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Biography

The son of Joseph and Doris Breck, the tall (6'2"), dark and handsome actor had hoped to achieve super stardom with the 1959 western…more

Born

3/13/1929, Haverhill,Massachusetts

Died

2/6/2012

Birth Name

Joseph Peter Breck

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- The Secret Empire
  Jess Keller
  - S 1: Ep 10 Chapter 12 - Powerhouse
    5/1/79
  - S 1: Ep 9 Chapter 11 - Return to Chimera
    4/24/79
  - S 1: Ep 8 Chapter 10- The Last Gasp
    4/17/79
  - S 1: Ep 7 Chapter 9 - Mandibles of Death
    4/10/79
  - S 1: Ep 6 Chapter 8 - Sizzling Threat
    4/3/79
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Big Valley
  Nick Barkley
  - S 4: Ep 26 Point and Counterpoint
    5/19/69
  - S 4: Ep 25 Flight from San Miguel
    4/28/69
  - S 4: Ep 24 Danger Road
    4/21/69
  - S 4: Ep 23 Town of No Exit
    4/7/69
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Other Face of Justice
    3/31/69
  - + 105 More Credits
- Black Saddle
  Clay Culhane
  - S 2: Ep 24 End Of The Line
    5/6/60
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Penalty
    4/22/60
  - S 2: Ep 22 A Case Of Slow
    4/15/60
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Return
    4/8/60
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Cabin
    4/1/60
  - + 39 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Maverick
  Doc Holliday
  - S 5: Ep 13 One Of Our Trains Is Missing
    4/22/62
  - S 5: Ep 10 Marshal Maverick
    4/1/62
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Maverick Report
    3/11/62
  - S 5: Ep 5 A Technical Error
    11/26/61
  - S 4: Ep 27 Triple Indemnity
    3/19/61
Guest Star (66)

Role
- John Doe
  William Leverton
  - S 1: Ep 4 Past Imperfect
    10/18/02
- L.A. Heat
  Wayne Berry/Captain Crimestopper
  - S 1: Ep 23 Captain Crimestopper
    4/14/99
- Batman Gotham Knights
  Farmer Brown
  - S 2: Ep 2 Critters
    9/19/98
- The Outer Limits
  Kendal’s Father
  - S 2: Ep 5 Mind Over Matter
    2/2/96
- The Fall Guy
  Reggie Marinak
  - S 5: Ep 2 King of the Stuntmen
    10/3/85
- The Fall Guy
  Big Valley
  - S 3: Ep 19 King of the Cowboys
    2/29/84
- Masquerade
  Senator Weyburn
  - S 1: Ep 3 Girls for Sale
    12/29/83
- Fantasy Island
  Colonel
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Angel's Triangle / Natchez Bound
    11/6/82
- The Fall Guy
  Sheriff Owens
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Human Torch
    12/9/81
- The Dukes of Hazzard
  J.J. Sunday
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Hack of Hazzard
    4/3/81
- The Incredible Hulk
  Hull
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Lottery
    2/15/80
- Fantasy Island
  Casey West
  - S 2: Ep 15 Cowboy / Substitute Wife
    1/20/79
- Vegas
  Walter Melford
  - S 1: Ep 10 Second Stanza
    12/6/78
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Silver Cloud
  - S 4: Ep 22 To Catch the Eagle
    3/6/77
- S.W.A.T.
  Marco
  - S 2: Ep 13 Murder by Fire
    12/6/75
- Nakia
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Beginning in the Wilderness
    10/26/74
- McMillan & Wife
  George Knowland
  - S 4: Ep 1 Downshift to Danger
    9/29/74
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Mike Palmer
  - S 2: Ep 19 Why Is a Crooked Letter
    2/7/73
- Mission: Impossible
  Harry Cordel
  - S 7: Ep 12 Crack-Up
    12/9/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Charles Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Great Shell Game
    2/18/71
- The Virginian
  Lafe
  - S 9: Ep 13 Hannah
    12/30/70
- Highway Patrol
  Whitey Sims
  - S 4: Ep 2 Hostage
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 98 January 20, 1969
    1/20/69
  - S 3: Ep 52 November 14, 1968
    11/14/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 65 December 1, 1967
    12/1/67
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 63 November 22, 1967
    11/22/67
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Wiley Bondesen
  - S 2: Ep 31 Connery's Hands
    7/1/65
- Perry Mason
  Peter Warren
  - S 8: Ep 26 The Case of the Gambling Lady
    4/8/65
- Branded
  Crispo
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Mission (3)
    3/28/65
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Mission (2)
    3/21/65
- Perry Mason
  William Sherwood
  - S 7: Ep 26 The Case of the Antic Angel
    4/16/64
- The Virginian
  Jess Carver
  - S 2: Ep 25 Rope of Lies
    3/25/64
- Bonanza
  Ward Bannister
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Cheating Game
    2/9/64
- Mr. Novak
  Dr. Ted Dietrich
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Feeling For Friday
    11/19/63
- The Outer Limits
  Senator Orville
  - S 1: Ep 7 O.B.I.T.
    11/4/63
- Gunsmoke
  Jubal
  - S 8: Ep 36 The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner
    5/18/63
- Perry Mason
  Clay Elliot
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Case of the Bluffing Blast
    1/10/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Claude "Opie" Price
  - S 5: Ep 7 Wolf, Cried the Blonde
    11/23/62
- Cheyenne
  Matt Kilgore
  - S 7: Ep 6 Indian Gold
    10/29/62
- The Gallant Men
  Henry Draper
  - S 1: Ep 2 Retreat to Concord
    10/12/62
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Mark Wade
  - S 4: Ep 40 The Nightmare
    6/22/62
- Lawman (1958)
  Pete Bole
  - S 4: Ep 39 Jailbreak
    6/10/62
- SurfSide 6
  Harry Sturgis
  - S 2: Ep 34 Squeeze Play
    5/14/62
- Hawaiian Eye
  Ray Martins
  - S 3: Ep 30 Aloha, Cricket
    4/18/62
- Cheyenne
  James
  - S 6: Ep 8 Legacy of the Lost
    12/4/61
- The Roaring 20's
  Benny Lester
  - S 2: Ep 6 Everybody Loves Benny
    11/11/61
- Lawman (1958)
  Hale Connors
  - S 4: Ep 1 Trapped
    9/17/61
- Bronco
  Theodore Roosevelt
  - S 3: Ep 7 Yankee Tornado
    3/13/61
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Tim Winslow
  - S 3: Ep 24 Face In the Window
    2/24/61
- SurfSide 6
  Mark Goodwin
  - S 1: Ep 18 Thieves Among Honor
    1/30/61
- The Roaring 20's
  Buddy Benedict/Joe Peabody
  - S 1: Ep 13 Big Town Blues
    1/21/61
- Hawaiian Eye
  Lou Norris
  - S 2: Ep 16 Baker's Half Dozen
    12/28/60
- Maverick
  Sheriff Dan Trevor
  - S 4: Ep 15 Destination Devil's Flat
    12/25/60
- Sugarfoot
  Theodore Roosevelt
  - S 4: Ep 3 Man from Medora
    11/21/60
- Sea Hunt
  Joe Gordon
  - S 2: Ep 25 Treasure Hunt
    6/21/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Roy Bancroft
  - S 3: Ep 14 Day Of The Killing
    1/8/59
- The Restless Gun
  Brett Dixon
  - S 2: Ep 10 Take Me Home
    12/1/58
- Lawman (1958)
  1st Ranchhand
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Badge
    11/23/58
- Wagon Train
  Alf Meadows
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Tobias Jones Story
    10/22/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Kurt Sprague
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Protege
    10/18/58
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Charles Dixon
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lovely Lady, Pity Me
    10/17/58
- Gunsmoke
  Fly Hoyt
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Patsy
    9/20/58
- U.S. Marshal
  Doyle Ranker
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Turkey Farmers
    9/16/58
- Zane Grey Theater
  Marshal
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Doctor Keeps A Promise
    3/21/58
- The Court of Last Resort
  Bert Stiles
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Mary Morales Case
    3/21/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Frank Weaver
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Teacher
    3/15/58
- Zane Grey Theater
  Sundance Kid
  - S 2: Ep 19 Sundown At Bitter Creek
    2/14/58
- Sheriff of Cochise
  Doyle Ranker
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Turkey Farmers
    9/21/56

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Trivia
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- While attending college in Houston, Peter started singing at various clubs in the area.
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- Peter's dad, whom he shares the same first name, Joseph, was nicknamed Jobie.
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- Peter had only one son, Christopher, born in 1962. He died at a young age, a victum of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
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- Peter Breck: (Commenting on his tenure at John Marshall High School): I made lifelong friends there. We still, to this day, all keep in touch and get together. Mind you, it is more than some 50 years ago that we first met. Friendships like these are invaluable. I treasure them deeply.
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- Peter Breck: (Commenting on working with acting coach Nina Vance): She was task master -- YOU LEARNED!!! I can't thank her enough for all that she gave me...
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