Peter Barton

March 2024 · 7 minute read

He was quite handsome back in the days of "Powers of Matthew Star" (a role he won over many actors, including Tom Cruise). Most bizarre factoid: According to Wiki, he inherited money from a male fan whom he never even met.

Did anyone here know Peter? If so, any interesting stories to share?

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by Anonymousreply 41August 18, 2020 4:02 AM

as a teenager I sat one seat over from him at a matinee of The Silence of the Lambs. He was there alone.

by Anonymousreply 1June 11, 2020 5:06 AM

This photo on Peter's IMDb is a summation of twenty years of our own Eldergays DataLounge tv obsessions and discussions all rolled into one. I was never jealous of Peter Barton....till now!

Pictured are: Peter Barton, Heather Locklear, Scott Baio, Morgan Fairchild, Meredith Baxter, Nancy McKeon, Mr. T, Lisa Eilbacher, Cynthia Sikes, John Beck, David Birney, Danielle Brisebois, Howard Cosell, Rachel Dennison, Tony Dorsett, John James, Audrey Landers, Denise Miller, William R. Moses, Tracy Nelson, Randi Oakes, Geoffrey Scott, Ted Shackelford, Betty Thomas, Bruce Weitz, Tom Wopat and Adrian Zmed in Battle of the Network Stars XIV

I think Peter too closely resembled a lost Osmond brother, and that's why he didn't go farther in his career.

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by Anonymousreply 2June 11, 2020 5:16 AM

OP, this happened a few years back but an old man - probably an eldergay - left his estate to Barton and another actor.

He'd never met them but he either picked them because he was fans of their TV shows....or he was fans of THEM.

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by Anonymousreply 3June 11, 2020 5:17 AM

Whoops! Missed that last sentence in your post, OP, I see you did mention that.

by Anonymousreply 4June 11, 2020 5:17 AM

He was pretty, not handsome.

The epitome of a pretty boy.

by Anonymousreply 5June 11, 2020 5:19 AM

Peter should be on the didn't quite make it thread.

by Anonymousreply 6June 11, 2020 5:19 AM

[quote]According to Wiki, he inherited money from a male fan whom he never even met.

Not even that one time, in Pacoima?

by Anonymousreply 7June 11, 2020 5:20 AM

I was too young to notice the Peter Barton/Leif Garrett/Shaun Cassidy type of guys.

Later, I did see him when he was on The Young and the Restless. He was blandly attractive, but his character was about as exciting as watching paint dry.

by Anonymousreply 8June 11, 2020 5:21 AM

Ohmygawd! I would love to inherit money from a stranger! That would be cool, except for them being dead, of course.

by Anonymousreply 9June 11, 2020 5:23 AM

his long thick dick was heaven....

by Anonymousreply 10June 11, 2020 5:26 AM

No worries, R3. I still very much appreciated your post.

By the way, I got the idea for this thread because MeTV just started showing reruns of "Matthew Star" early on Sunday mornings (I slept with my TV on this past Saturday night and woke up on it). It's the epitome of cheesy '70s TV.

by Anonymousreply 12June 11, 2020 5:30 AM

Don't know how current this pic is but Peter is 63 now:

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by Anonymousreply 13June 11, 2020 5:34 AM

From his past Facebook posts, he's a Trumpster. Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 14June 11, 2020 5:48 AM

Seriously, R14? If true, that's disappointing.

by Anonymousreply 15June 11, 2020 5:50 AM

R15 Yes, it's unfortunately true.

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by Anonymousreply 16June 11, 2020 5:54 AM

No one sane supports Trump.

It’s as simple as that, no?

by Anonymousreply 17June 11, 2020 5:57 AM

He was severely burned on the set of that show. I think it shut down for a year for him to heal.

by Anonymousreply 18June 11, 2020 5:57 AM

Well, that sucks, R16. Thanks for the info.

by Anonymousreply 19June 11, 2020 6:01 AM

Always the d listers trumping.

by Anonymousreply 20June 11, 2020 6:14 AM

The forgettables - Peter Barton and Chachi.

by Anonymousreply 22June 11, 2020 6:57 AM

R20, they’re the only ones open about it because they have nothing to lose.

I bet half the A listers doing the casket dance over George Floyd this past week voted for Trump.

by Anonymousreply 23June 11, 2020 7:07 AM

He hasn't worked in quite a few years. How does he earn a living? The amount of money he inherited from that old guy doesn't seem to be enough to sustain one for many years.

What happened to his The Young and the Restless character?

by Anonymousreply 24June 11, 2020 7:42 AM

[quote]What happened to his The Young and the Restless character?

Apparently he grew old and complacent.

by Anonymousreply 25June 11, 2020 9:25 AM

[quote]What happened to his The Young and the Restless character?

He married Ken Olandt's character. They manage an apartment complex in the West Valley.

by Anonymousreply 26June 11, 2020 9:40 AM

So disappointed to learn he's a Trump supporter. Ugh.

by Anonymousreply 27June 11, 2020 9:55 AM

Never found him good looking. Like a skeletal Donny Osmond.

by Anonymousreply 28June 11, 2020 2:20 PM

So is gay or straight? Can't really find anything on the Internet about his personal life. And if he is gay and a Trump supporter, that's even sadder.

by Anonymousreply 30June 11, 2020 2:32 PM

[quote] And if he is gay and a Trump supporter, that's even sadder.

Why would you say such a thing?

by Anonymousreply 31June 11, 2020 6:05 PM

How do we know that's him in R16's link?

by Anonymousreply 33June 11, 2020 7:44 PM

I came across this blog on a Burt Ward thread and fell into a rabbit hole reading it. It is the adventures of the blogger and also stories submitted by readers.

One reader, a makeup artist, submitted a story that involved Tony Danza, Georgie Cloon, Peter Barton and Erich Anderson (Friday The 13th, thirtysomething). FWIW here's the summary:

Makeup artist guy worked on short lived sitcom in early 90s starring Tony and George, Tony and George became VeryClose. Then they had a falling out and quit speaking to each other. Then George became close with Erich who was a guest on one episode. Makeupartist guy then dated Erich for a short while.

After Erich, Makeup Artist guy starts dating Peter Barton and brings him to set and introduces him to George. Makeupartist guy invites George to join them on one of their dates, George tags along and pays for dinner and goes back to their apartment with them. George asks them both for blowjobs, Peter declines and retreats to bedroom. Makeupartist guy starts to fondle George, changes his mind before anything happens and sends George on his way. Poor George, paid for dinner and got nothing, lol. George was married to that woman from Mad Men at the time.

I guess this is more a story about George than anyone else but Peter Barton is in the mix!

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by Anonymousreply 34June 11, 2020 7:45 PM

I love all the FRIDAY THE 13TH alumni and Peter Barton was hot.

But I guess Trumpers will have to go to the back of the line.

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by Anonymousreply 35June 11, 2020 8:34 PM

Peter is a single father of a daughter.

His character on Y&R, Scott Grainger, was killed off.

by Anonymousreply 36June 11, 2020 8:55 PM

It's him and from his Facebook page (under Peter Thomas Barton). He's not a big poster on there, but has posted a few pro Trump anti Dems things along with the MAGA hat photo though.

by Anonymousreply 37June 11, 2020 11:07 PM

i had a crush on him during the Matthew Star series. I was a kid then

by Anonymousreply 38June 11, 2020 11:40 PM

Inherited money from a fan, huh.

by Anonymousreply 39August 18, 2020 3:21 AM

I am watching Matthew Star on ME-TV. It sucks. Peter is no Chris Atkins!

by Anonymousreply 40August 18, 2020 3:33 AM

Whoever captioned this picture was extremely lazy. They misidentified Billy Moses. Which is really shameful, considering he was a really great athlete and always did well. They labeled former NFLer Tony Dorsett (bulging on the end of the 3rd row), Adrian Zmed, Tracy Nelson and a couple of others as “unidentified.”

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by Anonymousreply 41August 18, 2020 4:02 AM

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