Peter Billingsley Biography
Peter Billingsley is an American actor, director, and producer. Billingsley’s acting roles include Raplhie Parker in the 1983 movie “A Christmas Story,” Jack Simmons in “The Dirt Bike Kid,” Billy in Death Valley, and Messy Marvin in Hershey’s chocolate syrup commercials in the 1980s. Peter kicked off his career as an infant in television commercials.
He received his early childhood education from a combination of tutors, such as child actor tutor Wesley Staples, public schools, and private institutions such as Professional Children’s School in New York City, Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise Valley, and Longview Elementary School in Arizona, and eventually, passed his California High School Proficiency Exam. In the late 1980s, Peter took a brief break from show business to attend Phoenix College.
Peter’s first acting role was as a two-year-old in a Geritol commercial with Betty Buckley playing his mom. He also went on to star in about 120 television advertisements in the 1970s and early 1980s. Billingsley is well known for a series of commercials for Hershey’s chocolate syrup, in which he plays Messy Marvin.
In addition, one of his earliest film roles was in 1978’s If Ever I See You Again, written and directed by Joseph Brooks. His role in 1981’s Paternity earned him a nomination for Best Young Comedian at the Young Artist Awards. He appeared in Honky Tonk Freeway, and he was also a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981. He also starred in several features, such as Death Valley, Maserati, and the Brain, Memories Never Die with Lindsay, and his sister, Melissa.
Peter Billingsley Television Shows
- In 1978: If Ever I See You Again played as a child
- 1981: Honk Tonk Freeway as a Little Billy
- Paternity as Tad
- 1982: Death Valley as Billy
- 1983: A Christmas Story as Ralphie Parker
- 1985: The Dirt Bike Kid as Jack Simmons
- 1987: Russkies as Adam
- 1989: Beverly Hills Brats as Scooter
- 1993: Arcade as Nick
- 1994: The Sacred Fire as Kyle Baker
- 2000: No Deposit, No Return
- 2003: Elf as Ming Ming the elf as well as a co-producer
- 2005: Zahara A space Adventure as a co-producer
- 2006: The Break Up as Andrew as well as an executive producer
- Wild West Comedy Show as Peter and as a co-producer
- 2008: Iron Man as William Ginter Riva and an executive producer
- Four Christmases as Ticket Agent and also executive producer
- 2009: Couples Retreat as a Director
- 2013: A case of You as Scott
- 2015: Prescription Thugs as an executive producer
- 2016: Term Life as a Director
- 2019: Spider-Man Far From Home as William Ginter Riva
Billingsley Films
- 1982: Little House on the Prairie as Gideon Hale – Episode No Beast So Fierce
- Maserati and the Brain as Christopher The Brain Massarati – TV Movie
- 1982: Memories Never Die as Shawn Tilford – TV Movie
- 1984: The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as Arthur Bobowicz – TV Movie
- 1985: Who’s the Boss? as Bobby Michaelsen – Episode Double Trouble
- 1985: The O’Briens as a son – TV Movie
- Highway to Heaven as Ridley – Episode: The Monster, Part 1&2
- 1985: Punky Brewster as Richmond Matzie – Episode: Christmas Shoplifting
- 1986: Tail Tails &Legends as Kevin – Episode: Pecos Bill
- Punky Brester as Richmond Matzie – Episode: Girls will be Boys
- 1986: The Last Frontier as Marty Adamson – TV Movie
- 1987: Carly’s Web as Robert Krantz Jr. – TV Movie
- 1990; CBS Schoolbreak Special as Joey Martelli – Episode: The Fourth Man
- 1993: The Wonder Years as Micky Spiegel- Episodes Summer, Part 1, Independence Day Part 2
- 1994: CBS Shoolbreak Special as Tony – Episode: The Writing on the Wall
- 1995: Family Reunion, A Relative Nightmare as Mark McKenna Jr. – TV Movie
- 1995: Sherman Oaks as Billy Baker – Contract role from 1995 to 1997.
- 1999: L.A Heat as Lance Allan – Episode Obsession
- 1999:The X Show as a Senior field Producer
- 2000: Who’s Watching Who? as a starring – TV Movie
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- 2000; The New Adventures of A.R.K – as a writer, Episode, An Elephant Remembers.
- 2001-2004: Dinner For Five as an Executive producer for 20 episodes
- 2002- present: Made as a co-producer
- 2003: Trigger Happy TV as a field producer- final year
- 2008: Dinner for Five as a Guest as well as an Executive Producer
- 2012: Art of Conflict as a producer
- 2012-2014: Sullivan & Son as an executive producer for all episodes, writer for 33 episodes, and director for 6 episodes.
- 2013: Pursuit of the Truth as Judge and a producer for 10 episodes
- 2015: F Is for Family: as an Executive Producer
- 2020: Challenger, The Final Flight as a spokesman, the young astronaut program
Peter Billingsley Age
How old is Peter Billingsley? Billingsley is 52 years old as of 2023. He was born on April 16, 1971, in New York City, United States. In addition, Peter usually celebrates his birthday on April 16th every year.
Moreover, he is also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley Michaelsen.
Peter Billingsley Wife
Billingsley is happily engaged to his fiance, Buffy Bains. They got engaged on October 19th, 2015. However, even after five years of their engagement, it is still not known whether the duo got married. We promise to keep you posted once the information is available in the limelight.
Peter Billingsley Family
Peter was born in New York to Alwin Michaelsen, father, a financial consultant, and Gail Michaelsen, mother, Alwin’s secretary. Gail is the grand-niece of Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley, and cousin of Glenn Billingsley married to actress Barbara Billingsley from 1915 to 2010.
Gail was the one who initially took the children around to auditions. All five of the children, while they were young, had acting careers. The oldest of Billingsley’s siblings, Dina and Win, had the briefest acting careers, working mostly in commercials, with minor guest spots on television shows. Moreover, Peter’s elder sister, Melissa, may be best known for her role as Maxx Davis in Me and Maxx. Peter’s older brother, Neil, began playing Danny Walton on the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1975 and has had numerous roles in commercials and guest shots on TV series.
Peter Billingsley’s Height
Billingsley stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches tall(Approx. 1.77m). He weighs 79kiloframs(174lbs). In addition, Peter has blue eyes and blonde hair color.
Peter Billingsley Net Worth
Billingsley has an estimated net worth of around $15 million as of 2023. His income is mainly attributed to his successful career as an actor.