Portrait of Peter Whitney

Acting

Peter Whitney

Titles
47movies59TV shows
Career

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

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 68 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Peter Whitney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 2.9
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.6
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 5
  • Vengeance 3
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Lone Hero 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
TypeAllTV shows35Movies13
RoleAnyActing48
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s261950s481960s301970s2
GenreAnyWestern27Drama26Action & Adventure7Crime5Mystery4Family4Comedy3Thriller2War & Politics2History1Sci-Fi & Fantasy1TV Movie1Horror1War1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1950s

48 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch73
Poster for Bonanza

TV show · as Senator Carson Bennett / Lewt Cutter

GoodWatch50
Poster for Rawhide

TV show · as Jake Tenney

GoodWatch72
Poster for Laramie

TV show · as Hutch

GoodWatch71
Poster for Adventures in Paradise

TV show · as Bosun / Wilbur Paddock

GoodWatch64
Poster for The Rebel

TV show · as Hobie Kincaid

GoodWatch63
Poster for Johnny Ringo

TV show · as Arnold Riker

Poster for Law of the Plainsman

TV show · as Knappe / John Wesley

GoodWatch70
Poster for Lawman

TV show · as Alteeka McClintoch

Poster for Behind Closed Doors

TV show · as Edwin Getty

GoodWatch82
Poster for Perry Mason

TV show · as Roger Gates / Capt. Otto Varnum

GoodWatch71
Poster for Wagon Train

TV show · as Sgt. Pat Galloway

GoodWatch74
Poster for Maverick

TV show · as Gunnerson

GoodWatch59
Poster for Domino Kid

as Lafe Prentiss

GoodWatch74
Poster for Tombstone Territory

TV show · as Karl Rank

GoodWatch68
Poster for Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV show · as Growler / Cox

Poster for The Cruel Tower

as 'Joss' Jossman

GoodWatch45
Poster for Great Day in the Morning

as Phil the Cannibal (uncredited)

GoodWatch62
Poster for The Last Frontier

as Sergeant Major Decker

GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Big Dan Daggitt / Jase Murdock

GoodWatch51
Poster for Climax!

TV show · as Peter Chubo

GoodWatch70
Poster for Adventures of Superman

TV show · as Capt. McBain

GoodWatch74
Poster for The Ford Television Theatre

TV show · as Marshal Billy Lang

Poster for The Living Christ

TV show · as Herod Antipas

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