Peter Whitney
Actor
Born May 24, 1916 · Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Active 1941–1972
Peter King Engle, known professionally as Peter Whitney, was an American actor in film and television. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many Hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Filmography
In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Deputy CourtneyThe Big Heat (1953) - TierneyBonanza (1959) - Senator Carson Bennett · Emmett Hudson · Lewt CutterPerry Mason (1957) - Capt. Otto Varnum · Stefan 'Big Steve' Jahnchek · Roger GatesThe Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) - CushingCombat! (1962) - MassineNight Gallery (1970)Hawaii Five-O (1968) - BedfordThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) - Bib HadleyThe Beverly Hillbillies (1962) - Lafayette "Lafe" CrickGunsmoke (1955) - Jason Holt · Dan Braden · Cooley · Ira · Big Dan Daggitt · Jase MurdockGreen Acres (1965)Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - Whitey LaraDestination Tokyo (1943) - DakotaMr. Skeffington (1944) - Chester ForbishBuchanan Rides Alone (1958) - Amos AgryRawhide (1959) - Jake TenneyThe Rifleman (1958)Canyon Passage (1946) - Cornelius - Baggage Clerk (uncredited)Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)Adventures of Superman (1952) - Capt. McBainMannix (1967)Maverick (1957) - GunnersonThe Monkees (1966) - El Diablo