Peter Whitford

Nascimento : 1939-01-01, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Filmes

Black and White
Justice Windeyer
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
The Man Who Sued God
Moderator
A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.
Moulin Rouge: Amor em Vermelho
Stage Manager
Christian (Ewan McGregor) é um jovem escritor que possui um dom para a poesia e que enfrenta seu pai para poder se mudar para o bairro boêmio de Montmartre, em Paris. Lá ele recebe o apoio de Henri de Toulouse-Latrec (John Leguizamo), que o ajuda a participar da vida social e cultural do local, que gira em torno do Moulin Rouge, uma boate que possui um mundo próprio de sexo, drogas, adrenalina e Can-Can. Ao visitar o local, Christian logo se apaixona por Satine (Nicole Kidman), a mais bela cortesã de Paris e estrela maior do Moulin Rouge.
Passion
Tour Manager
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
Oscar e Lucinda
Mr. Ahearn
Depois de uma infância de abuso por parte de seu pai evangelista, o desajustado Oscar Hopkins se torna um ministro anglicano e desenvolve uma obsessão divina por jogos de azar. Lucinda Leplastrier é uma rica herdeira australiana que compra em Londres materiais para sua fábrica de vidro recém-adquirida em seu país. Decidido a viajar para a Austrália como um missionário, Oscar conhece Lucinda a bordo do navio e uma obsessão mútua floresce. Eles fazem uma aposta que vai alterar cada um de seus destinos.
Vem Dançar Comigo
Les Kendall
Scott Hastings é um dançarino de salão de baile com calibre de campeão, mas para grande desgosto da comunidade de dança de salão australiana, Scott acredita na dança com "seus próprios passos". Fran é uma dançarina iniciante e um pouco "patinho feio" que tem a audácia de pedir para ser parceira de Scott depois que seu estilo pouco ortodoxo faz com que sua parceira regular vá dançar fora de sua vida. Juntos, esses dois desajustados tentam ganhar o Campeonato Pan-Pacífico Australianos e mostrar à Confederação Ballroom que eles estão errados quando dizem, "não há novos passos!".
The Time Game
Mr. Green
13 year old Tony Johnson and computer wizard, is of falsely accused of setting fire to his school. He is sent to stay with his grandparents over Christmas. Tony's grandfather invents things. He has designed a game called "The Time Game"...
Computer Ghosts
Uncle Oscar
A security company conjures up fake computer-generated "ghosts" so they can buy abandoned property at below-market value at auctions. However, a mysterious couple appear out of seemingly nowhere to thwart the company's plans.
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Steward
A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure she is in control of each encounter until one client reaches her more than she expects.
Drive-In da Morte
Thompson
In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed. The prisoners don't really care to escape because they are fed and they have a place to live which is, in most cases, probably better than the outside. Crabs and his girlfriend Carmen are put into the camp and all Crabs wants to do is escape.
Phar Lap
Bert Wolfe
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
Careful, He Might Hear You
George
Abandoned by his father after his mother dies, young PS lives in suburban Sydney with his aunt Lila and her husband George. While they lead a modest existence, PS is happy with them. However, his contentment is derailed when Lila's wealthy sister, Vanessa, returns from England and takes an interest in PS.
As Quatro Irmãs
Uncle Julius
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Cass
Frank
Torn by the conflict between society and her own life, as well as her failing marriage and love for another woman, Cass desperately tried to pull together the pieces of her shattered life.