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Perhaps best known for his role as the BB gun desiring Ralphie Parker in Fröhliche Weihnachten (1983)

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Great-grandnephew of Stork Club impresario Sherman Billingsley (his maternal great-grandfather was Fred Billingsley who was Sherman's brother).



His second most famous role as a child actor (next to "Ralphie" in Fröhliche Weihnachten (1983)) was probably that of "Messy Marvin" in the Hershey's Chocolate Syrup commercials.

By age 11 he had acted in over 120 TV commercials, two feature films, two made-for-TV movies and three TV shows.





Back in the 80s he was the national spokesman for President Ronald Reagan 's Young Astronaut Council, which was an educational program aimed at kids.

Wrote the Introduction to the 1994 autobiography "Dreamer", written by his friend Brian Evans, in 1994.





Found friend and singer/songwriter John O'Brien deceased in Brien's hotel room.



Appeared on September 29 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee with the " Vince Vaughn Wild West Comedy Show" as a surprise guest. [September 2005]



Producing "A Christmas Story: The Musical", a musical based on his classic movie, Fröhliche Weihnachten (1983), on Broadway. [2013]

Peter Billingsley was actually on hand at launch-pad 39b at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.



Barbara Billingsley, who played June Cleaver on "Leave It To Beaver" was briefly related, by marriage (1940-1947), to actor/producer Peter Billingsley's father. Barbara's first husband Glenn Billingsley's cousin is Peter's father.

