- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 6.69
- Peak run
- 1953’67
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Peter by the numbers
Average
6.69
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.78
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.83
rating spread
Career
30y
1941 to 1970
Total votes
167K
across every film
Best
7.9
In the Heat of the Night
Worst
7.0
Action in the North Atlantic
Newest first
Filmography
| 1970 |  The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Cushing | 7.2 | 11,514 |
| 1967 |  In the Heat of the Night | Courtney | 7.9 | 92,643 |
| 1958 | Buchanan Rides Alone | Amos Agry | 6.8 | 3,724 |
| 1957 | Domino Kid | Lafe Prentiss | · | 407 |
| 1956 | Man from Del Rio | Ed Bannister | 6.4 | 1,059 |
| 1955 | The Last Frontier | Sergeant Major Decker | 6.3 | 1,978 |
| 1954 | The Black Dakotas | Grimes | · | 343 |
| 1954 | Gorilla at Large | Kovacs | · | 823 |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | James Finch | 6.2 | 1,222 |
| 1953 |  The Big Heat | Tierney | 7.9 | 33,319 |
| 1953 | The Great Sioux Uprising | Ahab Jones | · | 412 |
| 1947 | Violence | Joker Robinson | · | 555 |
| 1946 | The Brute Man | Police Lieutenant Gates | 4.5 | 1,713 |
| 1946 | The Notorious Lone Wolf | Harvey Beaumont | · | 265 |
| 1946 | Three Strangers | Timothy Delaney aka Gabby | 6.9 | 2,969 |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin | Heinrichs | 6.8 | 1,058 |
| 1945 | Murder, He Says | Mert Fleagle | 6.9 | 2,385 |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Whitey Lara | 7.0 | 5,080 |
| 1942 | Rio Rita | Jake | 6.1 | 1,351 |
| 1942 | Valley of the Sun | Willie | · | 549 |
Better together?
Peter Whitney's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Peter Whitney
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