Ironside

Pete guest starred in an episode in the first of the show's eight seasons.

The Perfect Crime

Date Aired:  7 March 1968
Director:  Charles S. Dubin
Writer:  Leonard H. White and Norman Katkov

Cast:  
Raymond Burr

Guest Stars:
Peter Deuel
Brenda Scott
Ron Russell  

When Chief Ironside visits Bay College to give a lecture, one of the students challenges him, asking him if the perfect crime actually exists.  The members of the college rifle team come under suspicion after a shooting incident on campus.  Pete plays Jonathan Dix, a member of the rifle team and a thoroughly evil and slimy character, despite his outward "charm".   

 

There is a breakdown scene towards the end but it's not really one of Pete's best.

The opening scenes where, within moments of appearing on the screen, Pete establishes Jonathan's character.   Jonathan is probably the least likeable character Pete played, but he turns in an excellent performance in a different type of role.

Oh and if you like he long hair, you might like the breakdown scene as although his hair is slicked back for most of the episode, it is in fact quite long.

Jonathan Dix is a member of the rifle team so there's lots of shots of him with a rifle, but nothing that's difficult to watch in the way that some of Pete's scenes are.

The following clips are in Windows Media Player format and you will need Windows Media Player to play them.

To download a clip to your hard drive, right click on the link and choose Save Target As or Save File As.

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Full Set of Vid Caps 

I would say yes, to see Pete's performance as this character.  I wouldn't recommend it as one to start with though and there are others I'd get first.  

This episode is available in excellent quality - see the Video Tape page.

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