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

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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

106
TypeAllTV shows59Movies47
RoleAnyActing106
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s261950s481960s301970s2
GenreAnyDrama58Western38Comedy19Crime16Mystery12Action & Adventure12Family8War7Romance7Thriller6Action5Music5Documentary4War & Politics4
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DecadesScores
Highest firstLowest first

Great

Score 80 to 89

6 titles
GoodWatch83
Poster for Canyon Passage

as Cornelius - Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

GoodWatch82
Poster for Perry Mason

TV show · as Roger Gates / Capt. Otto Varnum

GoodWatch81
Poster for Combat!

TV show · as Massine

Good

Score 70 to 79

26 titles
GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Big Dan Daggitt / Jase Murdock

GoodWatch76
Poster for The Monkees

TV show · as El Diablo

GoodWatch74
Poster for Maverick

TV show · as Gunnerson

GoodWatch73
Poster for Bonanza

TV show · as Senator Carson Bennett / Lewt Cutter

GoodWatch71
Poster for Wagon Train

TV show · as Sgt. Pat Galloway

GoodWatch70
Poster for The Virginian

TV show · as Ansel Miller / Jake Landers

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Decent

Score 60 to 69

20 titles
GoodWatch68
Poster for The Big Valley

TV show · as Sheriff Dan Kincaide

GoodWatch68
Poster for Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV show · as Growler / Cox

GoodWatch68
Poster for Murder, He Says

as Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle

GoodWatch66
Poster for The Mothers-in-Law

TV show · as Terrence Archibald

GoodWatch66
Poster for Whistling in Dixie

as Frank V. Bailie

GoodWatch64
Poster for The Rebel

TV show · as Hobie Kincaid

GoodWatch63
Poster for Dr. Kildare

TV show · as Dr. Nat Franklin / Carl Temple

GoodWatch62
Poster for The Last Frontier

as Sergeant Major Decker

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Bad to mediocre

Score 30 to 59

25 titles
GoodWatch54
Poster for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Bib Hadley

GoodWatch50
Poster for Rawhide

TV show · as Jake Tenney

GoodWatch48
Poster for Hawaii Five-O

TV show · as Bedford

GoodWatch47
Poster for The Beverly Hillbillies

TV show · as Lafayette "Lafe" Crick

GoodWatch34
Poster for The Brute Man

as Police Lieutenant Gates

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Not rated yet

29 titles
Poster for The Living Christ

TV show · as Herod Antipas

Poster for Baptism of Fire

as Pete (uncredited)

Poster for Blonde Alibi

as Lieutenant Melody Haynes

Poster for The Cruel Tower

as 'Joss' Jossman

Poster for Northwest Outpost

as Volkoff Overseer

Poster for Law of the Plainsman

TV show · as Knappe / John Wesley

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