Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WikipediaThe Free Encyclopedia
Search

Peter Whitney

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American actor (1916–1972)
icon
This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Peter Whitney" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Peter Whitney
Whitney inBaptism of Fire (1943)
Born
Peter King Engle

(1916-05-24)May 24, 1916
DiedMarch 30, 1972(1972-03-30) (aged 55)
Resting placeValley Oaks Memorial Park,Westlake Village, California
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1972
Spouses
Children5

Peter King Engle (May 24, 1916 – March 30, 1972), known professionally asPeter Whitney,[1] was an American actor in film and television. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in manyHollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s.

Early years

[edit]

Whitney grew up in California. His schools included theRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He studied drama at thePasadena Playhouse.[1]

Career

[edit]

Whitney appeared in the filmsDestination Tokyo (1943),Action in the North Atlantic (1943),Mr. Skeffington (1944),Murder, He Says (1945) (in which he played a dual role),The Big Heat (1953),In the Heat of the Night (1967),The Ballad of Cable Hogue (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 formersergeant of theUnion Army, in all 39 episodes of the ABC Western seriesThe Rough Riders.[2] He also guest-starred on the ABC/Warner Brothers Western seriesColt .45. He performed the part of Ralph in the 1958 episode "Mantrap".[3] He playedUnited States Secret Service agent Gunnerson in the episode "Savage Hills," and Brock in "Dodge City or Bust" on the ABC/WB series,Maverick. 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 theCheyenne Indians.[4]

Whitney made three guest appearances on theCBS courtroom drama seriesPerry Mason: 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 asThe Public Defender,Gunsmoke,Adventures of Superman,City Detective,Fury,My Friend Flicka ("A Case of Honor"),The Californians,Sheriff of Cochise,Behind Closed Doors,Northwest Passage,Tate,Tombstone Territory (episode "Apache Vendetta"),Johnny Ringo,The Virginian (The Runaway – 1969),Riverboat,Bourbon Street Beat,The Alaskans,Overland Trail (as Governor Sutcliff in episode "First Stage to Denver"),The Rebel,The Islanders,Adventures in Paradise,Straightaway,Wagon Train,The Untouchables,Bonanza,The Rifleman,The Monkees,Petticoat Junction (as Jasper Tweedy, in the 1969 episode: "Sorry Doctor, I Ain't Taking No Shots"),Green Acres,The Beverly Hillbillies,Rawhide (episode "Incident of the Music Maker"),Peter Gunn (as Josiah in the episode "The Best Laid Plans", andHawaii Five-O. In addition, Whitney played a French partisan fighter named Massine in the 1963 episode "Thunder from the Hill" of ABC's military dramaCombat!, as well as the character Caleb Calhoun in a 1964 episode of theDaniel Boone series. Then, in 1965, Whitney was cast as JudgeRoy Bean in the episode "A Picture of a Lady" on thesyndicated television seriesDeath Valley Days.

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 writerRod Serling's seriesNight Gallery, in a 1972 episode segment titled "Deliveries in the Rear".[5]

Death

[edit]

Whitney died of a heart attack at the age of 55 inSanta Barbara, California. He was buried atPierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park inWestlake Village, California.[6] He had 5 children

Partial filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^abCanright, Jane (June 14, 1953)."Peter Engle of Lanikai Successful Movie Actor".The Honolulu Advertiser. Hawaii, Honolulu. p. 14. RetrievedJune 25, 2020 – viaNewspapers.com.
  2. ^Terrace, Vincent (2011).Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 912.ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  3. ^Lentz, Harris M. (1997).Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949-1996. McFarland & Company. p. 101.ISBN 978-0-7864-0377-6.
  4. ^"Lawman".TVGuide.com. RetrievedJune 18, 2024.
  5. ^Skelton, Scott; Benson, Jim (1999).Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-hours Tour. Syracuse University Press. pp. 269–270.ISBN 978-0-8156-2782-1.
  6. ^Wilson, Scott (2016).Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 806.ISBN 9780786479924. RetrievedNovember 12, 2016.

External links

[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related toPeter Whitney.
International
National
People
Other
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Whitney&oldid=1313856262"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2025 Movatter.jp