Peter Hansen (actor)

Peter Franklin Hansen (born December 5, 1921 in Oakland , California - † April 9, 2017 in Santa Clarita , California) was an American actor .

Life

Career

Peter Hansen made his acting debut at the age of 13 in the Netherlands . But after his first film, he decided to study design and architecture .

He only returned to film in 1950. He starred alongside Alan Ladd in The Brand . Numerous film and television productions followed, until he finally took over the role of lawyer Lee Baldwin in the US soap General Hospital in 1965 . He played the character regularly until 1986, until 2004 he made sporadic guest appearances in this role. In 1979 the artist was awarded an Emmy for this.

During World War II , Peter Hansen served in the United States Marine Corps as a naval aviation pilot.

Private life

Peter Hansen was married to Florence Elizabeth from 1943 until her death in 1993. The couple had three children and lived in California.

Filmography (selection)

• 1934: Willem van Oranje
• 1950: The Branded
• 1951: The Fist of Retribution (Passage West)
• 1951: His Last Outpost (The Last Outpost)
• 1951: Doomsday (When Worlds Collide)
• 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth (The Greatest Show on Earth)
• 1952: What life is worth (Something to Live For)
• 1952: The White Son of the Sioux (The Savage)
• 1954: The Lonely Eagle from the Last River (Drum Beat)
• 1954: The Loretta Young Show (TV series, an episode)
• 1954: The Lone Ranger (TV series, five episodes)
• 1955: File XP 15 (A Bullet for Joey)
• 1955: Bloody Road (Hell on Frisco Bay)
• 1955: The King's Thief (The King's Thief)
• 1955: Fluggeschwader LB 17 intervenes (Top of the World)
• 1955: Rauhe Gesellen (The Violent Men)
• 1956: Heroes can cry too (The Proud and Profane)
• 1956: Three Violent People
• 1956: The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
• 1957: Adventures in the Wild West (TV series, episode)
• 1957: Defense intervenes (5 Steps to Danger)
• 1957: Richard Diamond - Private Investigator (TV series, two episodes)
• 1958: Adventure Under Water (TV series, three episodes)
• 1958: The Man Without a Colt (TV series, an episode)
• 1958: Dr. Bill Baxter, Doctor in Arizona (TV series, episode)
• 1958: Breakthrough at Dawn (The Deep Six)
• 1958: Perry Mason (TV series, an episode)
• 1961: In the Wild West (TV series, two episodes)
• 1961: Maverick (TV series)
• 1961: The Lower Ten Thousand (Pocketful of Miracles)
• 1963: The Untouchables (TV series)
• 1964: Arizona uprising (Apache Rifles)
• 1964: Dr. Kildare (TV series, episode)
• 1964: Lassie (TV series, an episode)
• 1965: The World of Jean Harlow (Harlow)
• 1965: FBI (TV series, two episodes)
• 1965: Solo for ONCEL (TV series, one episode)
• 1976: Makeup and Guns (TV series, an episode)
• 1978: West Through Hell (TV series, seven episodes)
• 1965–1986, 1992–2004: General Hospital (TV series)
• 1983 wedding with obstacles (the man who was not there)
• 1985: Golden Girls (TV series, episode)
• 1985: Magnum (TV series, an episode)
• 1985–1988: Simon & Simon (TV series, three episodes)
• 1986: Cagney & Lacey (TV series, episode)
• 1987: The Man from Another Star (TV series, episode)
• 1988: Cheers (TV series, episode)
• 1988: LA Law (TV series, episode)
• 1989: Harry's Miraculous Criminal Court (TV series, episode)
• 1989: Our Loud Home (TV series, episode)
• 1989: The War of the Roses (The War of the Roses)
• 1990: Without Witnesses (In the Best Interest of the Child)
• 1991: Danielle Steels Fathers (TV movie)
• 1991: Matlock (TV series, an episode)
• 1997: Port Charles (TV series, episode)
• 2002: Under the sign of the dragonfly (Dragonfly)
• 2004: One of the Oldest Con Games (short film)

Web links

• Peter Hansen in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Franklin Hansen Obituary. In: Los Angeles Times . April 11, 2017, accessed April 12, 2017.