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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 Hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Peter Whitney's over-powering frame, swarthy looks, bushy brows and maniacal look in his eye made him one of the most fearsome character actors to lump around in 1940s-60s film and TV. Born on May 24, 1916 in New Jersey of German ancestry, Peter King Engle was educated at Exeter Academy.
Peter Whitney's over-powering frame, swarthy looks, bushy brows and maniacal look in his eye made him one of the most fearsome character actors to lump around in 1940s-60s film and TV. Born on May 24, 1916 in New Jersey of German ancestry, Peter King Engle was educated at Exeter Academy.
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Birthday: May 24, 1916. Birthplace: Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. Character actor Peter Whitney played to type, heaving his fleshy frame and glowering through numerous villain roles in films of...
Character actor Peter Whitney played to type, heaving his fleshy frame and glowering through numerous villain roles in films of the '40s and '50s, followed by similar turns in TV series. He honed his skills performing with the Pasadena Playhouse before landing a contract with Warner Brothers in 1941.
Peter Whitney is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes In the Heat of the Night, The Big Heat, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Buchanan Rides Alone, Man from Del Rio, Action in the North Atlantic, Destination Tokyo, and Murder, He Says.
Burly character actor Peter Whitney was under contract to Warner Bros. from 1941 to 1945. Whitney spent much of that time on loan-out, playing a variety of moronic thugs and henchmen. His best-ever screen role (or roles) was as identical twin hillbilly murderers Mert and Bert Fleagle in the 1944 screwball classic Murder He Says.
Actor Peter Whitney, born on May 24, 1916 and died on Mar 30, 1972 starred in In the Heat of the Night, Destination Tokyo, Action in the North Atlantic, Blues in the Night, Hotel Berlin, Big Jim McLain, All the Brothers Were Valiant, Whistling in Dixie, The Big Heat, Gorilla at Large.
Murder, He Says (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Caught Me A Snooper Pollster Pete (Fred MacMurray) ventures into territory where his colleague disappeared, meeting Fleagles Mamie (Marjorie Main), Mert and Bert (both Peter Whitney) in Universal's Murder, He Says, 1945.
