William Paul Petersen was born on September 23,1945 and is an American actor, singer, novelist, and activist.
11 Facts About Paul Petersen
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In 1990, Paul Petersen established the organization A Minor Consideration to support child stars and other child laborers through legislation, family education, and personal intervention and counseling for those in crisis.
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Paul Petersen began his show-business career at the age of 10 as a Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club.
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Paul Petersen appeared in the 1958 movie Houseboat with Sophia Loren and Cary Grant, but achieved stardom playing teenager Jeff Stone from 1958 to 1966 on the ABC family television sitcom The Donna Reed Show.
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Paul Petersen appeared in many guest roles, including one as a military officer in the short-lived 1967 ABC Western series Custer, with Wayne Maunder in the title role.
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Paul Petersen made a guest appearance on F Troop as "Johnny Eagle Eye" that aired on April 12,1966.
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In 1962, the sentimental teen pop song "My Dad" was performed on The Donna Reed Show with Paul Petersen singing the tune to his on-screen father, actor Carl Betz.
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Paul Petersen's authorship began after he met David Oliphant, a New York City publisher visiting Los Angeles.
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In 1977, Paul Petersen's autobiography entitled Walt, Mickey and Me: Confessions of the First Ex-Mouseketeer was published.
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Paul Petersen recently served on the board of directors of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a national media performers AFL-CIO union based in Los Angeles.
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In 1990, following the suicide of former child star Rusty Hamer, Paul Petersen founded a child-actor support group, A Minor Consideration, to improve working conditions for child actors and to assist in the transition between working as a child actor and adult life, whether in acting or in other professions.