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William Paul Petersen (born September 23, 1945 in
Glendale, California) is an American movie actor,
singer, novelist, and activist for child stars.

Paul Petersen started out in show business at the
age of ten when he became a "Mousketeer" on the
Mickey Mouse Club.  However, he achieved stardom
as a teen idol|teenage heartthrob on  The Donna
Reed Show, an American Broadcasting Company|ABC
family sitcom that ran from 1958 to 1966.
Petersen's fame brought recording offers and
although his singing voice was limited, he had hit
record single (music)|singles with songs such as
My Dad, She Can't Find Her Keys, Amy, and
Lollipops and Roses  that made it into the
Billboard Hot 100.

Difficult times followed his almost instantaneous
disappearance from the Hollywood spotlight. As a
result, Petersen returned to university and
obtained a degree in literature that helped him to
go on to write sixteen adventure novels. 

In 1990, he founded the child-actor support group
called A Minor Consideration.