Stewart Petersen

Biography

Born: April 16, 1960 For former child star Stewart Petersen, co-owner of Magic Mountain Outfitters, there's more drama in the mountains than on the stage. "I've always had a desire to get into the outfitting business," Petersen said.Being a guide for an outfitting company comes natural to Petersen - he learned it from his father who was also a guide and from his uncle who has been in the business for 30 years. And after working with his uncle, Sharon Dayton, for about five years, Petersen, who prefers to be outdoors rather than cooped up inside, jumped at the opportunity to go into a partnership with him last year. The star of five movies, including "Where The Red Fern Grows" and "Against a Crooked Sky," an "ABC After School Special" and "First Vision," a movie filmed for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Petersen was selected in 1976 by several movie distribution organizations as the boy star of tomorrow.