Peter Haskell
{{Short description|American actor (1934–2010)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Haskell
| image = PeterHaskell.jpg
| caption = Haskell in 1969
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|10|15}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|04|12|1934|10|15|mf=y}}
| death_place = Northridge, California, United States
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1963–2009
| spouse = {{ubl|Annie Compton (1960–1974)|Dianne Tolmich (1974–2010)}}
| children = 2
}}
Peter Haskell (October 15, 1934 – April 12, 2010){{cite news|title=Peter Haskell, prolific actor who starred in TV's 'Bracken's World', dies at 75|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings16-2010apr16,0,3124038.story|page=AA6|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 19, 2010|accessdate=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420230624/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/15/local/la-me-passings16-2010apr16 |archive-date=April 20, 2010}} was an American actor who worked primarily in television.
Early years
Haskell attended Browne & Nichols and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University following a two-year stint in the United States Army where he rose to the rank of Private First Class.{{cite web|last=Chen |first=Roselle |url=http://www.backstage.com/news/actor-peter-haskell-dead-at-75/ |title=Actor Peter Haskell Dead at 75 |website=Backstage.com |date=2010-04-20 |accessdate=2017-05-29}} His plan to study at Columbia Law School was derailed when he was cast in the off-Broadway play The Love Nest, with James Earl Jones and Sally Kirkland.{{cite web|url=http://lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4220|title=The Love Nest|work=Lortel Archives|accessdate=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630214832/http://lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4220|archive-date=June 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Guest appearances followed on The Outer Limits, Twelve O'Clock High, Dr. Kildare, Combat!, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ben Casey, The Fugitive, The F.B.I. The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Big Valley, Mannix, Medical Center, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Vega$, B. J. and the Bear, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, The A-Team, Hunter, Matlock, Booker, Bracken's World, Frasier, Columbo: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, JAG, The Closer, MacGyver, Murder She Wrote, and Cold Case. He was a regular on the daytime soap operas Search for Tomorrow and Ryan's Hope.
He had recurring roles in Garrison's Gorillas and Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and was featured in TV movies, such as The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972), The Phantom of Hollywood (1974), The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977), Superdome (1978), Mandrake (1979) and The Cracker Factory (1979). Film appearances include the title role in The Legend of Earl Durand (1974), Riding the Edge (1989) and Robot Wars (1993), although he may be best-known as Mr. Sullivan, the CEO of Playpals Toys, in David Kirschner's Child's Play 2 (1990) and Child's Play 3 (1991).
Personal life
Haskell was married to Annie Compton from 1960 until their 1974 divorce. In 1974, he married Dianne Tolmich, with whom he had a son and a daughter (Jason and Audra).{{cite web|url=http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Veteran_television_actor_Peter_Haskell_dies_at_75_P108283|title=Veteran television actor Peter Haskell dies at 75|website=Forum.bcdb.com|date=April 14, 2010|accessdate=June 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130117172623/http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Veteran_television_actor_Peter_Haskell_dies_at_75_P108283|archivedate=January 17, 2013}} Haskell was an Episcopalian and a lifelong liberal Democrat.An Interview With Peter Haskell, Skip E. Lowe, 1991 His daughter announced his death the day it occurred, but did not specify the cause.
Filmography
{{Main article|Peter Haskell filmography}}
References
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External links
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- {{iobdb name|29618}}
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Category:American male film actors
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