Peter Bogdanovich

Personal Info

Known For:
Directing

Birthday:
July 30, 1939

Place of Birth:
Kingston, New York, USA

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Peter Bogdanovich

Biography

Peter Bogdanovich ComSE (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started his career as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire before becoming a prominent filmmaker as part of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

Bogdanovich worked as a film journalist until he was hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels (1966). His credited feature film debut came with Targets (1968), before his career breakthrough with the drama The Last Picture Show (1971) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the acclaimed films What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973). Other films include Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), Noises Off (1992), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014).

As an actor, he was known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last film The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which he also helped finish. He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007).

Bogdanovich directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford (1971) and The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018). He also published numerous books, some of which include in-depth interviews with friends Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. Bogdanovich's works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self - Guest Host
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

George Merritt
The Simpsons
The Simpsons

Psychologist (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother

Peter Bogdanovich
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show

Self
The Good Wife
The Good Wife

Peter Bogdanovich
The Sopranos
The Sopranos

Dr. Elliot Kupferberg

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Willie and Me Charley
2023 The Wild One Self
2023 John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons Self
2022 Fragments of Paradise Self
2022 The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons Self
2021 Dean Martin: El Rey del Cool Self
2021 Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema Self
2021 Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Self
2020 Morning Has Broken Shem
2020 Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness Self
2020 Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Self
2020 I Am Burt Reynolds Self - Interviewee
2020 Audrey Self - Filmmaker
2019 What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Self
2019 Carl Laemmle Himself
2019 The Creatress Theo Mencken
2019 It Chapter Two Peter
2019 The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
2018 Reborn Peter Bogdanovich
2018 The Other Side of the Wind Brooks Otterlake
2018 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Self
2018 The Great Buster: A Celebration Narrator (voice)
2018 A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making Self - Executive Producer, Actor
2018 They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Self
2018 Los Angeles Overnight Vedor Ph.D.
2018 Tesla Nation Himself
2017 Cult of Terror Self - Filmmaker
2017 Hawks on Hawks Self (voice)
2017 78/52 Self
2017 We Blew It Self
2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr Self (voice)
2016 Durant's Never Closes George
2016 The Tell-Tale Heart Old Man
2016 Between Us George
2016 Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis Himself
2016 Six L.A. Love Stories Duane Crawford
2015 This Is Orson Welles Self
2015 Pearly Gates Marty
2015 Hitchcock/Truffaut Self
2015 While We're Young Speaker
2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Self - Filmmaker
2014 One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film Self
2014 The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh Self
2014 A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River Self
2013 Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten Self
2013 Don't Let Me Go Man
2013 Cold Turkey Poppy
2013 Are You Here Judge Harlan Plath
2012 John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man Self
2012 Casting By Self
2011 Hollywood Scandals Self
2011 By Bogdanovich
2011 Corman's World Self - Filmmaker
2011 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story Self
2011 Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides Self
2010 Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved Self
2010 Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon Self
2010 Abandoned Dr. Markus Bensley
2010 Queen of the Lot Pedja Sapir
2010 Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today Self
2010 Heavy Rain Himself
2010 BBStory: An American Film Renaissance Self
2010 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story Self
2010 Godard Made in USA Self
2010 An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich Self
2009 Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood Self
2009 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Self
2009 The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth Self
2009 Vittorio D. Self
2009 Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' Self
2009 A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Self
2008 The Doorman Peter
2008 Humboldt County Professor Hadley
2008 Hollywood Gangster Self
2008 Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali Self
2008 The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008 Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster Self
2008 The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'
2008 Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' Self
2008 The Making of 'Rebecca' Self
2008 Il falso bugiardo Self (archive footage)
2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Self
2007 The Fifth Patient John Reilly
2007 The Dukes Lou Fiola
2007 Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' Self
2007 365 Day Project
2007 Dedication Roger Spade
2007 Broken English Irving Mann
2006 Infamous Bennett Cerf
2006 The Informer: Out of the Fog Self
2006 Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten Self (archive footage)
2006 Edge of Outside Self
2006 Wanderlust Himself
2006 Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption Self - Director, Writer, Actor
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Self
2006 Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger Himself
2006 Searching for Orson Narrator
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters Self
2005 Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals Self
2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That Self
2005 The Definition of Insanity
2004 Scene Stealers Peter Bogdanovich
2004 Hollywood Legenden Self
2004 Cary Grant: A Class Apart Self
2004 'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
2004 Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic Self
2004 Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off Self
2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock Self
2004 Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess Self
2004 Hitchcock and Dial M Self
2004 3D: A Brief History
2004 Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' Self
2004 Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths Self
2004 Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' Self
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Self
2003 The Next Picture Show Self
2003 Getting the Moon
2003 A Decade Under the Influence Self
2002 Highball Frank
2002 It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') Self
2002 New York at the Movies Self
2002 John Ford Goes to War Self - Interviewee
2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories Self
2001 Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies Himself
2001 Festival in Cannes Milo
2001 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic Self
2001 It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures Narrator (voice)
2001 The Story of 'Frenzy' Self
2000 Rated X Film Professor
2000 On Cukor Self
2000 All About 'The Birds' Self
2000 Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Self
2000 Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote Self
2000 The Independent Peter Bogdanovich
2000 A Constant Forge Self
2000 Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' Self
2000 The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich Self
2000 The Trouble with 'Marnie' Self
1999 Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius Self
1999 The Last Picture Show: A Look Back Self
1999 Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood Self
1999 Coming Soon Bartholomew
1999 Claire Makes It Big Arturo Mulligan
1999 F. Self
1998 Mr. Jealousy Dr. Howard Poke
1998 Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Self
1998 Lick the Star Principal
1998 Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg Himself
1998 54 Elaine's Patron
1997 Bella Mafia Vito Giancamo
1997 Howard Hawks: American Artist Self
1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? Self
1996 Love in Hollywood Self
1996 The Battle Over Citizen Kane Self
1996 Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1995 The Death of Playboy Playmate
1994 Hitchcock: Alfred the Great Himself
1993 Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II Self
1993 Working with Orson Welles Himself
1992 Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave Self
1991 Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas Self
1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Self
1990 With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film Self
1990 Hollywood Mavericks Self
1989 John Wayne Standing Tall Self
1989 Arena - John Cassavetes Self
1989 Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Himself
1988 Bacall on Bogart Self
1988 On the tracks of a filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self
1987 Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies Self
1987 Out of the Blue and Into the Black Self
1985 Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1982 Barry Norman in Celebrity City Self
1981 They All Laughed Disk Jockey (uncredited)
1979 Saint Jack Eddie Schuman
1977 Opening Night Self (uncredited)
1976 Lost, Lost, Lost Self
1973 F for Fake Self
1972 Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? Self
1971 Directed by John Ford Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
1971 Notes on the New York Film Festival Self
1971 The Last Picture Show DJ (voice) (uncredited)
1969 Lions Love Peter (uncredited)
1968 Targets Sammy Michaels
1968 Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women Narrator (voice)
1967 The Trip Paul's Cameraman (uncredited)
1966 The Wild Angels Townsman at Loser's Funeral (uncredited)
Year TV Show Role
2020 Talking Sopranos Self
2017 Get Shorty Giustino Moreweather
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Self
2010 Rizzoli & Isles Arnold Whistler
2009 The Good Wife Peter Bogdanovich
2005 How I Met Your Mother Peter Bogdanovich
2003 Out of Order Zach
2002 8 Simple Rules Dr. Lohr
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent George Merritt
1999 The Sopranos Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
1995 Cybill
1995 Picture Windows Lucca
1990 Northern Exposure Himself
1989 The Simpsons Psychologist (voice)
1974 Dinah! Self
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self
1971 Great Performances Self
1968 The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self - Guest Host
1961 The Mike Douglas Show Self
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