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Gilbert "Gil" Peterson
Born (1936-02-28) February 28, 1936 (age 88)
Occupation(s)Actor, singer

Gilbert Peterson (born May 22, 1936) is an American actor and singer best known for such films and television series as The Cool Ones,[1] The President's Plane is Missing, The F.B.I. and Valley of the Dolls.[2]

He attended Mississippi State University and played halfback for the Mississippi State football team.

Peterson appeared as Jim Otis, a determined young gold prospector who finds an unexpected bonanza in silver in the 1967 episode "Solid Foundation" of the syndicated television series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor. Susan Seaforth Hayes, played his wife, Martha, who supports her husband's dream until it appears impossible to achieve.[3]

References

  1. ^ The New York Times
  2. ^ The New York Times
  3. ^ ""Solid Foundation" on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved June 13, 2015.