Peter Turgeon

Boyd Higginson Turgeon (December 25, 1919 – October 6, 2000), known professionally as Peter Turgeon, was an American film, television, and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the caustic and interfering passenger Marcus Rathbone in the 1970 film Airport.

Life and career Turgeon was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. In 1954 to 1955 he was an assistant stage manager for the Broadway play The Tender Trap.

On screen Turgeon played Jack Peterson in seven episodes of the television sitcom Mister Peepers, starring Wally Cox. He also appeared in the television soap operas Dark Shadows, The Edge of Night and General Hospital. Turgeon guest-starred in television programs including The Phil Silvers Show, L.A. Law, The Jeffersons, The Defenders, The Patty Duke Show and Naked City. He also appeared in films such as Muscle Beach Party, Me, Natalie, Some Kind of a Nut, Dear Heart, The World of Henry Orient and The Possession of Joel Delaney.

After retiring from film and television in 1989, Turgeon worked as an actor, director and writer for the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut, also working at the John Drew Theatre at Guild Hall of East Hampton in East Hampton, New York.

Death Turgeon died in October 2000 at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook, New York.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1964 The World of Henry Orient Orchestra Member 1964 Muscle Beach Party Theodore 1964 Dear Heart Peterson 1968 What's So Bad About Feeling Good? Security Expert Uncredited1969 Last Summer Mr. Caudell Uncredited1969 Me, Natalie Attorney 1969 Some Kind of a Nut Thomas Allen Defoe 1970 Airport Marcus Rathbone 1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney Detective Brady 1973 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Counterman 1980 American Gigolo Julian's Lawyer