Portrait of Peter Whitney

Acting

Peter Whitney

Career

Active from 1941 to 1967, busiest in 1942 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Big Heat
The Big Heat
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Whitney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 6
  • Vengeance 3
  • Revenge 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Lone Hero 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 84
Night Gallery
Night Gallery (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
GoodWatch score 84

as Cushing

1960s

29 titles ยท average score 63
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Bedford

In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
GoodWatch score 83

as Deputy Courtney

Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Green Acres
Green Acres (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

The Big Valley
The Big Valley (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Sheriff Dan Kincaide

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Caleb Calhoun

Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction (1963)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Lafayette "Lafe" Crick

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Bib Hadley

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Jake Landers / Lars Holstrom

Combat!
Combat! (1962)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Massine

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Carl Temple / Dr. Nat Franklin

1950s

49 titles ยท average score 67
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Senator Carson Bennett / Lewt Cutter

The Rough Riders
The Rough Riders (1958)

TV show

Buchanan Rides Alone
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
GoodWatch score 83

as Amos Agry

The Rifleman
The Rifleman (1958)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Roger Gates / Capt. Otto Varnum

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Sgt. Pat Galloway

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Man from Del Rio
Man from Del Rio (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

as Ed Bannister

The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sergeant Major Decker

Gorilla at Large
Gorilla at Large (1954)
GoodWatch score 49

as Kovacs

The Big Heat
The Big Heat (1953)
GoodWatch score 88

as Tierney

The Living Christ
The Living Christ (1951)

TV show ยท as Herod Antipas

1940s

26 titles ยท average score 59
Violence
Violence (1947)
GoodWatch score 47

as Joker

Blonde Alibi
Blonde Alibi (1946)

as Lieutenant Melody Haynes

The Brute Man
The Brute Man (1946)
GoodWatch score 34

as Police Lieutenant Gates

Murder, He Says
Murder, He Says (1945)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle

Bring on the Girls
Bring on the Girls (1945)

as Swede

Mr. Skeffington
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
GoodWatch score 65

as Chester Forbish

Baptism of Fire
Baptism of Fire (1943)

as Pete (uncredited)

Rio Rita
Rio Rita (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jake

Valley of the Sun
Valley of the Sun (1942)
GoodWatch score 49

as Willie

Whistling in Dixie
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
GoodWatch score 63

as Frank V. Bailie

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

as Roy Slocum

Underground
Underground (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

as Alex