Peter Whitney (born Peter King Engle; May 24, 1916 – March 30, 1972) was an American actor in film and television. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many

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films in the 1940s and 1950s.

Early years

Whitney was born in

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, but grew up in California. His schools included the

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in London. He studied drama at the

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Career

Whitney was often a supporting character actor credited at least in the top ten actors appearing in several Hollywood classic feature films, such as ''

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'' (1943), ''

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'' (1943), ''

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'' (1944), ''

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'' (1945) (in which he played a dual role), ''

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'' (1953), '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1967), ''

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'' (1970), and others before becoming well known for his work in television. In the 1958–1959 season, Whitney had a co-starring role as Buck Sinclair, a former

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of the

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, in all 39 episodes of the ABC western series '' The Rough Riders''. He also guest-starred on the ABC/

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western series '' Colt .45''. He performed the part of Ralph in the 1958 episode "Mantrap". He played

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agent Gunnerson in the episode "Savage Hills," and Brock in "Dodge City or Bust" on the ABC/WB series, ''

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''. In 1960, in the episode "Surface of Truth" of another ABC/WB western series, '' Lawman'', Whitney played Lucas Beyer, a crude white man who has lived for ten years with the

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. Whitney made three guest appearances on the

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courtroom drama series ''

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'': in 1961 he performed as the character Roger Gates in "The Case of the Pathetic Patient"; in 1962, as prison escapee Stefan "Big Steve" Jahnchek in "The Case of the Stand-in Sister"; and in 1965, as Captain Otto Varnum in "The Case of the Wrongful Writ." Whitney also appeared on such series as ''

The Public Defender ''The Public Defender'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff. Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that ...

'', ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...

'', '' Adventures of Superman'', ''

City Detective ''City Detective'' is a half-hour syndicated crime drama starring Rod Cameron as Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant. The show's title was a bit of a misnomer, as Grant fought crime "from Mexico to the Mojave Desert to New ...

'', '' Fury'', ''

My Friend Flicka ''My Friend Flicka'' is a 1941 novel by Mary O'Hara, about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his mustang horse Flicka. It was the first in a trilogy, followed by ''Thunderhead'' (1943) and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1946). The p ...

'' ("A Case of Honor"), '' The Californians'', ''

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'', '' Behind Closed Doors'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Tombstone Territory ''Tombstone Territory'' is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The first season was sponsored by Bristol-Myers (consumer products) and the second seaso ...

'' (episode "Apache Vendetta"), ''

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'', '' The Virginian (The Runaway – 1969), ''

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'', ''

Bourbon Street Beat ''Bourbon Street Beat'' is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960, starring Richard Long as Rex Randolph and Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, with Arlene Howell as detective agency s ...

'', ''

The Alaskans ''The Alaskans'' is a 1959–1960 ABC/Warner Bros. western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent ...

'', ''

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'' (as Governor Sutcliff in episode "First Stage to Denver"), '' The Rebel'', '' The Islanders'', '' Adventures in Paradise'', '' Straightaway'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (as Jasper Tweedy, in the 1969 episode: "Sorry Doctor, I Ain't Taking No Shots"), ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Rawhide'' (episode "Incident of the Music Maker"), ''

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'' (as Josiah in the episode “The Best Laid Plans“, and ''

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''. In addition, Whitney played a French partisan fighter named Massine in the 1963 episode "Thunder from the Hill" of ABC's military drama ''

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'', as well as the character Caleb Calhoun in a 1964 episode of the ''

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'' series. Then, in 1965, Whitney was cast as Judge

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in the episode "A Picture of a Lady" on the syndicated television series ''

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.'' He also did well as a comedy actor, making four appearances on "The Beverly Hillbillies" as the oafish Lafayette "Lafe" Crick. Peter Whitney's final role on television was that of a grave robber in writer

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's series ''

Night Gallery ''Night Gallery'' is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC from December 16, 1970, to May 27, 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, ''The Twilight Zone'', ...

'', in a 1972 episode segment titled "Deliveries in the Rear".

Death

Whitney died of a heart attack at the age of 55 in

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. He was buried at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park in

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Partial filmography

* ''

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'' (1941) – Alex * ''

Nine Lives Are Not Enough ''Nine Lives Are Not Enough'' is a 1941 Comedy-drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Fred Niblo Jr. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, and James Gleason, with Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson and Edward Brophy. The film wa ...

'' (1941) – Roy * '' Blues in the Night'' (1941) – Pete Bossett * ''

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'' (1942) – Willie * '' Rio Rita'' (1942) – Jake * ''

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'' (1942) – Zinner * ''

Busses Roar ''Busses Roar'' is a 1942 film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Richard Travis and Julie Bishop. Plot A bungling saboteur attempts to place a bomb on board a bus so that it will explode as the bus passes by some oil wells.Pryor, Thoma ...

'' (1942) – Frederick Hoff * ''

Reunion in France ''Reunion in France'' is a 1942 American war film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Joan Crawford, John Wayne, and Philip Dorn in a story about a woman in occupied France who, learning her well-heeled lover has German connections, aids ...

'' (1942) – Soldier * ''

Whistling in Dixie ''Whistling in Dixie'' is a 1942 American crime comedy film, the second of three starring Red Skelton as radio detective and amateur crime solver Wally Benton (also known as The Fox) and Ann Rutherford as his fiancée. The pair are called upon to ...

'' (1942) – Frank V. Bailie * ''

'' (1943) – Whitey Lara * ''

'' (1943) – Dakota * ''

'' (1944) – Chester Forbish * '' Bring on the Girls'' (1945) – Swede * ''

Hotel Berlin ''Hotel Berlin'' is an American drama film set in Berlin near the close of World War II, made by Warner Bros. in late 1944 to early 1945. Directed by Peter Godfrey, it stars Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey and Andrea King. It is b ...

'' (1945) – Heinrichs * ''

'' (1945) – Mert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle * ''

Three Strangers ''Three Strangers'' is a 1946 American film noir crime film, crime drama directed by Jean Negulesco, written by John Huston and Howard Koch (screenwriter), Howard Koch, starring Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Peter Lorre, and featu ...

'' (1946) – Timothy Delaney aka Gabby * ''

The Notorious Lone Wolf ''The Notorious Lone Wolf'' (1946) is the twelfth Lone Wolf film produced by Columbia Pictures. The picture features Gerald Mohr in his inaugural performance as the protagonist detective Lone Wolf, Janis Carter, and Ian Wolfe as Adam Wainwright, ...

'' (1946) – Harvey Beaumont * ''

Blonde Alibi ''Blonde Alibi'' is a 1946 American black-and-white noir thriller directed by Will Jason and starring Tom Neal, Martha O'Driscoll, Donald MacBride, and Peter Whitney. Cast *Tom Neal as Rick Lavery *Martha O'Driscoll as Marian Gale *Donald MacB ...

'' (1946) – Police Lt. Melody Haynes * ''

Canyon Passage ''Canyon Passage'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and set in frontier Oregon. It stars Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward and Brian Donlevy. Featuring love triangles and an Indian uprising, the film was adapted from the 1 ...

'' (1946) – Cornelius – Baggage Clerk (uncredited) * ''

The Brute Man ''The Brute Man'' is a 1946 American horror thriller film starring Rondo Hatton as the Creeper, a murderer seeking revenge against the people he holds responsible for the disfigurement of his face. Directed by Jean Yarbrough, the film features ...

'' (1946) – Police Lieutenant Gates * ''

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'' (1947) – Joker Robinson * ''

Northwest Outpost ''Northwest Outpost'' (also known as ''End of the Rainbow'') is a 1947 American musical film, Musical Western (genre), Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey. The film was Eddy's last, and is an operetta film ...

'' (1947) – Volkoff Overseer * '' The Gangster'' (1947) – Karty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1948) – Cipher Lt. Vinikov (uncredited) * ''

Big Jim McLain ''Big Jim McLain'' is a 1952 American film noir political thriller film starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting down communists in the postwar Hawaii organized-labor scene. Edward Ludwig directed. This was the first f ...

'' (1952) – Communist Truck Driver (uncredited) * ''

The Great Sioux Uprising ''The Great Sioux Uprising'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue and Lyle Bettger. Plot During the Civil War, in Wyoming, horse dealers Joan Britton (Faith Domergue) and Stephen Cook ...

'' (1953) – Ahab Jones * ''

'' (1953) – Tierney * ''

All the Brothers Were Valiant ''All the Brothers Were Valiant'' is a 1953 Technicolor adventure drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Richard Thorpe. The film's screenplay was written by Harry Brown and based on the 1919 novel '' All the Brothers Were Va ...

'' (1953) – James Finch, First Mate * ''

Gorilla at Large ''Gorilla at Large'' is a 1954 American horror mystery film made in 3-D. The film stars Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb and Raymond Burr, with Lee Marvin and Warren Stevens in supporting roles. Directed by Harmon Jones, it was ma ...

'' (1954) – Kovacs * ''

The Black Dakotas ''The Black Dakotas'' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western spy film directed by Ray Nazarro and produced by Columbia Pictures. Set during the American Civil War and filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch, the film stars Gary Merrill as a cold-bloode ...

'' (1954) – Grimes * ''

Day of Triumph ''Day of Triumph'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by Irving Pichel and John T. Coyle, from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman. The film stars Lee J. Cobb, Robert Wilson, James Griffith, and Joanne Dru. This was the last film directed by Ir ...

'' (1954) – Nikator * ''

The Sea Chase ''The Sea Chase'' is a 1955 World War II drama film starring John Wayne and Lana Turner, and featuring David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, and Tab Hunter. It was directed by John Farrow from a screenplay by James Warner Bellah and John Twist based on th ...

'' (1955) – Bachman * '' The Last Frontier'' (1955) – Sergeant Major Decker * ''

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'' (1955–1962, TV Series) – Lionel Abbot / Eli Henderson / Hugo Parma / Sam Magruder * ''

'' (1955–1965, TV Series) – Jason Holt / Dan Braden / Gip Cooley / Ira / Big Dan Daggit / Jase Murdock * ''

Great Day in the Morning ''Great Day in the Morning'' is a Technicolor Superscope 1956 film.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; May 19, 1956, page 80. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and stars Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, and Ruth Roman in a story set in 1860s De ...

'' (1956) – Phil the Cannibal (uncredited) * ''

The Cruel Tower ''The Cruel Tower'' is a 1956 American adventure film directed by Lew Landers and written by Warren Douglas. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Cruel Tower'' by William Brown Hartley. The film stars John Ericson, Mari Blanchard, Charles McGraw, ...

'' (1956) – 'Joss' Jossman * ''

Man from Del Rio ''Man from Del Rio'' is a 1956 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Harry Horner and written by Richard Carr. The film stars Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney, Douglas Fowley, John Larch, Whit Bissell and Douglas Spencer. ...

'' (1956) – Ed Bannister * ''

'' (1957) – Karl Rank * ''

Domino Kid ''Domino Kid'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Kenneth Gamet and Hal Biller. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Kristine Miller, Andrew Duggan, Yvette Dugay, Peter Whitney and Eugene Iglesias. The film was r ...

'' (1957) – Lafe Prentiss * ''

The Walter Winchell File ''The Walter Winchell File'' is a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the ''New York Daily Mirror''. The series featured columnist an ...

'' (1957, Episode: "Where is Louis Melk?") – Rocco Ricardi * ''

Zane Grey Theatre ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre'' is an American Western anthology television series that was broadcast on CBS from October 5, 1956, until September 20, 1962. Format Many episodes were based on novels by Zane Grey, to all of which Four Star F ...

'' (1957–1961, TV Series) – Moose / Cox – Saloonkeeper / Growler / Chub * ''

Rough Riders The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. The United States Army was small, understaffed, and diso ...

'' (1958–59, TV Series) Sgt. Buck Sinclair * '' Have Gun - Will Travel'' (1958–1960, TV Series) – Major Proctor / Judd Calhoun * ''

Official Detective ''Official Detective'' is an American anthology television series which aired in syndication from 1957 to March 19, 1958. The series was hosted by veteran film actor Everett Sloane.McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television'' (4th ed.). New York: Pen ...

'' (1958, Episode: "Missing") – Swanson * ''

Buchanan Rides Alone ''Buchanan Rides Alone'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, and Barry Kelley. Based on the 1956 novel ''The Name's Buchanan'' by Jonas Ward, the film is about a Texan return ...

'' (1958) – Amos Agry * ''

'' (1958–1965, TV Series) – Buster Blee / Sheriff Pincus / Judd / Kempton / Sgt. Pat Galloway / El Landron / Rodney Miller * ''

'' (1959–1963, TV Series) – Nebeneezer Jackman / Vantine / Neb Jackman / John Holliver / Vince Fergus / Ott Droshek / Andrew Bechtel / John Jupiter / Tracey Blanch * '' Rawhide'' (1960, TV Series) – Anton Zwahlen (A Swiss gunsmith sabotages the drovers' weapons in an ingenious attempt to rustle part of the herd. Kessle: Peter Whitney (not Werner Klemperer) Maria: Lili Kardell. Favor: Eric Fleming. Rowdy: Clint Eastwood.) * ''

'' (1961–1966, TV Series) – Captain Joe Fuller / Judge Roy Bean / Peter the Hunter / Nat Halper / Joe Meekes * ''

'' (1961–1965, TV Series) – Roger Gates / Stefan "Big Steve" Jahnchek / Captain Otto Varnum * '' Straightaway'' (1961) – Sam Cook (episode "The Heist") * ''

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm'' is a 1962 American fantasy film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal. The latter was the producer and also in charge of the stop motion animation. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of ...

'' (1962) – The Giant (uncredited) * ''

'' (1964, TV Series) – Lafayette 'Lafe' Crick * '' The Virginian'' (1964–1969, TV Series) – McPherson / Ansel Miller / Jake Landers / Lars Holstrom * ''

The Sword of Ali Baba ''The Sword of Ali Baba'' is a 1965 American adventure film from Universal Pictures, directed by Virgil W. Vogel and written by Edmund Hartmann and Oscar Brodney. The film stars Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane, Frank McGrath, Gavin MacLeod, Frank Pu ...

'' (1965) – Abou * '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1967) – Courtney * ''

Chubasco A chubasco is a violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Mexico, Central America, and South America. The word chubasco has its origins in the Portuguese word '' chuva'' which means r ...

'' (1968) – Matt * '' The Great Bank Robbery'' (1969) – Brother Jordan Cass – Tunneling * ''

'' (1970) – Cushing * ''

'' (1972, TV Series) – First Grave Robber (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") * ''

Tales of Wells Fargo ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' is an American Western television series starring Dale Robertson that ran from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season, when it expanded to ...

'' (1961, TV Series S5E29) Moose * ''

Combat Combat ( French for ''fight'') is a purposeful violent conflict meant to physically harm or kill the opposition. Combat may be armed (using weapons) or unarmed ( not using weapons). Combat is sometimes resorted to as a method of self-defense, or ...

'' (1963 Season 2,Thunder from the Hill, TV Series) Massine

References

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