Peter White

Acting

Peter White

Born 1937-10-10 · New York City, New York, USA

Peter White (October 10, 1937 – November 1, 2023) was an American actor. He starred as Alan in The Boys in the Band, the lawyer who stumbles into the gay men's birthday party. White had the distinction of playing the only straight character in The Boys in the Band. He later joined the cast of All My Children. In the 1980s, he had recurring roles on The Colbys and Dallas.

Acting credits

Armageddon poster
6.8

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

Armageddon

1998

Dave poster
6.6

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.

Dave

1993

First Daughter poster
6.2

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student.

First Daughter

2004

The Boys in the Band poster
7.0

Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, an unexpected guest shows up, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and dormant and unspoken emotions are unleashed.

The Boys in the Band

1970

Thirteen Days poster
7.0

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

Thirteen Days

2000

Mother poster
6.9

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Mother

1996

Diary of a Hitman poster
5.4

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.

Diary of a Hitman

1991

Passport to Paris poster
6.2

Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.

Passport to Paris

1999

Mr. Wrong poster
4.1

A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.

Mr. Wrong

1996

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1.7

Documentary about actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars

2019

The Pursuit of Happiness poster
6.2

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

The Execution poster
7.3

The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as young girls. To their horror they learn that he has already been tried as a war criminal and has served but a few years for his crimes. They decide that they will "execute" him, drawing lots to determine which one will perform the act, without letting the others know who it is.

The Execution

1985

Though None Go with Me poster
7.3

Elizabeth Leroy devotes her life to serving God but her faith is tested over the years as she has to overcome many hardships and sorrows.

Though None Go with Me

2006

Blade poster
5.5

A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.

Blade

1973

Daughter of the Streets poster
5.6

A divorcée struggling to make ends meet, but still utilizing her spare time for social causes neglects her daughter in this fact-based story. At 18, the daughter starts drifting into bad company and eventually becomes a prostitute. To try to get her back in a proper life, her mother abducts her off the street and forcibly brings her home.

Daughter of the Streets

1990

Sins of the Past poster
5.2

A ring of call girls leaves the "business" when one of them is murdered. The survivors change their names and leave town. However, they are reunited 15 years later when another one of them is murdered and the rest realize that they are all being tracked by the same serial killer.

Sins of the Past

1984

See Arnold Run poster
5.1

This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, hitting the campaign trail and competing in the frenzied atmosphere that accompanied California's chaotic recall election.

See Arnold Run

2005

Between Two Brothers poster
7.0

Bob Frazer is a prominent attorney who compulsively tries to make amends with his younger, less polished brother, Russ, who runs the family business and harbors the guilt for their father's recent death.

Between Two Brothers

1982