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Aug 1, 2014 · There have been a huge number of theories expounded on what happened that night when Pete Duel shot himself to death in the right temple with a .38 caliber pistol. Whatever the reason, Pete’s action had a tremendous impact on the producers of the shows as well as on his friend and co-star, Ben Murphy.
Laura: Did you get Pete’s hat when he passed away? Ben: I remember taking Peter’s hat and then years later I cannot find it. I don’t know what happened. Someone liberated it from me or … but I do remember taking it, yes.
May 9, 2016 · His co-star, Ben Murphy, and his personal friends and co-workers were equally disbelieving. It just couldn’t be. But it was true. Detectives said that Pete had died of a bullet wound in the head. While there was some talk of foul play, they also mentioned the possibility of suicide.
Death. In the early hours of Friday, New Years Eve 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 couple had watched Duel's series Alias Smith and Jones the previous evening. She ...
Murphy played a semi regular role as 'Joseph Sample' assistant to Robert Stack's leading character 'Dan Farrell' in Stack's segments of the show. From 1971–73, he starred in Alias Smith and Jones with Pete Duel (1971–72) and Roger Davis (1972–73). After Alias Smith and Jones, Murphy joined Lorne Greene in the 1973 ABC crime drama Griff.
Feb 24, 2021 · Duel's younger siblings, actor Geoffrey Deuel and actress/singer Pamela Deuel, have retained the original spelling of their family's surname. As Geoffrey recalls, Pete Duel had a "good working relationship" with Murphy. Murphy, like Duel, was also contracted with Universal, and was subsequently called in to audition for Smith and Jones.
Jun 4, 2019 · Photo of Pete Duel, William Windom and Ben Murphy from the television series "Alias Smith and Jones" on March 25, 1971. | Source: Getty Images PETE DUEL'S CAREER When people found out about his personal background, Duel went about living as himself, acting only as required for his job.
