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{{Infobox person
(Canadian-American actor of film and television)
| name=Peter J. Helm
| birth_date=December 22, 1941
| birth_place =[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
John F. and Isabel Helm<br>
'''Sister''':<br>
Anne I. Helm (actress)
}}
'''Peter J. Helm''' (born December 22, 1941) is a former [[actor]] originally from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], who appeared on [[United States|American]] [[television]] from 1960 to 1971.<ref name=helm>{{cite web|url= http://italy.imdb.com/name/nm0375637/|title=Peter Helm|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Helm was born to John F. and Isabel Helm. He has an older sister, actress Anne I. Helm. Their father, a [[banker]], died about 1950, and Mrs. Helm remarried. Peter and Anne have a half-brother born in 1952 from their mother's second marriage. Helm was known for his passion of driving numerous Ferrari [[automobile]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finecars.cc/en/editorial/article/news/collectors-corner-ferrari-250-gt-swb-california-spyder/index.html|title=Collectors Corner - Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder|publisher=finecars.cc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}</ref>
==Career==
Peter Helm's first television role was in September 1960, the same month that his inheritance was announced. He played an unnamed 19-year-old delivery boy in the second episode "Crime of Passion" of the [[CBS]] situation [[comedy]], ''Pete and Gladys,'' starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://italy.imdb.com/title/tt0053529/episodes|title=’’Pete and Gladys’’|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> In 1961, Helm appeared in "The Editor's Daughter" episode of Robert Young's CBS comedy/drama, ''[[Window on Main Street]].'' He appeared in 1961 in Richard Chamberlain's [[NBC]] medical drama, ''Dr. Kildare,'' in the role of Tommy Rainey in the segment "For the Living." That same year he was cast in the episode "Very Hard Sell" of the NBC police drama, ''87th Precinct,'' in the role of Andy Cornell, son of a used car dealer (Tom Greenway), who is found dead.<ref name=helm/>
In 1962, Helm appeared as a young GI in the war picture ''The Longest Day.'' That same year he was cast with [[Dale Robertson]] in “To Save a Town,” an episode of the westernseries, ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]].'' That same year he was also cast as Ted Hailey in “Rendezvous in Washington’’ on [[CBS]]'s drama ''Checkmate'' with Anthony George, Doug McClure, and Sebastian Cabot, and as Frank Murphy in “A Matter of Principle” on ABC's drama about the [[Roman Catholic]] priesthood, ''Going My Way.'' In 1963, Helm guest starred as Orin Prentice in “The Wings of the Morning” on the NBC drama about [[psychiatry]], ''The Eleventh Hour.'' His sister Anne appeared in another episode of ''The Eleventh Hour.''<ref name=helm/>
In 1962-1963, Helm appeared three times on the NBC western ''Wagon Train'' in episodes entitled “The Daniel Clay Story,” “The Wagon Train Mutiny,” and “The Tom O’Neal Story,'' in the lead guest-starring role in the latter appearance, with Myron Healey] cast as his father. In 1963, he was cast as Todd in “A Girl Named Amy” of the modern ABC western series ''Stoney Burke,'' starring Jack Lord, and in the role of the character “Grover” in the episode “Incident at Paradise” of the CBS western ''Rawhide'' with Eric Fleming and [[Clint Eastwood]]. In 1963, he played a young reporter named Johnny Peters in the episode “Smoke Screen” of the ABC drama ''The Fugitive,'' starring David Janssen as the fictitious Dr. Richard Kimble.<ref name=helm/>
===Later roles===
In 1964, Helm appeared in two ABC series: as Paul in “A Rich, Famous, Glamorous Folk Singer Like Me” of 'Channing,'' a drama about college life starring Jason Evers, and as Laslo in “The Glory Among Men” of ''Combat!'', a [[World War II]] drama. He appeared three times on the NBC drama ''Mr. Novak,'' starring James Franciscus. .He appeared five years apart on ABC’s ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' as Danny in “The Love Letter” (1960) and as Walter Gordon in “The Unheroic Hero” (1965). He appeared also in 1965 as Norman Quigley in “The Leopard’s Spots” episode of ''My Three Sons,'' starring Fred MacMurray, in one of the last episodes while the series was still aired on ABC.<ref name=helm/>
Other Helm roles in 1965 were as Bob Hyatt in “The Case of the Cheating Chancellor” of CBS’s ''Perry Mason,'' starring Raymond Burr. He played a character called “Gwylem” of NBC's ''Bonanza'' in the episode “Devil on Her Shoulder.” He was Milton Hopwood in the [[film]], ''Inside Daisy Clover,'' starring Natalie Wood. In 1966, he guest starred on ABC’s short-lived western, ''The Legend of Jesse James'' as Zeb Hicks in the episode “The Cave.” That same year, he was Sheldon Carp in “At Home with the Family” of the NBC series ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies.'' His final appearances were on NBC's ''Ironside'' in 1967 as Alfred Dunne in “A Very Cool Hot Car,” as Richard in “The Arrangement” in 1970 of ABC’s ''Make Room for Granddaddy', starring Danny Thomas, and in the episode “Rookie” of [[Henry Fonda]]'s 1971 series, ''The Smith Family.'' He also appeared as Sergeant Crane in the 1971 film ''The Andromeda Strain.''<ref name=helm/>
In 1965, Helm starred in an unsold pilot for a television series called ''See Here, Private Hargrove'', based on producer Marion Hargrove's experiences adjusting to military life during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://italy.imdb.com/name/nm0375637/otherworks|title=Other Works for Peter Helm|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
Helm thereafter worked in film production in such later pictures as ''Bring It On,''' ''All or Nothing,'' and the horror story, ''Drag Me to Hell."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fancast.com/people/Peter-Helm/232018/full-length-videos|title=Peter Helm|publisher=fancast.com|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Helm, Peter}}
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(Canadian-American actor of film and television)
| name=Peter J. Helm
| birth_date=December 22, 1941
| birth_place =[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
John F. and Isabel Helm<br>
'''Sister''':<br>
Anne I. Helm (actress)
}}
'''Peter J. Helm''' (born December 22, 1941) is a former [[actor]] originally from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], who appeared on [[United States|American]] [[television]] from 1960 to 1971.<ref name=helm>{{cite web|url= http://italy.imdb.com/name/nm0375637/|title=Peter Helm|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Helm was born to John F. and Isabel Helm. He has an older sister, actress Anne I. Helm. Their father, a [[banker]], died about 1950, and Mrs. Helm remarried. Peter and Anne have a half-brother born in 1952 from their mother's second marriage. Helm was known for his passion of driving numerous Ferrari [[automobile]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finecars.cc/en/editorial/article/news/collectors-corner-ferrari-250-gt-swb-california-spyder/index.html|title=Collectors Corner - Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder|publisher=finecars.cc|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}</ref>
==Career==
Peter Helm's first television role was in September 1960, the same month that his inheritance was announced. He played an unnamed 19-year-old delivery boy in the second episode "Crime of Passion" of the [[CBS]] situation [[comedy]], ''Pete and Gladys,'' starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://italy.imdb.com/title/tt0053529/episodes|title=’’Pete and Gladys’’|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref> In 1961, Helm appeared in "The Editor's Daughter" episode of Robert Young's CBS comedy/drama, ''[[Window on Main Street]].'' He appeared in 1961 in Richard Chamberlain's [[NBC]] medical drama, ''Dr. Kildare,'' in the role of Tommy Rainey in the segment "For the Living." That same year he was cast in the episode "Very Hard Sell" of the NBC police drama, ''87th Precinct,'' in the role of Andy Cornell, son of a used car dealer (Tom Greenway), who is found dead.<ref name=helm/>
In 1962, Helm appeared as a young GI in the war picture ''The Longest Day.'' That same year he was cast with [[Dale Robertson]] in “To Save a Town,” an episode of the westernseries, ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]].'' That same year he was also cast as Ted Hailey in “Rendezvous in Washington’’ on [[CBS]]'s drama ''Checkmate'' with Anthony George, Doug McClure, and Sebastian Cabot, and as Frank Murphy in “A Matter of Principle” on ABC's drama about the [[Roman Catholic]] priesthood, ''Going My Way.'' In 1963, Helm guest starred as Orin Prentice in “The Wings of the Morning” on the NBC drama about [[psychiatry]], ''The Eleventh Hour.'' His sister Anne appeared in another episode of ''The Eleventh Hour.''<ref name=helm/>
In 1962-1963, Helm appeared three times on the NBC western ''Wagon Train'' in episodes entitled “The Daniel Clay Story,” “The Wagon Train Mutiny,” and “The Tom O’Neal Story,'' in the lead guest-starring role in the latter appearance, with Myron Healey] cast as his father. In 1963, he was cast as Todd in “A Girl Named Amy” of the modern ABC western series ''Stoney Burke,'' starring Jack Lord, and in the role of the character “Grover” in the episode “Incident at Paradise” of the CBS western ''Rawhide'' with Eric Fleming and [[Clint Eastwood]]. In 1963, he played a young reporter named Johnny Peters in the episode “Smoke Screen” of the ABC drama ''The Fugitive,'' starring David Janssen as the fictitious Dr. Richard Kimble.<ref name=helm/>
===Later roles===
In 1964, Helm appeared in two ABC series: as Paul in “A Rich, Famous, Glamorous Folk Singer Like Me” of 'Channing,'' a drama about college life starring Jason Evers, and as Laslo in “The Glory Among Men” of ''Combat!'', a [[World War II]] drama. He appeared three times on the NBC drama ''Mr. Novak,'' starring James Franciscus. .He appeared five years apart on ABC’s ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' as Danny in “The Love Letter” (1960) and as Walter Gordon in “The Unheroic Hero” (1965). He appeared also in 1965 as Norman Quigley in “The Leopard’s Spots” episode of ''My Three Sons,'' starring Fred MacMurray, in one of the last episodes while the series was still aired on ABC.<ref name=helm/>
Other Helm roles in 1965 were as Bob Hyatt in “The Case of the Cheating Chancellor” of CBS’s ''Perry Mason,'' starring Raymond Burr. He played a character called “Gwylem” of NBC's ''Bonanza'' in the episode “Devil on Her Shoulder.” He was Milton Hopwood in the [[film]], ''Inside Daisy Clover,'' starring Natalie Wood. In 1966, he guest starred on ABC’s short-lived western, ''The Legend of Jesse James'' as Zeb Hicks in the episode “The Cave.” That same year, he was Sheldon Carp in “At Home with the Family” of the NBC series ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies.'' His final appearances were on NBC's ''Ironside'' in 1967 as Alfred Dunne in “A Very Cool Hot Car,” as Richard in “The Arrangement” in 1970 of ABC’s ''Make Room for Granddaddy', starring Danny Thomas, and in the episode “Rookie” of [[Henry Fonda]]'s 1971 series, ''The Smith Family.'' He also appeared as Sergeant Crane in the 1971 film ''The Andromeda Strain.''<ref name=helm/>
In 1965, Helm starred in an unsold pilot for a television series called ''See Here, Private Hargrove'', based on producer Marion Hargrove's experiences adjusting to military life during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://italy.imdb.com/name/nm0375637/otherworks|title=Other Works for Peter Helm|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
Helm thereafter worked in film production in such later pictures as ''Bring It On,''' ''All or Nothing,'' and the horror story, ''Drag Me to Hell."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fancast.com/people/Peter-Helm/232018/full-length-videos|title=Peter Helm|publisher=fancast.com|accessdate=February 12, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Helm, Peter}}
[[Category:Canada]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:Actors]]