Born in Dallas, Texas, Christopher Pettiet began career as a child actor making appearances in television series, TV movies and films. He starred in two hit flicks, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Point Break, and then joined the cast of The Young Riders as a young Jesse James. His success seems went well, but his career began to wane, Chris was just about "impoverished", living on "small residual check(s)". He had a drug problem for many years, but refused to admit it. Sadly, he died of an accidental drug overdose, just two months after his 24th birthday.
Was in the Junior Olympics for snow skiing.Had 7 surf boards, a different one for each day of the weekAshes were scattered at sea in Santa Monica, CaliforniaAfter his death from an accidental drug overdose, his mother Helen started the Christopher Pettiet Scholarship Fund to help other young actors train in the arts at Center Stage in Los Angeles, California.Was very good friends with Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio .Loved surfing and traveling.When he was growing up, his family left their native Texas to moved all around the country, and has lived in Colorado, and different parts of California.In 1992, he was attended to three different charities events at the 2nd Annual Sega Star Kids Challenge at Universal Studios, Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, a Variety Club Telethon in Des Moines, Iowa and a Special Olympics Celebrity Basketball in Santa Rosa, California.Owned three dogs.As a child, he went to Gold Arrow Camp in the California Sierra Mountain.
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Single mother goes away for the summer. The kids are first delighted but then find that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary only to discover all their summer expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work!