Peter Whitney

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Peter Whitney
Whitney in Baptism of Fire (1943)
Born	Peter King Engle (1916-05-24)May 24, 1916 Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	March 30, 1972(1972-03-30) (aged 55) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1941–1972
Spouses	Adrienne Whitney ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1947)​ Barbara Engle ​ ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	5

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

Early years

Whitney grew up in California. His schools included the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He studied drama at the Pasadena Playhouse.^[1]

Career

Whitney appeared in the films Destination Tokyo (1943), Action in the North Atlantic (1943), Mr. Skeffington (1944), Murder, He Says (1945) (in which he played a dual role), The Big Heat (1953), In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), and others before becoming well known for his work in television.

In the 1958–1959 season, Whitney had a co-starring role as Buck Sinclair, a former

Whitney made three guest appearances on the CBS courtroom drama series Perry Mason: in 1961 he performed as the character Roger Gates in "The Case of the Pathetic Patient"; in 1962, as prison escapee Stefan "Big Steve" Jahnchek in "The Case of the Stand-in Sister"; and in 1965, as Captain Otto Varnum in "The Case of the Wrongful Writ."

Whitney also appeared on such series as