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Meeno Peluce | |
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Born | Miro Fiore Peluce February 26, 1970 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Alma mater | UC Santa Cruz |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, actor |
Years active | 1977–present |
Spouse | Ilse Ackermann |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Soleil Moon Frye (half-sister) |
Website | meenophoto |
Miro Fiore "Meeno" Peluce (born February 26, 1970) is a Dutch-born American photographer and actor.
Peluce was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Sondra Londy, a Jewish-American personal manager and caterer, and Floyd Peluce, a certified public accountant. [1] He has one half-sister, actress Soleil Moon Frye, whose father was actor Virgil Frye. [2]
Peluce made guest appearances on television shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Starsky & Hutch , Kojak , Benson , The Love Boat , Diff'rent Strokes , The Incredible Hulk , Happy Days , The A-Team , Silver Spoons , Manimal , Remington Steele , Scarecrow and Mrs. King , and on Punky Brewster with his half-sister (who played the titular character). Among his regular television roles were Tanner Boyle in The Bad News Bears , Daniel Best in Best of the West , and as history prodigy Jeffrey Jones in Voyagers! . He appeared in the pilot episode of the M*A*S*H spin-off W*A*L*T*E*R with Gary Burghoff, but the series was never picked up.
He has worked as a writer and director. He appeared in several television films, including The Ghost of Flight 401 , Night Cries, Fast Friends, and World War III . He starred in the original 1979 theatrical release of The Amityville Horror as one of the Lutz children, and also appeared in the 1981 horror film Don't Go Near the Park . Peluce also appeared in the music video for "The Last in Line" by the group Dio.
Peluce attended UC Santa Cruz and worked as a history teacher at Hollywood High School in the 1990s. He returned to film during 1998, co-writing and co-producing Wild Horses (also titled Lunch Time Special) with sister Soleil Moon Frye, and in 2001 when he appeared in Alex in Wonder (also titled Sex and a Girl).
Peluce is a photographer with celebrity studio sessions to his credit.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1977 | Starsky & Hutch | Guy Mayer | S3 E7 |
1978 | Kojak | Christopher | S5 E18, "Halls of Terror" |
1978 | The Incredible Hulk | The Boy | S2 E1, "Married" |
1979 | Don't Go Near the Park | Nick | |
1979 | The Amityville Horror | Matt Lutz | |
1979 | The Bad News Bears | Tanner Boyle | Series regular |
1980 | The Jeffersons | Billy | S7 E8 "All I Want for Christmas" |
1982 | Voyagers! | Jeffrey Jones | |
1983 | The A-Team | Joey Tataro | S1 E4, "Pros and Cons" |
1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Aleksei Kalnikov | S1 E5, "The ACM Kid" |
1984 | W*A*L*T*E*R | Elston Krennick | |
1984 | Remington Steele | Jacky | S3 E7 "A Pocketful of Steele" |
2001 | Alex in Wonder | Eric the Hippie |
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