Peter Brown

Pierre Lind de Lappe (October 5, 1935 – March 21, 2016), known professionally as Peter Brown, was an American actor who portrayed Deputy Johnny McKay opposite John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop in the 1958 to 1962 ABC-Warner Brothers western television series Lawman and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on NBC's Laredo from 1965 to 1967.

Brown was married five times. His wives were:Diane Jergens, an actress; they wed on August 6, 1958, and divorced in June 1960.Sandy Edmundson, a fashion model; they wed on May 26, 1964, and divorced in March 1971.Liliane Alice Yvette Safargy, a fashion model; they wed on November 14, 1971, and divorced in September 1974.Mary Kathleen Gauba, a tennis player; they wed on November 29, 1986, and divorced in 1999.Kerstin Kern; they wed on September 6, 2008, and the marriage lasted until his death in 2016.Brown had three children as follows:Matthew by his second wife Sandy Edmundson.Joshua, by Amber Karlson, with whom Brown lived from 1974 until 1979.Christi, by Merle Pertile.Brown's brother, Phil, worked as an NBC Television West Coast operations coordinator in Burbank, California.Brown died on March 21, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona, from complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 80.

Brown was born in New York City. His mother, Mina Reaume, was a stage and radio actress, playing the "Dragon Lady" on the Terry and the Pirates radio serial. He had an older brother, Phillip, and two younger half brothers, Paul and Michael. Peter took the name Brown from his stepfather, Albert Brown.During his United States Army service in Alaska with the 2nd Infantry Division, Brown became involved in writing, directing and acting in plays to entertain the other troops. Upon his discharge, Brown studied Drama at the University of California, Los Angeles and soon was appearing in plays and on NBC Matinee Theatre.He supported himself by working in a gasoline station on the Sunset Strip. One night a man paid for his purchase with a credit card reading "Jack L. Warner". Brown asked the customer whether he was one of the Warner Brothers, the man replied "I'm the last one left".