Peter Whitney
Biography
Peter Whitney was an American film and television actor. Raised in California, he studied drama at the Pasadena Playhouse and at London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Tall and heavyset, he often played brutish villains in Hollywood films during the 1940s and 1950s. His movie credits included Destination Tokyo (1943), Action in the North Atlantic (1943), Mr. Skeffington (1944), Murder, He Says (1945), in which he took a dual role, The Big Heat (1953), In the Heat of the Night (1967), and The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970). He became well known for television. In the 1958 to 1959 season, he co-starred as Buck Sinclair, a former Union Army sergeant, in the ABC Western The Rough Riders, appearing in each of its 39 episodes. He also guest-starred three times on Perry Mason and showed comic ability as Lafe Crick on The Beverly Hillbillies. His final television part was in a 1972 episode of Night Gallery.
55years old at death
- Born Long Branch
- Died Santa Barbara
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 29 years1941 to 1970
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Early training
Peter Whitney trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and studied drama at the Pasadena Playhouse.
A first
In a 1972 episode segment titled "Deliveries in the Rear," Peter Whitney played a grave robber. That part on writer Rod Serling's series Night Gallery was his final television role.
Peter Whitney movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together6 more actors
- Robert ShayneThree Strangers (1946) and Mr. Skeffington (1944)
- Edith EvansonThe Big Heat (1953) and Reunion in France (1942)
- Dane ClarkAction in the North Atlantic (1943) and Destination Tokyo (1943)
- Faye EmersonDestination Tokyo (1943) and Blues in the Night (1941)
- Bill KennedyMr. Skeffington (1944) and Destination Tokyo (1943)
- Marjorie RiordanThree Strangers (1946) and Mr. Skeffington (1944)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Peter Whitney's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$48.2 million
6 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 9 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$27M56.7% of the total
- 2$6.0M12.4% of the total
- 3$5.0M10.4% of the total
- 4$4.5M9.4% of the total
- 5$3.5M7.2% of the total
- 6$1.9M3.9% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.