Peter Helm, the Toronto actor who appeared in 1960 shows such as Naked city, Wagon train and Ironside And in movies including Longest day, Inside Daisy Clover and Andromeda dynastyHe died. He was 84 years old.
Helm died Thursday in his sleep at his West Hills home, his friend David Timmerman said Hollywood Reporter.
Survivors include his sister, actress Anne Helm (Follow this dream, Magic sword, Iron Maiden(and daughter of actress Tiffany Helm)Friday the 13th: A new beginning).
The colorful Helm appeared alongside Jane Fonda, Dean Jones and Joey Heatherton on Broadway in the 1960 film directed by Josh Logan. There was a little girla drama about rape, and then acted on stage with Myrna Loy in the 1962 production of James Kirkwood’s film. There must be a dowry Which was aiming for Broadway but missed.
She said he and Heatherton would enjoy a great friendship as they traveled the world together over the years THR And that he was “a great actor and a great person, on top of the world.” The pair also worked with George Carlin early in his career, and the comedian once described Helm as one of the funniest men he had ever met.
On the big screen, Helm portrayed an ill-fated soldier in the Darryl F. Zanuck-produced film. Longest day (1962) and social climber Milton Hopwood opposite Natalie Wood in Robert Mulligan’s film Inside Daisy Clover (1965), then forwarded the sci-fi plot as one of two Air Force officers who discover a falling American satellite at Robert Wise. Andromeda dynasty (1971).
Peter John Helm Jr. was born on December 22, 1941. After the death of his banker father, John, his mother, Isabel, brought his older sister to New York in 1952 to support her ballet ambitions, and he and his half-brother, David, came with him.
Helm made his screen debut in a 1959 episode of the NBC comedy series Too small to hold stillThen they appeared as types with new faces in series such as Dr. Kildare, The Donna Reed Show, Wells Fargo Stories, Naked city, Rawhide, The fugitive, Fight!, Mr. Novak, Farmer’s daughter, Perry Mason and Bonanza During the mid-sixties.
His final screen credit came in a 1971 episode of the television series Smith family.
In 1991, Helm founded Vancouver-based GeoMediapro, where he worked as a director and producer, taught at the Vancouver Film School and was a member of the staff for more than 20 years. Away from show business, he was an avid aviation photographer and founder of the Ferrari Club of Los Angeles and loved to drive fast.
His first wife was actress Brooke Bundy (two years old). A Nightmare on Elm Street films); They were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1966. His survivors include another daughter, Brandi, and seven grandchildren. His son Dustin died due to complications from a motorcycle accident in 2014.
