Peter Helm
| Peter J. Helm | |
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Helm and Maggie Pierce in "The Daniel Clay Story", 1962
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December 22, 1941 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Television & film actor |
| Parent(s) | John F. and Isabel Helm |
Peter J. Helm (born December 22, 1941) is an actor originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who appeared on American television from 1960-1971.
Helm was born to John F. and Isabel Helm. He has an older sister, actress Anne I. Helm. Their father, a banker, died in the early 1950's, and Mrs. Helm remarried. Peter and Anne have a half-brother born in 1952 from their mother's second marriage. Helm was known for driving numerous Ferrari automobiles.
Peter Helm's first television role was in September 1960, the same month that his inheritance was announced. He played an unnamed 19-year-old delivery boy on the CBS situation comedy Pete and Gladys, starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams in “Crime of Passion”, the second episode of the series. In 1961, Helm appeared in "The Editor's Daughter" episode of Robert Young's CBS comedy/drama, Window on Main Street. He appeared in 1961 in Richard Chamberlain's NBC medical drama, Dr. Kildare, in the role of Tommy Rainey in the segment "For the Living". That same year he was cast in the episode "Very Hard Sell" of the NBC police drama, 87th Precinct, in the role of Andy Cornell, son of a used car dealer (Tom Greenway), who is found dead.
In 1962, Helm appeared as a young GI in the war picture The Longest Day. That same year he was cast with Dale Robertson in “To Save a Town”, an episode of the western series Tales of Wells Fargo. That same year he was also cast as Ted Hailey in “Rendezvous in Washington’’ on CBS's drama Checkmate with Anthony George, Doug McClure, and Sebastian Cabot, and as Frank Murphy in “A Matter of Principle” on ABC’s drama about the Roman Catholic priesthood, Going My Way. In 1963, Helm guest starred as Orin Prentice in “The Wings of the Morning” on the NBC drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. His sister Anne appeared in another The Eleventh Hour episode.
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