Peter Whitney (R) with Richard Gilden Just before Peter's death in Gunsmoke: The Hunter
Peter Whitney dead in Gunsmoke: The Hunter
Peter Whitney (1916 - 1972)
Film Deaths:[]
- Domino Kid (1957) [Lafe Prentiss]; Last of the 5 men pursued by Rory Calhoun, he is gunned down in the town street during the final shootout. (Thanks to Brian)
TV Deaths:[]
- Gunsmoke: The Hunter (1955) [Jase Murdock]: Stabbed in the back by Richard Gilden as Peter tries to kill James Arness.
- Have Gun Will Travel: The Last Laugh (1958) [Judd Calhoun]: Shot in the back by Murray Hamilton.
- Johnny Ringo: Dead Wait (1959) [Arnold Riker]: Seen alive at the end of the episode as he mounts the steps to the scaffold in the prison grounds to be hung for murder. (Thanks to Brian)
- Tate: Before Sunup (1960) [Clay Sedon]: Shot along with Perry Cook by David McLean in the climactic shootout. (Thanks to Brian)
- Bonanza: The Mission (1960) [Lewt Cutter]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Dan Blocker.
- The Rebel: The Promise (1961) [Hobie Kincaid]: Accidentally stabbed in the chest, when Nick Adams knocks him into a wooden barn wall with two nails sticking out.
- Wagon Train: The Hollister John Garrison Story (1963 ) [Kempton]: Accidentally shot in the back by Gary Cockrell when Peter tries to break up a duel between Gary and Charles Drake after Gary had shoved his wife (Evans Evans) out of his way.
- Combat!: Thunder from the Hill (1963) [Massine]: After being seriously wounded by German soldiers while trying to detonate charges set in a rock face that would cause an avalanche that would destroy an entire German mechanized column. Peter sacrifices himself by rolling on down the hillside so that Rick Jason couldn't attempt to rescue him and blow the rock face in time.
- Gunsmoke: Run, Sheep, Run (1965) [Dan Braden]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with Burt Brinckerhoff, when he comes to get his money.