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Peter Ellstrom Deuel (February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971), known professionally as Pete Duel, was an American stage, television, and film actor, best known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) in the television series Alias Smith and Jones.
The show initially starred Pete Duel (and, after Duel's death, Roger Davis) as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, outlaw cousins who are trying to reform. The governor offers them a clemency deal on two conditions: that they keep the agreement a secret, and that they will remain wanted fugitives until the governor decides ...
The series consisted of forty-eight 60-minute episodes and two 90-minute episodes. The first thirty-three episodes starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Kid Curry. During the last seventeen episodes, Roger Davis played Hannibal Heyes.
Deuel's brother, Peter, who used the professional name Peter Duel, famously played Hannibal Heyes in ABC's Alias Smith and Jones. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1971 at 31.
When Pete Duel committed suicide at the end of 1971, Davis replaced him as Hannibal Heyes. [7] [8] However, after Davis completed just 17 episodes, it was clear the show would not achieve the same level of popularity it had with Pete Duel. The series ended in 1973 when competition from the popular Flip Wilson Show siphoned the show's ratings. [5]
Harvey Alexander Logan (1867 – June 17, 1904), also known as Kid Curry, was an American outlaw and gunman who rode with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's infamous Wild Bunch gang during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Hannibal Heyes (Joshua Smith) Alias Smith and Jones: 33 1971-12-31 Suicide by gunshot: 2 Character recast with Roger Davis, the series' narrator. Dan Blocker: Hoss Cartwright Bonanza: 400+ 1972-05-13 Pulmonary embolism following surgery 13 Character written out with no on-screen explanation, although Hoss' death is alluded to in at least two ...
His first hit series was Alias Smith and Jones, a 1971–1973 Western which described the activities of Hannibal Heyes and Jedediah "Kid" Curry, concentrating on their efforts to go straight. ( George Roy Hill 's film , scripted by William Goldman , about Butch Cassidy and the "Sundance Kid" , is commonly believed to have been the inspiration ...