- Retired and became an appraiser, high school teacher, and novelist. Two of his early novels were twice recipients of the Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Awards. Another of his books was filmed as That Cold Day in the Park (1969).
- He and sister Gigi Perreau played brother and sister on The Betty Hutton Show (1959).
- Talented child star of the late 40s and early 50s, best known for his film role in The Red Pony (1949). Didn't make it to an adult career.
- Spent the first half of his acting career in the movies and the second half on television.
- He was survived by his partner Brian Quach.
- Appeared in three movies with Claude Rains: Passage to Marseille (1944), This Love of Ours (1945) and Song of Surrender (1949).
- Appeared under the direction of three Oscar winners (Michael Curtiz, Vincente Minnelli and Lewis Milestone) and six Oscar nominees (André De Toth, S. Sylvan Simon, William Dieterle, William C. Thomas, Mitchell Leisen and Mervyn LeRoy).
- He was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of Eleanor Alfrida (Child) and Robert Henri Perreau-Saussine. His father was French, and his mother was born in Rhode Island, to English parents. Peter was raised in Los Angeles.
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