
Peter Breck
Highest Rated: 100% Highway 61 (1991)
Lowest Rated: 60% The Glory Guys (1965)
Birthday: Mar 13, 1929
Birthplace: Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
Peter Breck got his first taste of acting while attending the University of Houston, in Texas. He began working at the Alley Theatre there, gaining experience by performing in a variety of productions. Before long, on the strength of his performances, he was invited to join the renowned Washington Arena Stage theater company. After his performance in George Bernard Shaw's "The Man of Destiny," actor Robert Mitchum went back stage and asked Breck, "Do you want to make a movie?" He had already made several small television appearances, but his role as a moonshiner, Stacey Gouge, in Mitchum's 1958 crime thriller, "Thunder Road," had a major impact on his career. Following the film, he relocated to Los Angeles; Mitchum supported his move, even lending him a Jaguar to drive. In 1959, he landed the lead role as Clay Culhane, a retired gunfighter who becomes a lawyer, in the Western series "Black Saddle." Following that series conclusion a year later, Breck signed a contract with Warner Brothers, becoming a contract player for them. In 1965, he took on his best known role as Nick Barkley, the bad-tempered son of Barbara Stanwyck's character, in the popular Western series "The Big Valley." Following its conclusion in 1969, he began making guest-star appearances in all of Warner's series. If you watched television in the 1970s and '80s, he was hard to miss. He appeared in episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Dukes of Hazzard," and "The Fall Guy," to name only a few.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lulu | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sworn to Vengeance | Chief Kelly (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 30% | The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter | Sheriff Hatch (Character) | - | 1992 |
100% | 85% | Highway 61 | Mr. Watson (Character) | $8.7K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Terminal City Ricochet | Ross Glimore (Character) | - | 1989 |
86% | 55% | Benji | Dr. Chapman (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man for Hanging | Avery Porter (Character) | - | 1973 |
60% | 31% | The Glory Guys | Lt. Bunny Hodges (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hootenanny Hoot | Ted Grover (Character) | - | 1963 |
95% | 82% | Shock Corridor | Johnny Barrett (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | 17% | The Crawling Hand | Steve Curan (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lad: A Dog | Stephen Tremayne (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming | Russian Officer (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Mobster | Frank Brennan (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The Beatniks | Mooney (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild and the Innocent | Chip (Character) | - | 1959 |
70% | 63% | Thunder Road | Stacey Gouge (uncredited) (Character) | $146K | 1958 |
TV
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73% | No Score Yet | John Doe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | J.J. Sunday (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sheriff of Cochise | Doyle Ranker (Guest Star) | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Nick Barkley (Character) | 1965-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Peter Warren (Guest Star) | 1963-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branded | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Jubal (Guest Star) | 1963 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Tim Winslow (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Saddle | Clay Culhane (Character) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Brett Dixon (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway Patrol | Whitey Sims (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
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