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Actor, Soundtrack
The name may have you scratchin' your head a bit while searchin' for your nearby trivia book, but oh...that intimidating face is so familiar. 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 40s, 50s and 60s film and TV. Born May 24, ...

Born: May 24, 1916
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Known for: In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Rough Riders (1958), The Big Heat (1953), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
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Still of Bette Davis, Jerome Cowan and Peter Whitney in Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Mabel Paige, Barbara Pepper, Helen Walker and Peter Whitney in Murder, He Says (1945)