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Peter Whitney

Actor

Peter Whitney

Born May 24, 1916 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USADied March 30, 197244 films

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In the Heat of the Night posterFirst watchIn the Heat of the Night19677.7as Deputy CourtneyAfrican-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Big Heat poster7.7The Big Heat1953The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster7.0The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970Destination Tokyo poster6.9Destination Tokyo1943Buchanan Rides Alone poster6.6Buchanan Rides Alone1958Mr. Skeffington poster6.8Mr. Skeffington1944Action in the North Atlantic poster7.1Action in the North Atlantic1943Canyon Passage poster6.8Canyon Passage1946The Sea Chase poster6.3The Sea Chase1955

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueCushing
  2. 1969The Great Bank RobberyBrother Jordan Cass - Tunneling
  3. 1968ChubascoMatt
  4. 1967In the Heat of the NightDeputy Courtney
  5. 1965The Sword of Ali BabaAbou
  6. 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmThe Giant
  7. 1958Buchanan Rides AloneAmos Agry
  8. 1957Domino KidLafe Prentiss
  9. 1956Man from Del RioEd Bannister
  10. 1956The Cruel Tower'Joss' Jossman
  11. 1956Great Day in the MorningPhil the Cannibal (uncredited)
  12. 1956Fremont: The TrailblazerCass Jerome
  13. 1955The Last FrontierSergeant Major Decker
  14. 1955The Sea ChaseBachman
  15. 1954Day of TriumphNikator
  16. 1954Superman's PerilCapt. McBain
  17. 1954The Black DakotasGrimes
  18. 1954Gorilla at LargeKovacs
  19. 1953The Big HeatTierney
  20. 1953The Great Sioux UprisingAhab Jones
  21. 1948The Iron Curtain
  22. 1947The GangsterKarty's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
  23. 1947Northwest OutpostVolkoff Overseer
  24. 1947ViolenceJoker
  25. 1946The Brute ManPolice Lieutenant Gates
  26. 1946Canyon PassageCornelius - Baggage Clerk (uncredited)
  27. 1946Blonde AlibiLieutenant Melody Haynes
  28. 1946The Notorious Lone WolfHarvey Beaumont
  29. 1946Three StrangersTimothy Delaney aka Gabby
  30. 1945Murder, He SaysMert Fleagle / Bert Fleagle
  31. 1945Bring on the GirlsSwede
  32. 1945Hotel BerlinHeinrichs
  33. 1944Mr. SkeffingtonChester Forbish
  34. 1943Destination TokyoDakota
  35. 1943Action in the North AtlanticWhitey Lara
  36. 1942Whistling in DixieFrank V. Bailie
  37. 1942Reunion in FranceSoldier
  38. 1942Busses RoarHoff
  39. 1942Spy ShipZinner
  40. 1942Rio RitaJake
  41. 1942Valley of the SunWillie
  42. 1941Blues in the NightPete Bossett
  43. 1941Nine Lives Are Not EnoughRoy Slocum
  44. 1941UndergroundAlex