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A Stanford University athlete signed by Paramount Studios.

Served three years in the United States Navy.

Father of Eleonora Baldwin and of Drew Baldwin.

Under contract to Paramount Studios in 1951, Peter was part of their illustrious "Golden Circle of Newcomers.".

Fluent in Italian, he served as interpreter for child actress and singer Piccola Pupa during her brief visits to Los Angeles in 1964. She had been discovered by Danny Thomas, who saw her on This Is Your Life (1955) while in Europe and then cast her in three episodes of The Danny Thomas Show (1953) that were filmed in Italy. Although Baldwin was needed, Pupa was nearly fluent in English by 1965 but by the end of the decade, she had returned to her home of Genoa, left show business, and married.