Peter Turgeon

Peter Turgeon was an American actor. He began in 1940 with a touring production of Life With Father, then served in the Army Air Corps before returning to acting in 1946. He was perhaps best known as Marcus Rathbone, the interfering passenger in Airport (1970). His stage credits included Call Me Mister, Send Me No Flowers, Brigadoon, The Beggar's Opera and A Thurber Carnival, and from 1954 to 1955 he was assistant stage manager for The Tender Trap. On television he was Jack Peterson in seven episodes of the sitcom Mister Peepers, and he appeared in the soap operas Dark Shadows and General Hospital, plus The Edge of Night. His films included The World of Henry Orient (1964), Dear Heart (1964), Muscle Beach Party (1964) and The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972). After retiring from screen work in 1989, he acted, directed and wrote at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Connecticut. He died in 2000.