Peter Thomas Barton (born July 19, 1956) is an American actor. In the 1980s and 1990s, he starred in The Powers of Matthew Star, with Louis Gossett, Jr.; Burke's Law with Gene Barry; and the soap opera Sunset Beach. Named one of the 10 sexiest guys in soaps by Playgirl, Barton is probably best known as Dr. Scott Grainger on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless.
When he first started out in Hollywood, he was occasionally mis-identified in the media as Donny Osmond, due to his resemblance to the singer at that particular time.
He currently lives in Los Angeles and works in the fitness field. [2005]
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His acting mentor was Gene Barry.
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He and Kevin Brophy were bequeathed $500,000 each by Ray Fulk of Lincoln, Illinois. According to the newspaper The State Journal-Register, Fulk, who never met Barton or Brophy, was a fan of their TV shows. [July 2012].
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Majored in chiropractic medicine at Nassau Community College in New York before deciding to start a modeling and acting career.
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Actress Kimberly Beck shared an apartment with him in the early '80s.
There was a scene in Hell Night (1981) where Peter was thrown down a flight of stairs and hurt his leg. In reality, he had really hurt himself and most of his limping wasn't an act.
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Was thinking of retiring from the film industry until Linda Blair coaxed him into doing Hell Night (1981) with her. He now credits that film as bringing him back and has been in the business ever since.
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Named one of the 10 sexiest guys in soaps by Playgirl.
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Got to meet his idol, James Stewart, when he ran Stewart's relay marathon benefit in 1992.
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As a youngster, he was terrified of Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians (1961).
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He was badly burned when a stunt went wrong on the set of his series The Powers of Matthew Star (1982). Production on the series was delayed a year while the star healed.
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