Peter Billingsley – $10 Million

Peter Billingsley was well known for his portrayal as Ralphie in A Christmas Story. Peter was brought into the world in New York City. His dad, Alwin Michaelsen, is a monetary expert, and his mom, Gail, was before Alwin’s secretary. He actually started out in the entertainment business really young, appearing in a number of TV commercials as a baby. From there, he appeared in over 120 TV ads in the ’70s up until the ’80s.

Among his commercials, you may mostly remember him as Messy Marvin in the commercial series of Hershey’s. He soon found out that he wasn’t cut out for acting to some degree. He ventured into producing and his first project was to executively produce A Christmas Story. Later on, he received a nomination for his work in the movie Dinner for Five. He was also part of the Iron Man movie as an executive producer.

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