Stewart petersen actor biography sample
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Stewart petersen actor biography sample
Former child actor with ties to eastern Idaho has no regrets living out of the spotlight
IDAHO FALLS – As Stewart Petersen looks back on his time as a child actor, he feels it was part of a divinely inspired plan for a season in his life.
But nearly 50 years later, he has no regrets about pursuing a different path as an adult.
The 62-year-old Cokeville, Wyoming man was cast as Billy Coleman in the 1974 film, “Where the Red Fern Grows,” based on the novel by Wilson Rawls.
He went on to star in half a dozen family-friendly films throughout the decade.
Today, he’s the co-owner of Crooked Sky Outfitters, a company that provides guided summer pack trips, fishing excursions and big game hunts near Bridger-Teton National Forest.
He also owns Frontier Summitt Homes, a construction company that builds and remodels custom homes throughout western Wyoming and eastern Idaho.
In a phone conversation with EastIdahoNews.com, Petersen shared how he got started in films a