Peter Haskell

Peter Haskell was an American actor whose work was mostly on television. He grew up in Boston, studied at Harvard University, spent two years in the Army, and dropped a plan to attend Columbia Law School when he won a part in an off-Broadway production called The Love Nest. Guest spots followed on shows from The Fugitive and Charlie's Angels to The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Columbo, and he was a fixture on the daytime serials Ryan's Hope and Search for Tomorrow. He had recurring parts in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II and Garrison's Gorillas, and appeared in television movies such as Superdome and The Cracker Factory. He took the title part in The Legend of Earl Durand (1974), Riding the Edge (1989) and Robot Wars (1993), and his best known screen part may be the Playpals Toys executive Mr. Sullivan in Child's Play 3 (1991) and Child's Play 2 (1990). He died in 2010.