About Pete Duel
Peter Ellstrom Deuel, known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, who starred as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in the television series Alias Smith and Jones. Duel's girlfriend Dianne Ray was at his home at the time of his death and discovered his body. Although the show earned good ratings, ABC decided not to bring it back after its first season. During the hiatus between the first and second seasons, he starred in the television production of Percy MacKaye’s 1908 play The Scarecrow.
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