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Peter Whitney was an American actor in film and television. Whitney was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many Hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Birth Name
Peter King Engle
Born
Wednesday, 24 May 1916
Died
Thursday, 30 March 1972
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Cass Jerome | 2017 |
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Pioneers of Television | Guest Star on Gunsmoke | 2008 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | King of Edessa | 2005 |
| San Francisco International Airport | Cole | 1970 |
| The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Cushing | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | First Grave Robber (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") | 1969 |
| The Great Bank Robbery | Brother Jordan Cass - Tunneling / Brother Jordan | 1969 |
| Here Come the Brides | London Bob | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Bedford | 1968 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Cass Jerome | 2017 |
| TV's Western Heroes | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Pioneers of Television | Guest Star on Gunsmoke | 2008 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | King of Edessa | 2005 |
| San Francisco International Airport | Cole | 1970 |
| The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Cushing | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | First Grave Robber (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") | 1969 |
| The Great Bank Robbery | Brother Jordan Cass - Tunneling / Brother Jordan | 1969 |
| Here Come the Brides | London Bob | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Bedford | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Sheriff Breckenridge | 1968 |
| Chubasco | Matt | 1968 |
| Mannix | Garrett Clegg | 1967 |
| The Mothers-In-Law | Terrence Archibald | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Lasting Summers | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | D.A. Lucius Grant | 1967 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | Duncan Taylor | 1967 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Courtney / Deputy Courtney | 1967 |
| The Monkees | El Diablo | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Matthew Kelsoe | 1966 |
| Hey, Landlord | Lloyd Banner | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Patrick Mulvany | 1966 |
| Green Acres | Olaf Simpson | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Sheriff Dan Kincaide | 1965 |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Quantrill | 1965 |
| The Sword of Ali Baba | Abou | 1965 |
| Profiles in Courage | Gronna | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Caleb Calhoun | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Sheik Akhmed | 1964 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Jake in 'Rio Rita' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Dakota (clip from Destination Tokyo (1943)) | 1963 |
| Glynis | Cobb | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Jasper Tweedy | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | Cletus Emory | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Daddy Scoggins | 1963 |
| Combat! | Massine | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Lafayette 'Lafe' Crick | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Amos Blaufus | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bib Hadley | 1962 |
| The Virginian | McPherson / Lars Holstrom / Jake Landers / Ansel Miller | 1962 |
| The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | The Giant / The Giant ('The Dream') | 1962 |
| The New Breed | Matson | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Carl Temple / Dr. Nat Franklin | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Johnson | 1961 |
| Whispering Smith | Lasko | 1961 |
| The Islanders | Carruthers | 1960 |
| The Aquanauts | Moses Teel | 1960 |
| Tate | Sedon | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Governor George Sutcliff | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Ab | 1959 |
| Mr. Lucky | Andre Damon / Rosey | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Tobey | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Wilbur Paddock / Bosun | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Alfred Hawkins | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Jobka / Bear River Blewitt | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Hobie Kincaid | 1959 |
| Hotel de Paree | Coley | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Arnold Riker | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Trigger Strelling / Knappe / John Wesley | 1959 |
| Laramie | Hutch | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Noah Woodley | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Senator Carson Bennett / Lewt Cutter / Emmett Hudson | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Bill Swinney / 'Fat' Augie Strom | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Anton Zwahlen / Jake Tenney | 1959 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Nameless | 1958 |
| Lawman | Lucas Beyer / Alteeka McClintoch | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | Sergeant Buck Sinclair / Sgt. Buck Sinclair | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Edwin Getty | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Vince Fergus / Vantine / Tracey Blanch / Ott Droshek / Nebeneezer Jackman / Neb Jackman / John Jupiter / John Holliver / Andrew Bechtel | 1958 |
| The Texan | Nate Jeeter | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Josiah | 1958 |
| Northwest Passage | Dumauier | 1958 |
| Buchanan Rides Alone | Amos Agry | 1958 |
| Frontier Justice | Chub | 1958 |
| Colt .45 | Ralph | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Karl Rank | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Bill Kearne | 1957 |
| Captain David Grief | Swithin Hall / Wrinker | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Rocco | 1957 |
| Domino Kid | Lafe Prentiss | 1957 |
| The Californians | Piute Scoggs / Captain Rutland | 1957 |
| Maverick | Gunnerson / Ollie Brock | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Stefan 'Big Steve' Jahnchek / Roger Gates / Capt. Otto Varnum | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Sheriff Pincus / Sgt. Pat Galloway / Rodney Miller / Kempton / Judd / El Landron / Buster Blee | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Judd Calhoun / Major Proctor | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Big Duggin / Moose Gilliam | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Swanson | 1957 |
| Man from Del Rio | Ed Bannister | 1956 |
| The Cruel Tower | 'Joss' Jossman | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Chub / Cox - Saloonkeeper / Growler / Moose | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Oney / Saul | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Jeb Hubble | 1956 |
| Great Day in the Morning | Phil the Cannibal | 1956 |
| The Last Frontier | Sergeant Major Decker | 1955 |
| Matinee Theatre | Lt. Burroughs | 1955 |
| Superman's Peril | Capt. McBain | 1955 |
| Fury | Eli Kane | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Attendant | 1955 |
| My Friend Flicka | Crothers | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Eli Henderson / Hugo Parma / Lionel Abbot / Sam Magruder | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Deacon Jones | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Big Dan Daggitt / Cooley / Dan Braden / Ira / Jase Murdock / Jason Holt | 1955 |
| The Sea Chase | Bachman | 1955 |
| Day of Triumph | Nikator | 1954 |
| Climax! | Peter Chubo | 1954 |
| The Black Dakotas | Grimes | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Bill Murphy | 1954 |
| Gorilla at Large | Kovacs | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Freedom Wilson | 1954 |
| All the Brothers Were Valiant | James Finch | 1953 |
| The Big Heat | Tierney | 1953 |
| City Detective | Massey | 1953 |
| The Great Sioux Uprising | Ahab Jones | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Marshal Billy Lang / Morton | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Gus | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Capt. McBain | 1952 |
| Big Jim McLain | Communist Truck Driver | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Peter the Hunter / Nat Halper / Judge Roy Bean / Joe Meekes / Captain Joe Fuller | 1952 |
| The Living Christ Series | Herod Antipas | 1951 |
| The Lone Ranger | Windy Grant | 1949 |
| The Iron Curtain | Cipher Lt. Vinikov | 1948 |
| The Gangster | Garage mechanic / Karty's Brother-in-Law | 1947 |
| Northwest Outpost | Volkoff Overseer | 1947 |
| Violence | Joker Robinson / Joker | 1947 |
| The Brute Man | Police Lieutenant Gates | 1946 |
| Canyon Passage | Cornelius - Baggage Clerk | 1946 |
| Blonde Alibi | Police Lt. Melody Haynes / Lieutenant Melody Haynes | 1946 |
| The Notorious Lone Wolf | Harvey Beaumont | 1946 |
| Three Strangers | Timothy Delaney aka Gabby | 1946 |
| Bring on the Girls | Swede | 1945 |
| Hotel Berlin | Heinrichs | 1945 |
| Murder, He Says | Bert Fleagle / Mert Fleagle / Mert and Bert Fleagle | 1945 |
| Mr. Skeffington | Chester Forbish | 1944 |
| Destination Tokyo | Dakota | 1943 |
| Action in the North Atlantic | Whitey Lara | 1943 |
| Reunion in France | Soldier | 1942 |
| Whistling in Dixie | Frank V. Bailie | 1942 |
| Busses Roar | Frederick Hoff / Hoff | 1942 |
| Spy Ship | Zinner | 1942 |
| Rio Rita | Jake | 1942 |
| Valley of the Sun | Willie | 1942 |
| Blues in the Night | Pete Bossett | 1941 |
| Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Roy Slocum | 1941 |
| Underground | Alex | 1941 |
