Meeno Peluce

Meeno Peluce
Born	Miro Fiore Peluce (1970-02-26)February 26, 1970 Amsterdam,Netherlands
Alma mater	UC Santa Cruz
Occupation(s)	Photographer, actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Ilse Ackermann
Children	2
Relatives	Soleil Moon Frye(half-sister)
Website	meenophoto

Miro Fiore "Meeno" Peluce(born February 26, 1970) is a Dutch-born American photographer andactor.

Life and career

Peluce was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Sondra Londy, a Jewish-American personal manager and caterer, and Floyd Peluce, a certified public accountant.He has one half-sister, actressSoleil Moon Frye,whose father was actorVirgil Frye.

Peluce made guest appearances on television shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, includingStarsky & Hutch,Kojak,Benson,The Love Boat,Diff'rent Strokes,The Incredible Hulk,Happy Days,The A-Team,Silver Spoons,Manimal,Remington Steele,Scarecrow and Mrs. King,and onPunky Brewsterwith his half-sister (who played the titular character). Among his regular television roles were Tanner Boyle inThe Bad News Bears,Daniel Best inBest of the West,and as history prodigyJeffrey JonesinVoyagers!.He appeared in thepilot episodeof theM*A*S*Hspin-offW*A*L*T*E*RwithGary Burghoff,but the series was never picked up.

He has worked as a writer and director. He appeared in severaltelevision films,includingThe Ghost of Flight 401,Night Cries,Fast Friends,andWorld War III.He starred in the original 1979 theatrical release ofThe Amityville Horroras one of the Lutz children, and also appeared in the 1981 horror filmDon't Go Near the Park.Peluce also appeared in the music video for "The Last in Line"by the groupDio.

Peluce attendedUC Santa Cruzand worked as a history teacher atHollywood High Schoolin the 1990s. He returned to film during 1998, co-writing and co-producingWild Horses(also titledLunch Time Special) with sisterSoleil Moon Frye,and in 2001 when he appeared inAlex in Wonder(also titledSex and a Girl).

Peluce is a photographer with celebrity studio sessions to his credit.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Starsky & Hutch	Guy Mayer	S3 E7
1978	Kojak	Christopher	S5 E18, "Halls of Terror"
1978	The Incredible Hulk	The Boy	S2 E1, "Married"
1979	Don't Go Near the Park	Nick
1979	The Amityville Horror	Matt Lutz
1979	The Bad News Bears	Tanner Boyle	Series regular, 26 episodes over 2 seasons
1980	The Jeffersons	Billy	S7 E8 "All I Want for Christmas"
1980	Benson	Alexei	S1 E18 "Checkmate"
1982	Voyagers!	Jeffrey Jones	Series star, 1 season of 20 episodes
1983	The A-Team	Joey Tataro	S1 E4, "Pros and Cons"
1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Aleksei Kalnikov	S1 E5, "The ACM Kid"
1984	W*A*L*T*E*R	Elston Krennick	TV Pilot
1984	Remington Steele	Jacky	S3 E7 "A Pocketful of Steele"
1984	Silver Spoons	Toby Andrews	S2 E20 "Spare the Rod"
2001	Alex in Wonder	Eric the Hippie

Bibliography

• Holmstrom, John.The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995.Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 373.

External links

• Meeno PeluceatIMDb