Duel's death, executive producer Jo Swerling Jr. initially wanted to end the series, but ABC refused.
The cast included Pete Duel (his last role before his suicide in December 1971), Gene Wilder, Blythe Danner, Will Geer, Nina Foch, Joan Tompkins, Sian Barbara Allen and Norman Lloyd. Lewis Freedman was the producer, and Boris Sagal directed. [1]
Deuel's brother, Peter, who used the professional name Peter Duel, famously played Hannibal Heyes in ABC's Alias Smith and Jones. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1971 at 31.
The Young Country is a 1970 American Western television film written and directed by Roy Huggins, creator of TV's Maverick.It starred Walter Brennan, Joan Hackett, Wally Cox, Pete Duel and Roger Davis.
It premiered on September 6, 1966 on ABC and stars Pete Duel, credited at the time as Peter Deuel, and Judy Carne in the leads. Also in the regular cast were Rich Little and Barbara Bostock as the Willises’ neighbors, and Herb Voland and Edith Atwater as Julie's parents. All thirty episodes of the series were filmed in color.
The series consisted of forty-eight 60-minute episodes and two 90-minute episodes. The first thirty-three episodes starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Kid Curry. During the last seventeen episodes, Roger Davis played Hannibal Heyes.
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