Description:
Peter Brown got into acting when he was in the army by organizing a theater group on base to occupy his spare time while stationed in Alaska. After his discharge he enrolled in the acting program at UCLA, and starting in the mid-1950s found employment in many of the western films and series being turned out at the time (he is especially remembered for his work as eager young deputy Johnny McKay in the classic western series Lawman (1958) and as one of a trio of Texas Rangers in the western action/comedy series Laredo (1965)). Following the end of a contract with Universal Pictures (1965-1972), he switched to soap operas and made-for-TV films, and has been steadily employed ever since.
Birthday
October 5, 1935
Born In
New York City, New York, USA
Alternative names
Peter L. Brown
, Pete Brown
Height
183 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Kerstin Kern September 6, 2008 - March 21, 2016 (his death),Mary Kathleen Gauba November 29, 1986 - 1999 (divorced),Liliane Alice Yvette Safargy November 14, 1971 - September 1974 (divorced),Sandy Edmundson May 26, 1964 - March 1971 (divorced),Diane Jergens August 6, 1958 - June 1960 (divorced)
Children
Joshua Brown
Trivia
In the early 1960s when TV-western mania reached its peak, an American
magazine sponsored a contest for the actors who portrayed western
heroes and villains. Since the climactic moment of so many shows was
the classic quick-draw shoot-out, the actors had to acquire that skill
to play their scenes. The magazine held a competiton among some of the
stars of the shows, firing blanks, aiming not at each other but
downrange, and using an electronic timer. Quite a number of cowboy
stars showed up to "slap leather." He beat them all and won the title
of the fastest gun in Hollywood.
Quotes
Every actor likes to work. But there are different qualities of work.
I've gone to the Philippines to make war movies in the jungles and
swamps with leeches and I've ridden horses playing cowboys and Indians.
I've lots of different kinds of work and I am grateful for all of it.
