Peter Helm, 1941 – 2026

Movie and TV actor Peter Helm, 84, died in Los Angeles on May 21. The Toronto-born Helm was the younger brother of actress Anne Helm, and through his marriage to Brooke Bundy, the father of actress Tiffany Helm. His career lasted from the late 1950s through the early ’70s, and included small or supporting roles in both movies (Holiday for Lovers, The Longest Day, Inside Daisy Clover, The Andromeda Strain) and TV (Dr. Kildare, Tales of Wells Fargo, Naked City, Wagon Train, The Fugitive, The Farmer’s Daughter, The Donna Reed Show, Perry Mason, Ironside). He also appeared on Broadway, in There Was a Little Girl (1960). Despite his Teen Elf looks, Helm was a noted ladies’ man, dating Doris Day, Tuesday Weld, Joey Heatherton, and Sandra Dee, among others. After the acting roles dried up, he worked as a director and producer, taught at the Vancouver Film School, and collected Ferraris (he founded a Ferrari club in L.A.).