{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/38240/peter-viertel",
  "name": "Peter Viertel",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/38240/peter-viertel",
  "knownForDepartment": "Writing",
  "birthDate": "1920-11-16",
  "deathDate": "2007-11-04",
  "birthPlace": "Dresden, Germany",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ygEdXmORTimTE1kQ4tEe8OLzZby.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896830"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2261,
      "title": "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.506,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uSvET5YUvHNDIeoCpErrbSmasFb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2261/the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 31997,
      "title": "Saboteur",
      "year": "1942",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.887,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iDKOOTymUZg0WAWPcbdP6nPZEFF.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/31997/saboteur-1942"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 11331,
      "title": "The Old Man and the Sea",
      "year": "1958",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.53,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6Q34dJL6m1vdzAr0jDDKDmNL52e.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/11331/the-old-man-and-the-sea-1958"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 28761,
      "title": "White Hunter, Black Heart",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.408,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tbLYzI4rB7qQy0gete68v2gHVZV.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/28761/white-hunter-black-heart-1990"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 126374,
      "title": "Roughshod",
      "year": "1949",
      "role": "Story",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.708,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7Obymlbem4l9Ch9Uh0H1CRvYkih.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/126374/roughshod-1949"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 4461,
      "title": "Decision Before Dawn",
      "year": "1951",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.755,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wOrzwxmEvPIiD9VDSuN1utgMAxX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/4461/decision-before-dawn-1951"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 25190,
      "title": "The Sun Also Rises",
      "year": "1957",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aUmBezgVtjtYTzw9k2tNbHEfCWI.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/25190/the-sun-also-rises-1957"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 298664,
      "title": "Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "as Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vtHKaAS0pCrOASSg6wGmKlkqghh.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/298664/magician-the-astonishing-life-and-work-of-orson-welles-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 36612,
      "title": "The Hard Way",
      "year": "1943",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.364,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bWRQ6bCL8glZ8IfSPGDlfNqbO8F.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/36612/the-hard-way-1943"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 272181,
      "title": "Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man",
      "year": "1988",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ahm5M5cyBCCc4IMjdCauH1ipkzK.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/272181/cary-grant-a-celebration-of-a-leading-man-1988"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 15469,
      "title": "Five Miles to Midnight",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.82,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4pZA2D3EGZrLBh3LWFDiurSjsYE.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/15469/five-miles-to-midnight-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 50117,
      "title": "We Were Strangers",
      "year": "1949",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.275,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6dyjFLrxNESNqD61Zu3DgBhv6IN.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/50117/we-were-strangers-1949"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 148817,
      "title": "The Well",
      "year": "2005",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3KBDoQ4eZvp0OE2ZdTkDtNLGpHe.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/148817/the-well-2005"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 138552,
      "title": "¡Qué grande es el cine!",
      "year": "1995",
      "role": "as Self - Panelist",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1p9Dn06c4n6wdeHhODizkoyPL3l.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/138552/que-grande-es-el-cine-1995"
    }
  ]
}