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EARLY CAREER Petersen started out in Show Business at the age of ten when he became a "Mousketeer" on the '' Mickey Mouse Club ''. He was fired within two weeks for disorderly content. He was later quoted as saying,"I didn't know a kid actor shouldn't act like a kid." However, he achieved stardom as a Teenage Heartthrob on '' The Donna Reed Show '', an ABC family Sitcom that ran from 1958 to 1966. He played son Jeff Stone in the Donna Reed Show from when he was 12 to when he was 20. Afterwards he was in many guest-roles,but fewer and fewer as the years went on. He said that too many casting directors don't let Bubblegum stars grow up. SINGING CAREER Petersen's fame brought Recording offers and although his singing Voice was limited, he had Hit Record Singles with Song s such as "My Dad", "She Can't Find Her Keys", "Amy", and "Lollipops and Roses" that made it into the Billboard Hot 100 . COLLEGE EDUCATION AND AUTHORSHIP Difficult times followed his almost instantaneous disappearance from the Hollywood spotlight. As a result, Petersen returned to University and obtained a degree in literature that helped him to go on to write sixteen adventure novels. Petersen's authorship began after he met David Oliphant, a New York publisher visiting Los Angeles. His first novel concerned car racing. Thereafter, he created a Matt Helm -type hero, Eric Saveman, also known as " The Smuggler ." In one year, Pocket Books published eight of his Smuggler novels, earning Petersen $75,000. ACTIVISM In 1990, he founded the child-actor support group called A Minor Consideration. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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