Biography
Peter Whitney (born Peter King Engle; May 24, 1916 β March 30, 1972) was an American actor in film and television. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many Hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Filmography
all 100
TV Shows 57
Movies 43
Night Gallery (1970)
TV
Cushing
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Movie
6
Brother Jordan Cass - Tunneling
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Movie
Bedford
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Matt
Chubasco (1968)
Movie
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Terrence Archibald
The Mothers-in-Law (1967)
TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
Deputy Courtney
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Movie
5.08
The Monkees (1966)
TV
4.25
Tarzan (1966)
TV
6
Green Acres (1965)
TV
3.5
Sheriff Dan Kincaide
The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Quantrill
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
TV
Abou
The Sword of Ali Baba (1965)
Movie
Gronna
Profiles in Courage (1964)
TV
Caleb Calhoun
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Movie
Daddy Scoggins
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)
TV
Glynis (1963)
TV
Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV
6
Massine
Combat! (1962)
TV
6
Lafayette 'Lafe' Crick
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV
6
Bib Hadley
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Ansel Miller / Jake Landers / Lars Holstrom
The Virginian (1962)
TV
The Giant
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Movie
Johnson
Pericles on 31st Street (1962)
Movie
Straightaway (1961)
TV
Matson
The New Breed (1961)
TV
Carl Temple / Dr. Nat Franklin
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Carruthers
The Islanders (1960)
TV
Tate (1960)
TV
Andre Damon / Rosey
Mr. Lucky (1959)
TV
Ab
Shotgun Slade (1959)
TV
The Detectives (1959)
TV
Bosun / Wilbur Paddock
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
TV
The Alaskans (1959)
TV
Hobie Kincaid
The Rebel (1959)
TV
Arnold Riker
Johnny Ringo (1959)
TV
John Wesley / Knappe / Trigger Strelling
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
TV
Laramie (1959)
TV
Lewt Cutter
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV
Sergeant Buck Sinclair / Sgt. Buck Sinclair
The Rough Riders (1958)
TV
Edwin Getty
Behind Closed Doors (1958)
TV
The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
The Texan (1958)
TV
Peter Gunn (1958)
TV
6
Amos Agry
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Movie
Karl Rank
Tombstone Territory (1957)
TV
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
TV
Lafe Prentiss
Domino Kid (1957)
Movie
Gunnerson
Maverick (1957)
TV
5.33
Roger Gates / Stefan 'Big Steve' Jahnchek / Capt. Otto Varnum
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Official Detective (1957)
TV
Ed Bannister
Man from Del Rio (1956)
Movie
7
'Joss' Jossman
The Cruel Tower (1956)
Movie
Chub / Cox - Saloonkeeper / Moose / Growler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
TV
Phil the Cannibal (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
Movie
Cass Jerome
Fremont: The Trailblazer (1956)
Movie
Sergeant Major Decker
The Last Frontier (1955)
Movie
10
Cheyenne (1955)
TV
Navy Log (1955)
TV
Cooley / Dan Braden / Jason Holt / Big Dan Daggitt / Jase Murdock / Ira
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Bachman
The Sea Chase (1955)
Movie
Nikator
Day of Triumph (1954)
Movie
Peter Chubo
Climax! (1954)
TV
Grimes
The Black Dakotas (1954)
Movie
Kovacs
Gorilla at Large (1954)
Movie
Tierney
The Big Heat (1953)
Movie
6.75
City Detective (1953)
TV
Ahab Jones
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
Movie
Marshal Billy Lang
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
TV
Gus
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Adventures of Superman (1952)
TV
Herod Antipas
The Living Christ (1951)
TV
Garage mechanic
The Gangster (1947)
Movie
Volkoff Overseer
Northwest Outpost (1947)
Movie
Joker Robinson
Violence (1947)
Movie
Police Lieutenant Gates
The Brute Man (1946)
Movie
6
Lieutenant Melody Haynes
Blonde Alibi (1946)
Movie
Timothy Delaney aka Gabby
Three Strangers (1946)
Movie
Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
Murder, He Says (1945)
Movie
Swede
Bring on the Girls (1945)
Movie
Heinrichs
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Movie
Chester Forbish
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Movie
Dakota
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Movie
Pete
Baptism of Fire (1943)
Movie
Whitey Lara
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Movie
Frank V. Bailie
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
Movie
Soldier
Reunion in France (1942)
Movie
Hoff
Busses Roar (1942)
Movie
Zinner
Spy Ship (1942)
Movie
Jake
Rio Rita (1942)
Movie
Willie
Valley of the Sun (1942)
Movie
Pete Bossett
Blues in the Night (1941)
Movie
Roy Slocum
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Movie
Alex
Underground (1941)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.07
Based on 300 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1941
1952
1957
1954
1970
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1916-05-24
Deathday1972-03-30 (55 years old)
Birth PlaceLong Branch, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPeter King Engle, Pete Whitney
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