Peter Billingsley

Peter Billingsley

Peter Billingsley is an American actor, director, and producer. His acting roles include Ralphie Parker in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story. On January 28, 1986, he was present at launch pad 39B for the doomed launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger. He is married to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

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Summary Peter BillingsleyPeter Billingsley is an American actor, director, and producer. His acting roles include Ralphie Parker in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, Jack Simmons in The Dirt Bike Kid, Billy in Death Valley, and as Messy Marvin in Hershey’s chocolate syrup commercials during the 1980s. On January 28, 1986, he was present at launch pad 39B for the doomed launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger. He was a spokesman for the young astronaut program. In the late 1980s, he took a brief break from show business to attend Phoenix College. He has appeared in an adaptation of The Hoboken Emergency with Dick Van Patten and Gabe Kaplan. He also appeared on a special Thanksgiving episode of the PBS series WonderWorks, The Beverly Hills Brats, Beverly Brats and Beverly Hills School for Gifted and Talented Criminals.

He had a featured guest role as Gideon Hale on Little House on the Prairie, began a three-year stint as a co-host on NBC’s popular Real People, and hosted a two-episode offshoot of the show called Real Kids. In 1984, he starred in a TV movie adaptation of In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, which built its audience slowly over the years and is now broadcast for 24 hours from Christmas Eve until Christmas Day on TBS. He is married to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and has a daughter, Melissa, who is best known for her role as Maxx Davis on Me and Maxx. His son, Neil, began playing Danny Walton on the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1975 and has had numerous roles on TV series.