Bob Peters (character)

Robert 'Bob' Peters is a fictional character created by writer and former World War II Navy Seal James Nelson for his trilogy The Case of a Vigilante (1969), The Search for a Vigilante (1971) and The Showdown of a Vigilante (1975). Actor Brian Darrow portrayed Peters in the adaptations The Case of a Vigilante (1973), Bob Peters (1977) and The Man Who Cheated Death (1981). Kiefer Sutherland is to portray Peters in the 2011 remake Vigilante Peters.

Disciption and Personality

Novels

In the novel The Case of a Vigilante, writer James Nelson describes Peters as being short-tempered, trigger-happy and depressed after the deaths of his parents, brother and wife. In one scene in the first novel - Chapter 7 - Peters slaps Francesca "Frankie" Clyde over the face after she mentions his wife during a heated argument between the two. Also, in Chapter 10, Peters' rival and former colleague Deputy Rick Day after he taunted him AbOUT not having any one left to love. It was mentioned in the novel that one of the reasons Peters had been sacked from the Los Angeles Police Department was because he knocked Day unconscious. In the novel, Peters is also somewhat driven mad, sometimes in a state of depression repeating his wife's final words "You're a fool, Bob Peters, but I love you all the same" over and over again.

In the novel The Search for a Vigilante, writer James Nelson describes Peters to have become laid back after having married Francesca "Frankie" Clyde. However, Nelson then informs the reader that because of his unemployment, Peters was on the brink of becoming an alcoholic.

Films

Fictional Biography

Background History

Novels

The Case of a Vigilante (1969)

The Search for a Vigilante (1971)

The Showdown of a Vigilante (1975)

Films

The Case of a Vigilante (1973)

Bob Peters (1977)

The Man Who Cheated Death (1981)

Vigilante Peters (2011)