Peter Whitney
Actor · 30 credits · 17 in highly-rated films
Best known for In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Frequent collaborators: Elisha Cook Jr., Alan Hale, Frank Wilcox
Best Peter Whitney movies by genre
Movies (30 total, ranked by score)
1In the Heat of the Night
1967 · ★ 7.7 (1,261 votes)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
2The Big Heat
1953 · ★ 7.7 (566 votes)
Crime, Thriller
3The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · ★ 7.0 (226 votes)
Comedy, Western, Action
4Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · ★ 7.1 (62 votes)
War
5Buchanan Rides Alone
1958 · ★ 6.6 (87 votes)
Western
6Destination Tokyo
1943 · ★ 6.9 (67 votes)
War
7Murder, He Says
1945 · ★ 6.8 (35 votes)
Comedy, Mystery, Crime
8Man from Del Rio
1956 · ★ 6.5 (26 votes)
Western
9The Black Dakotas
1954 · ★ 5.1 (8 votes)
Romance, Western
10Spy Ship
1942 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
11Underground
1941 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)
Adventure, Drama, War
12Bring on the Girls
1945 · ★ 6.1 (5 votes)
Comedy, Music
13Three Strangers
1946 · ★ 6.4 (38 votes)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
14The Last Frontier
1955 · ★ 6.1 (39 votes)
Western
15Fremont: The Trailblazer
1956
Western, TV Movie
16Hotel Berlin
1945 · ★ 6.2 (16 votes)
War, Drama
17The Sea Chase
1955 · ★ 6.2 (52 votes)
War, Action, Drama
18Busses Roar
1942 · ★ 6.6 (7 votes)
War, Drama, Romance
19Northwest Outpost
1947
Action, Drama, Music
20Blonde Alibi
1946 · ★ 4.8 (6 votes)
Action, Comedy, Crime
21Blues in the Night
1941 · ★ 6.3 (28 votes)
Crime, Drama, Music
22The Sword of Ali Baba
1965 · ★ 7.2 (3 votes)
Adventure
23Baptism of Fire
1943 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
24The Iron Curtain
1948 · ★ 6.0 (27 votes)
Thriller
25Gorilla at Large
1954 · ★ 5.6 (14 votes)
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
26Superman's Peril
1954
Science Fiction, Action
27Violence
1947 · ★ 5.2 (17 votes)
Crime, Drama
28The Brute Man
1946 · ★ 4.4 (31 votes)
Horror, Thriller, Crime
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Mountain Fighters
1943
Documentary
- 30
Proceed and Report
1943
Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.