Peter Turgeon

Known for Acting

12/25/1919

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Peter Turgeon was born on December 25, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA as Boyd Higginson Turgeon. He was an actor and writer, known for Hôpital central (1963),Airport (1970) and American Gigolo (1980). He was married to Virginia Wright Richardson Turgeon. He died on October 6, 2000 in Stony Brook, New York.

Known For (12 credits)

6.2

Movie

American Gigolo

1980

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.

5.5

Movie

Anatomy of a Seduction

1979

The story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her own son, who is not much younger than her lover.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

6.5

Movie

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1973

A precocious young girl and her younger brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

5.6

Movie

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.

6.4

Movie

Airport

1970

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.

3.5

Movie

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard.

6.3

Movie

Last Summer

1969

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.

5.9

Movie

The Dove

1968

De Düva is a 1968 Oscar-nominated American short film that parodies the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, including Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal. The film borrows heavily from the plot lines of some of Bergman's most famous films. The dialogue, seemingly in Swedish, is actually a Swedish-accented fictional language based on English, German, Latin, and Swedish, with most nouns ending in "ska." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

6.6

Movie

Dear Heart

1965

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

5.6

Movie

Muscle Beach Party

1964

Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.

5.8

Movie

The World of Henry Orient

1964

A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.

5.0

Studio One

1948

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.