Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Paul Petersen, Actor, Singer, Co-Star, “The Donna Reed Show”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Paul Petersen, is a beloved former child star, pop singer, teen idol, author, spokesman and child rights activist. We first fell in love with him as “Jeff Stone” on “The Donna Reed Show”. 

He also appeared in a number of major motion pictures including “The Monolith Monsters”, “Houseboat”, “A Time for Killing”, “The Happiest Millionaire”, “Journey to Shiloh”, “Mommy’s Day”, “The Portal” and others. And on TV, he’s guest starred in many classic shows including “General Hospital”, “The Virginian”, “Mannix”, “The Flying Nun”, “The Big Valley”, “My Three Sons”, “Lassie”, “Matt Houston”, “Mike Hammer” and many more. 

He’s also starred in numerous TV movies including “Something For a Lonely Man”, “In the Year 2889”, “Gidget Grows Up”, “Scout’s Honor”, and “High School USA”.  Our guest was also a successful recording artist in the 60’s, with a number of hit songs including "She Can't Find Her Keys", "Keep Your Love Locked", "Lollipops and Roses" and "My Dad". 

In the mid-70s, our guest embarked on a writing career. His first book, entitled “High Performance Driving”, teaches drivers to be skillful, safe and efficient. He then published 8 action-adventure novels in a series called “The Smuggler”. And then in 1977 he released a memoir entitled, “Walt, Mickey and Me: Confessions of the First Ex-Mouseketeer”, which is a fascinating and eye-opening account of his tumultuous 3 weeks, at the age of 9 years old, when he was a member of the Mickey Mouse Club TV show hosted by Walt Disney.   

And then, in 1991, following the suicides of former child actors Tim Hovey, Trent Lehman and Rusty Hamer, our guest created a non-profit organization called “A Minor Consideration”, which provides support and assistance to former child stars, and advocates for legislative protection for child celebrities in terms of working conditions and financial security. A Minor Consideration has had a tremendously positive and profound impact in the entertainment industry, and it has given our guest the well-deserved title of “the patron saint of child actors”. And in fact, in 1997 our guest received the Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award at the Young Artist Awards.

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www.paulpetersen.com

www.aminorconsideration.org

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