Paul Petersen - (US, 1946?- )


Figure 1.--Paul made at least one movie. He played the teenage son of Carry Grant and has a crush on Sophea Loren in "Houseboat" (1958).

Paul was famous for playing Jeff, the wise-cracking teenage son, on "The Donna Reed Show. He was like other family sit coms at the time a typical suburban kid. His costumes were typical for the late 1950s, but rather conservative by 1966 when the show ended. He played the part reasonably well, but never was one ofthe more popukar child stars. Paul began at age 12 on the show and was on from 1958-66. Actually he was one of the original Disney Mouseketeers, but was fired after three weeks. He was about 9 at the time. He had an aversion to nick names, but they called him "Mouse" and "Willie PP"--both of which he objected to. One of the adult Mouseketeers (Lee--the fat one) called him Mouse one day. Paul slugged him in the stomachs. Walt Disney saw him and had him fired. He made at least one movie. He played the teenage son of Carry Grant and has a crush on Sophea Loren in "Houseboat" (1958). I saw him recently on a show interviewing several former child stars. He really resented the experience, saying it deprived him of his childhood. He said he would never let his kids do it. I was quite amazed by his looks. He is one of the few child actors who still recognizably looks like himself as a boy. He now runs a counseling service for former child actors and is a frequent spokesperson on the subject.







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