Chris Petersen (actor)

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'''Chris Petersen''' (born August 18, 1963) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. Beginning his career as a [[child actor]] at the age of 12, he is best known for his roles in the feature films ''[[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July]]'', ''[[The Swarm (film)|The Swarm]]'' and ''[[The Little Dragons]]''. Rising to prominence among teen audiences during the late 1970s and 1980s, he is also remembered for starring in various teen anthology series of the time including ''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]'', ''[[CBS Afternoon Playhouse]]'' and ''[[NBC Special Treat]]'', as well as for his co-starring role on [[Norman Lear|Norman Lear's]] "interactive" situation comedy, ''[[The Baxters]]''.

==Early life==
Chris Petersen was born '''Christopher P. Petersen''' on August 18, 1963 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], sometimes mistakenly credited professionally as "Chris Peterson".<ref name="Family Tree Legends 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=christop&last=petersen&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=34&SubmitSearch.y=7&SubmitSearch=Submit|title=Christopher P. Petersen - California Births|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=Family Tree Legends}}</ref> His younger brother is former child actor [[Patrick Petersen|Pat Petersen]] (born August 9, 1966<ref name="Family Tree Legends 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=patrick&last=petersen&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=49&SubmitSearch.y=15&SubmitSearch=Submit|title=Patrick J. Petersen - California Births|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=Family Tree Legends}}</ref>), who also appeared in a number of films and television series of the time, including co-starring alongside Chris in the 1980 feature film ''[[The Little Dragons]]'' (also known as ''[[The Little Dragons|Karate Kids, U.S.A.]]'').<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="IMDb.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676925/|title=Pat Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
Petersen began his television career in 1977 with a small featured role on the [[American Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] action-crime series ''[[Starsky and Hutch]]''. In the episode titled ''[[List of Starsky and Hutch episodes#Second Season (1976–77)|The Psychic]]'', Petersen made his television debut with a small role as "Ringo", one of two boys who are caught stealing tires from Starsky's [[Ford Torino|Ford Gran Torino]].<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref> In January 1978, Peterson had a guest-starring role on the [[NBC]] period drama ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In the episode titled ''[[List of Little House on the Prairie episodes#Season 4 (1977-1978)|The Rivals]]'', Peterson played Jimmy Hill, a boy in [[Walnut Grove, Minnesota|Walnut Grove]], who Laura ([[Melissa Gilbert]]) falls in love with and whose affections she feels she must compete for; ultimately resulting in what would be Laura's first kiss on the series.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref>

===Teen career===
In March 1978, Petersen landed his first film role in the [[NBC]] television movie, ''[[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In the film, Peterson starred as Danny Cooper (later portrayed by fellow child star [[Ronnie Scribner]] in the [[The Long Days of Summer|sequel]]), a boy growing up in a small [[New England]] town in 1937 who, along with his sister ([[Katy Kurtzman]]), must find a way to exonerate the town's gentle misfit after he is accused of a [...].<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> Later that same month, Peterson co-starred on the popular children's anthology series ''[[The ABC Afterschool Special]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In the episode titled ''[[ABC Afterschool Special#Season Six (1977-78)|The Rag Tag Champs]]'', Peterson played Pat McCleod, one of the players on a troubled baseball team in need of a qualified coach.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In July of that year, Petersen appeared in his first feature film role in [[Irwin Allen|Irwin Allen's]] camp disaster-thriller, ''[[The Swarm (film)|The Swarm]]''. In the film, Petersen had a featured role as "Hal", one of the boys who fire-bomb a hive of killer bees that are attacking the residents in their small [[Texas]] town..<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref><ref name="TurnerClassMovies.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/151098%7C0/Chris-Petersen/|title=Chris Petersen - TCM|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TurnerClassicMovies.com}}</ref>

In December 1978, Petersen followed up with the lead role in a 5-part mini-series presentation of ''[[CBS Afternoon Playhouse]]''.<ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref><ref name="TVGuide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chris-petersen/credits/144533|title=Chris Petersen - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-23|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> The series, an anthology showcase primarily aimed at [[adolescents]], was [[CBS|CBS's]] answer to the ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''. In the special presentation titled ''Joey and Redhawk'', Peterson played the titular role of Joey, a 14-year-old from [[Ohio]] who learns to survive in the [[Colorado]] [[Rocky Mountains]] with the help of an [[apache]] he meets named Redhawk (Guillermo San Juan).<ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref><ref name="TVGuide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chris-petersen/credits/144533|title=Chris Petersen - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-23|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> Advertised as an "afternoon mini-series for young people", the feature film length story debuted on Monday December 4, 1978, with a 30-minute installment airing each day through Friday December 8, 1978, and also featured an early co-starring appearance by [[Eric Stoltz]] as well as a teenage [[Danny Bonaduce]].<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref><ref name="TVGuide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chris-petersen/credits/144533|title=Chris Petersen - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-23|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> In March 1979, Petersen appeared on the [[CBS]] action-adventure series ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''.<ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref> In the episode titled ''[[List of The Incredible Hulk episodes#Season 2|No Escape]]'', Petersen guest-starred as Steve, a young teen who encouters "The Hulk" ([[Lou Ferrigno]]) in an all-night laundromat and runs out frightened without his clothes.<ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref>

In September 1979, Petersen landed one of the lead roles on the [[Norman Lear]] situation comedy ''[[The Baxters]]''.<ref name="TVGuide.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/baxters/cast/199937|title=The Baxters - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.Yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/the-baxters/show/28971/castcrew|title=The Baxters - Yahoo! TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TV.Yahoo.com}}</ref><ref name="FuzzyMemories.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=2819&m=|title=The Baxters - Fuzzy Memories TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=FuzzyMemories.tv}}</ref> On the series, Petersen co-starred as Jonah Baxter, the teenage son of a middle-class suburban family living in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]. <ref name="TVGuide.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/baxters/cast/199937|title=The Baxters - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.Yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/the-baxters/show/28971/castcrew|title=The Baxters - Yahoo! TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TV.Yahoo.com}}</ref><ref name="FuzzyMemories.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=2819&m=|title=The Baxters - Fuzzy Memories TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=FuzzyMemories.tv}}</ref> The series was the first "[[interactive]] [[sitcom]]" of its kind, wherein the first half of each 30-minute episode presented a vignette dramatizing the events in the lives of the Baxter family, and the second half was an "instant analysis" [[talk show]] segment, giving a live studio audience and guests an opportunity to express their opinions about the topic being presented that week.<ref name="TVGuide.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/baxters/cast/199937|title=The Baxters - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.Yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/the-baxters/show/28971/castcrew|title=The Baxters - Yahoo! TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TV.Yahoo.com}}</ref><ref name="FuzzyMemories.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=2819&m=|title=The Baxters - Fuzzy Memories TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=FuzzyMemories.tv}}</ref> Although credited by several online sources as "Chris Peterson", this is simply a misspelling and he was credited properly on the show.<ref name="TVGuide.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/baxters/cast/199937|title=The Baxters - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.Yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/the-baxters/show/28971/castcrew|title=The Baxters - Yahoo! TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TV.Yahoo.com}}</ref><ref name="FuzzyMemories.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=2819&m=|title=The Baxters - Fuzzy Memories TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=FuzzyMemories.tv}}</ref> The series was produced in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] for the 1979–1980 season before production was moved to [[Ontario, Canada]] and an entirely new Baxter family was introduced, played by an all new cast.<ref name="TVGuide.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/baxters/cast/199937|title=The Baxters - TV Guide|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.Yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/the-baxters/show/28971/castcrew|title=The Baxters - Yahoo! TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=TV.Yahoo.com}}</ref><ref name="FuzzyMemories.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=2819&m=|title=The Baxters - Fuzzy Memories TV|accessdate=2011-03-24|work=FuzzyMemories.tv}}</ref>

In March 1980, Petersen appeared in a co-starring role on an episode of ''[[NBC Special Treat|The NBC Special Treat]]'', yet another anthology series showcasing adolescent [[teleplays]] akin to the ''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref> In the episode titled ''The House at 12 Rose Street'', Chris starred alongside fellow child actor [[Moosie Drier]], as one of the boys in an all-white suburban neighborhood when the first African-American family moves in.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref> In July 1980, Peterson appeared in what would be his first and only starring feature film role in the action-comedy, ''[[The Little Dragons]]'' (also known as ''[[The Little Dragons|Karate Kids U.S.A.]]'').<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref><ref name="TurnerClassMovies.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/151098%7C0/Chris-Petersen/|title=Chris Petersen - TCM|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TurnerClassicMovies.com}}</ref> The film co-starred both Chris and his younger brother [[Patrick Petersen|Pat]] as brothers Zack and Woody, two young [[karate]] students who set out to rescue a new friend after she is [[kidnapped]] and held for ransom by a woman ([[Ann Sothern]]) and her two bumbling sons.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="IMDb.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676925/|title=Pat Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> Although most online sources list the film as being released in 1980,<ref name="IMDb.com 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081061/|title=The Little Dragons - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-22|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-little-dragons-29511|title=The Little Dragons - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-22|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref><ref name="Movies.Yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800089072/info|title=The Little Dragons - Yahoo! Movies|accessdate=2011-03-22|work=Movies.Yahoo.com}}</ref> the Petersen brothers appear to be notably younger than in their various other roles during that same year.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="IMDb.com 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676925/|title=Pat Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref> Indicated by their youthful appearance and hairstyles, the film appears to have been filmed sometime between 1977 and 1978.<ref name="RottenTomatoes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_dragons/|title=The Little Dragons - Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=2011-03-22|work=RottenTomatoes.com}}</ref>

===Later career===
After finishing his year on ''[[The Baxters]]'', just as his brother Pat was rising to prominence as Michael Fairgate on the [[CBS]] primtetime drama ''[[Knot's Landing]]'', Chris Petersen's acting career was coming to its end.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In October 1981, he had a small role on the [[NBC]] mystery-crime drama ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In the episode titled ''[[List of Quincy, M.E. episodes#Season 7: 1981 - 1982|Memories of Allison]]'', Peterson appeared as one of the students attending a high school "career day"; his character simply credited as "Boy".<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In November of that same year, Petersen made what would be his final on-screen appearance on the [[CBS]] comedy-drama ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref> In the episode titled ''[[M*A*S*H (season 10)#Season 10: 1981–1982|Wheelers and Dealers]]'', Petersen appeared in a small role as one of three young recruits whom [[B. J. Hunnicutt]] challenges to a game of [[pinball]]; this time simply credited as "Second Recruit".<ref name="IMDb.com 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676786/|title=Chris Petersen - IMDb|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref name="TV.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/chris-petersen/person/56058/summary.html?tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=Chris Petersen - TV.com|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=TV.com}}</ref><ref name="AllMovie.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-petersen-56313|title=Chris Petersen - AllMovie|accessdate=2011-03-20|work=AllMovie.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9
|- align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|- align="center"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Film
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''[[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July]]''
| Daniel Cooper
| TV movie
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Swarm (film)|The Swarm]]''
| Hal
| Feature film
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Little Dragons]]''
| Zack
| Feature film
|- align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|- align="center"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Starsky and Hutch]]''
| Ringo
| Episode: "''[[List of Starsky and Hutch episodes#Second Season (1976–77)|The Psychic]]''"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''
| Jimmy Hill
| Episode: "''[[List of Little House on the Prairie episodes#Season 4 (1977-1978)|The Rivals]]''"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''
| Pat McCleod
| Episode: "''[[ABC Afterschool Special#Season Six (1977-78)|The Rag Tag Champs]]''"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[CBS Afternoon Playhouse]]''
| Joey
| Mini-series: "''Joey and Redhawk''"
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
| Steve
| Episode: "''[[List of The Incredible Hulk episodes#Season 2|No Escape]]''"
|-
| 1979–80
| ''[[The Baxters]]''
| Jonah Baxter
| Season 1: Co-starring
|-
| 1980
| ''[[NBC Special Treat]]''
| (Unknown)
| Episode: "''The House at 12 Rose Street''"
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''
| "Boy"
| Episode: "''[[List of Quincy, M.E. episodes#Season 7: 1981 - 1982|Memories of Allison]]''"
|-
| 1981
| ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
| "Second Recruit"
| Episode: "''[[M*A*S*H (season 10)#Season 10: 1981–1982|Wheelers and Dealers]]''"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|676786|Chris Petersen}}
* {{AMG name|56313|Chris Petersen}}

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| NAME = Petersen, Chris
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
| DATE OF BIRTH = August 18, 1963
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.A.]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, Chris}}
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Actors from Los Angeles, California]]
[[Category:American child actors]]
[[Category:American film actors]]
[[Category:American television actors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Los Angeles, California]]