Peter Tewksbury Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Dartmouth University before enlisting in the U․S․ Army and serving as a captain in World War II
• Worked for five years as a program director, commercial manager, sports announcer, newscaster and janitor at KTIP radio station in Tulare County
• Quote: "(On his work on "My Three Sons") "We want to do young people as they really are․․․ We wanted to show youth with its positive values, its confusions․ Kids solving problems without family authority, working out where they're going in this civilization․""
• During his time in the U․S․ Army, started a makeshift theater program
• In 1947, founded Porterville Barn Theater in California and produced more than 270 plays even after finding work in Hollywood
• After retiring as a TV director, moved to Vermont with his wife and managed the cheese department at a food cooperative, also publishing a book about gourmet cheese titled "The Cheeses of Vermont․"