Peter Breck 2/14/2012 Peter Breck Big Valley - Standout in TV Westerns also appeared in dozens of shows like &#34;Maverick,&#34; &#34;Black Saddle&#34; and &#34;Branded.&#34;    Peter Breck, who played a hot-headed son of California ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s TV Western The Big Valley, died Monday in Vancouver after a long illness. He was 82.