Portrait of Peter Elbling

Acting

Peter Elbling

Career

Active from 1975 to 1992, busiest in 1984 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!
Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Elbling Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.0, average 4.7
  • Catharsis
    3.8, average 5.1
  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Tension
    4.7, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    41
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    2 titles ยท average score 72
    The Paper
    The Paper (2025)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show

    Waking Karma
    Waking Karma (2023)

    as Older Man

    2010s

    1 title ยท average score 49
    Liza on Demand
    Liza on Demand (2018)
    GoodWatch score 49

    TV show ยท as Old Salesman

    2000s

    2 titles ยท average score 64
    NCIS
    NCIS (2003)
    GoodWatch score 64

    TV show ยท as Gentleman / Samuel Colpepper

    Barstow 2008
    Barstow 2008 (2001)

    as Nigel

    1990s

    2 titles ยท average score 47
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
    GoodWatch score 44

    Screenplay

    Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
    Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)
    GoodWatch score 49

    as Biology Teacher

    1980s

    20 titles ยท average score 60
    Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
    Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
    GoodWatch score 26

    as Store Manager

    Sid & Marty Krofft's Redeye Express
    Sid & Marty Krofft's Redeye Express (1988)

    Writer

    Motown Returns to the Apollo
    Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985)

    Writer

    The Golden Girls
    The Golden Girls (1985)
    GoodWatch score 83

    TV show ยท as Desk Clerk

    Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!
    Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool! (1984)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Writer, Associate Producer

    Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
    Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Writer

    V
    V (1984)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show ยท as Oswald

    Crazy like a Fox
    Crazy like a Fox (1984)
    GoodWatch score 54

    TV show

    The A-Team
    The A-Team (1983)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show ยท as Morey Moran

    E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
    E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors (1982)

    Writer

    Cheers
    Cheers (1982)
    GoodWatch score 84

    TV show ยท as Murray Treadwell

    Magnum, P.I.
    Magnum, P.I. (1980)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show ยท as Emile

    1970s

    14 titles ยท average score 57
    Disco Beaver from Outer Space
    Disco Beaver from Outer Space (1979)
    GoodWatch score 50

    as Dragula

    Knots Landing
    Knots Landing (1979)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show ยท as Al Tuna

    Taxi
    Taxi (1978)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show ยท as Mascha

    WKRP in Cincinnati
    WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
    GoodWatch score 52

    TV show ยท as Blood

    The Bastard
    The Bastard (1978)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show ยท as General

    Rabbit Test
    Rabbit Test (1978)
    GoodWatch score 21

    as Monya

    Demon Seed
    Demon Seed (1977)
    GoodWatch score 56

    as Scientist

    The World's Greatest Lover
    The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
    GoodWatch score 36

    as Robert Drake

    Laverne & Shirley
    Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show ยท as Eric / Bum

    Barney Miller
    Barney Miller (1975)
    GoodWatch score 52

    TV show ยท as Jordan Heath / Fresh Talker

    Phantom of the Paradise
    Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as The Juicy Fruits / The Beach Bums / The Undeads

    Fuzz
    Fuzz (1972)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Detective