- Excerpt from a newspaper
- Dallas Morning News
- January 4, 1972
Surprising was the death of Pete Duel
of ABC's Alias Smith and Jones. In several interview sessions
I had with Duel over the years, he seemed a happy-go-lucky fellow
on the surface but I got a feeling that he felt that fate had
been less than fair to him. Gidget and Love on a Rooftop
gave him TV exposure but little personal recognition. Alias Smith
and Jones should have been the series that made Duel a household
name, but a newcomer by the name of Ben Murphy--a Paul
Newman lookalike--stole the show and most of the publicity.
Universal Studios said this week that it has a number of completed
episodes of the series with Duel and Murphy, and that Duel's
role will be re-cast. It might be kind of spooky, but Pete has
a brother, Geoffrey--who recently changed his name to
Jeff--that could step into the role.
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