Peter set up a full-time acting academy school, The Breck … Mitchum invited Peter to Los Angeles and helped set him up there.Peter struggled to establish himself in films like The Beatniks (1960) - Peter played a troubled young hoodlum, and although his billing listed him as a co-star, Peter's performance stole the title of "star" from Tony Travis.Peter and the powers that be soon discovered that rugged TV roles came easier to him. Previously added ... have a listen to the interview Peter had with 96.5 FM in Melbourne, Australia in May of 2008. Memories of Peter Breck by James Drury (The Virginian) The 2012 calendar is still available through this site. Costarring Russell Johnson (later the "Professor" on "Gilligan's Island" (1964) who plays a suspicious U.S. She requested no funeral nor memorial. However, we are going to turn back now to his early years. After post-World War II United States Navy service in the 1940s on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), Breck played professional basketball for the Rochester Royals during the 1948-49 season.
Spouse (1) * side note - I live in Rochester, and have frequented some of the places Peter did during his life here.Following his schooling at John Marshall High School in Rochester, Peter served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Tragically, it was during this time that their son, Christopher, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and died (two years later).Though Peter continued to make several “B” movies, he made the decision to slow down after the loss of his son. Although the series was canceled after a single season, Peter was signed to a Warner Brothers studio contract.Tall, dark and handsome, Peter guest-starred on all the top Warner Bros. TV shows of the day -- "The Roaring 20's" (1960), "Sugarfoot" (1957), "Surfside 6" (1960), "Bronco" (1958), "Hawaiian Eye" (1959), "77 Sunset Strip" (1958), "Cheyenne" (1955), Tombstone Territory, and played a recurring "Doc Holliday" in the popular series "Maverick" (1957).He returned to the movies as well, but this time in stronger leads or co-leads.
Peter was sent to live with his grandparents until his parents divorced and young Peter returned to Rochester to live with his mother and her new husband. Diana Bourne was born in 1932. While performing there in a 1957 production of George Bernard Shaw's "The Man of Destiny", he was "discovered" by Robert Mitchum, who cast him in an unbilled role in the film Thunder Road (1958). In the mid-1980s, Breck moved to Vancouver, worked in theater and opened an acting school. Married to former dancer Diana Bourne since 1960, the couple settled in Vancouver, Canada, with their son Christopher. I have been unable to find information on the year it was published.Peter passed away on February 6, 2012.We would like to express to you our deepest thanks for your contribution. Handed a choice co-starring assignment in Portrait of a Mobster (1961) opposite star Vic Morrow, who played the infamous "Dutch Schultz", Peter also managed to show a rare, gentler side in the outdoor family drama Lad: A Dog (1962).Peter left Warners after only a few years but managed to win the leads in two low-budget cult thrillers in its wake -- Shock Corridor (1963) and The Crawling Hand (1963).In 1964, Peter appeared in The Cheating Game on Bonanza.Peter won the role of Nick on "The Big Valley" (1965-1969), a show with a strong ensemble cast that included oldest brother Richard Long (Jarrod), youngest brother Lee Majors (Heath), sister Linda Evans (Audra), and Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley.After The Big Valley, Peter continued in movies and television.In 1981, Peter reunited with The Big Valley co-star Lee Majors in a guest starring role in Majors' television show, The Fall Guy.Peter abruptly left Hollywood in the 1970s and focused on the theater both in the U.S. and Canada, appearing in such showcase vehicles as "The Gazebo", "A Thousand Clowns", "The Rainmaker" and "Mister Roberts". To be more specific, he died on February 6, 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.
Mary Isbell,Peter Breck Born: Joseph Peter Breck March 13, 1929 Died: February 6, 2012 (age 82) The Big Valley as Nick Barkley, Lee MarvinBarbara StanwyckMovie StarsActors & ActressesBing ImagesMovie TvTv ShowsBigCollection Peter Breck and Babara Stanwyck Married to former dancer Diana Bourne since 1960, the couple settled in Vancouver, Canada, with their son Christopher.