Gil Peterson

Gilbert Peterson (born February 28, 1936) is an American actor and singer best known for such films and television series as The Cool Ones,[1] The President's Plane is Missing, The F.B.I. and Valley of the Dolls.[2]

Gilbert "Gil" Peterson
Born (1936-02-28) February 28, 1936
Winona, Mississippi, USA
OccupationActor, singer

He attended Mississippi State University and played halfback for the Mississippi State football team.

Peterson's first TV appearance was in 1965 on the WWII drama Combat! as a German SS soldier in the fourth season episode "The Raider". He later appeared as Jim Otis, a determined young gold prospector who finds an unexpected bonanza in silver in the 1967 episode "Solid Foundation" of the syndicated television series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor. Susan Seaforth Hayes, played his wife, Martha, who supports her husband's dream until it appears impossible to achieve.[3]

Partial filmography

References
  1. The New York Times
  2. The New York Times
  3. ""Solid Foundation" on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved June 13, 2015.


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