Cast & creator
Peter Bogdanovich
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Simpsons
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bogdanovich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Derek Thomas
259
film credits
30
television credits
223
1961–2024 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (289)
Showing 289 of 289 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
The Simpsons
Psychologist (voice)
1989
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
George Merritt
2001
The Sopranos
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
1999The Sopranos
Director
1999
The Good Wife
Peter Bogdanovich
2009
How I Met Your Mother
Peter Bogdanovich
2005
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Rizzoli & Isles
Arnold Whistler
2010
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Northern Exposure
Himself
1990
Get Shorty
Giustino Moreweather
2017
Dinah!
Self
1974Film '72
Self
1971
8 Simple Rules
Dr. Lohr
2002
Cybill
1995
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Thanks
2003
It Chapter Two
Peter - Director
2019
Talking Sopranos
Self
2020
Fallen Angels
Director
1993
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
The Last Picture Show
DJ (voice) (uncredited)
1971The Last Picture Show
Director
1971The Last Picture Show
Screenplay
1971The Last Picture Show
Editor
1971
While We're Young
Speaker
2015
Are You Here
Judge Harlan Plath
2013
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
2020
54
Elaine's Patron
1998
She's Funny That Way
Self in TV clip (uncredited)
2015She's Funny That Way
Director
2015She's Funny That Way
Writer
2015
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
What's Up, Doc?
Director
1972What's Up, Doc?
Producer
1972What's Up, Doc?
Story
1972
Mask
Director
1985
Paper Moon
Producer
1973Paper Moon
Director
1973
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Director
2004
Out of Order
Zach
2003
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
2020
Argentina 1985
Thanks
2022
American Cinema
Self
1994
Picture This
Self
1991
Picture Windows
Lucca
1995Picture Windows
Director
1995
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Noises Off...
Director
1992Noises Off...
Executive Producer
1992
The Thing Called Love
Director
1993
Opening Night
Self (uncredited)
1977
The Other Side of the Wind
Brooks Otterlake
2018The Other Side of the Wind
Editor
2018
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Self
2015
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
2011
Audrey
Self - Filmmaker
2020
The Cat's Meow
Director
2002
Saint Jack
Eddie Schuman
1979Saint Jack
Screenplay
1979Saint Jack
Director
1979
To Sir, with Love II
Director
1996
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2021
Bella Mafia
Vito Giancamo
1997
F for Fake
Self
1973
Nickelodeon
Writer
1976Nickelodeon
Director
1976
Mr. Jealousy
Dr. Howard Poke
1998
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker
2014
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Self
2018
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Self
2021
At Long Last Love
Director
1975At Long Last Love
Writer
1975At Long Last Love
Producer
1975
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
1997
Directed by John Ford
Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
1971Directed by John Ford
Director
1971Directed by John Ford
Writer
1971
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Narrator (voice)
2018The Great Buster: A Celebration
Producer
2018The Great Buster: A Celebration
Director
2018The Great Buster: A Celebration
Screenplay
2018
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Infamous
Bennett Cerf
2006
Targets
Sammy Michaels
1968Targets
Screenplay
1968Targets
Director
1968Targets
Producer
1968Targets
Editor
1968Targets
Story
1968
They All Laughed
Disk Jockey (uncredited)
1981They All Laughed
Writer
1981They All Laughed
Director
1981
Pearly Gates
Marty
2015
The Wild Angels
Townsman at Loser's Funeral (uncredited)
1966The Wild Angels
Second Assistant Director
1966The Wild Angels
Additional Writing
1966
I Am Burt Reynolds
Self - Interviewee
2020
The Trip
Paul's Cameraman (uncredited)
1967
The Definition of Insanity
2005
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
2021
Reborn
Peter Bogdanovich
2018
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (voice)
2017
78/52
Self
2017
Invisible Women
Self
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
Self (archive footage)
2024
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
1991
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self
2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Thanks
2018
Casting By
Self
2012
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
2009
Coming Soon
Bartholomew
1999Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
1989New York at the Movies
Self
2002
Scene Stealers
Peter Bogdanovich
2004
Lions Love
Peter (uncredited)
1969
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019
Six L.A. Love Stories
Duane Crawford
2016
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
2014
Abandoned
Dr. Markus Bensley
2010
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Self
2004
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
1990
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Director
1997
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
1987
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Director
1989
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Self
1993
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
2006Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Director
2004
Daisy Miller
Director
1974Daisy Miller
Producer
1974
Fragments of Paradise
Self
2022
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self
1972
The Tell-Tale Heart
Old Man
2016
The Independent
Peter Bogdanovich
2000
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
Narrator (voice)
1968Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
Director
1968
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Himself
2001
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Self
2001
Rated X
Film Professor
2000
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
2020Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Self
1994
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self
2011
Godard Made in USA
Self
2010
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
Self (archive footage)
2019
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
2009
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Self
2001Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Self
2013
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self
2004
Queen of the Lot
Pedja Sapir
2010
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Self
1999
Broken English
Irving Mann
2007
Between Us
George
2016
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Durant's Never Closes
George
2016
Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story
1985
Carl Laemmle
Himself
2019
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Self
1996
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
2005
Illegally Yours
Director
1988Illegally Yours
Producer
1988
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
The Trouble with 'Marnie'
Self
2000
Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast
Self
1977
The Orson Welles Story
Self
1982
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
Supervising Technical Director
2005
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
Self
1999
Phantom Halo
Executive Producer
2014
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
1998
Humboldt County
Professor Hadley
2008
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
We Blew It
Self
2017Hollywood Gangster
Self
2008
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
Self
2004
The Creatress
Theo Mencken
2019
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Self
1982
Cult of Terror
Self - Filmmaker
2017
Working with Orson Welles
Himself
1993
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Narrator (voice)
2001
Los Angeles Overnight
Vedor Ph.D.
2018
Hitchcock and Dial M
Self
2004
On Cukor
Self
2000
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self
2010
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Self
2000
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self
2000
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Director
2007
Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
Self
2004Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave
Self
1992With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Self
1990Howard Hawks: American Artist
Self
1997
Blessed Assurance
Director
1997
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Self - Executive Producer, Actor
2018By Bogdanovich
Self
2011
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
1987
Willie and Me
Charley
2024
Wanderlust
Himself
2006
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Self
2008
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
2014
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
Self
2012
Dedication
Roger Spade
2007
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali
Self
2008
Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths
Self
2004
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
2000
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
Self
2004
All About 'The Birds'
Self
2000
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'
Self
2004Don't Let Me Go
Man
2013
Texasville
Director
1990Texasville
Screenplay
1990Texasville
Producer
1990
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self
2023
Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'
Self
2007
The Next Picture Show
Self
2003Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self
1999
Naked City: A Killer Christmas
Director
1998
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Peter Bogdanovich
1988
The City Girl
Executive Producer
1984
Picture Windows: Song of Songs
Lucca
1994Picture Windows: Song of Songs
Director
1994
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Self
2010
John Ford Goes to War
Self - Interviewee
2002
Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic
Self
2004
A Saintly Switch
Director
1999
The Dukes
Lou Fiola
2007
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Self
2008
This Is Orson Welles
Self
2015Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Self
2006Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
Self
2005
Vittorio D.
Self
2009
Claire Makes It Big
Arturo Mulligan
1999
Lick the Star
Principal
1998
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008
Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!
1996America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Self
2010John Wayne Standing Tall
Self
1989Hollywood Legenden
Self
2004
The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich
Self
2000
The Death of Playboy Playmate
1995
Twelve
Thanks
2008
A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
Self
2009
Highball
Frank
2002Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
Self - Director, Writer, Actor
2006
Cold Turkey
Poppy
2013Horrifying Hollywood Murders
Self
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
Self
2002
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Self
1991
Heavy Rain
Himself
2010
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Self
2009Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
1989
The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'
2008
Hustle
Director
2004
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008
Festival in Cannes
Milo
2001
Notes on the New York Film Festival
Self
1971
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
Self
2011
3D: A Brief History
2004
The Fifth Patient
John Reilly
2007
F.
Self
1999
Lost, Lost, Lost
Self
1976
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
Self
2008
The Wild One
Self
2023
Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis
Self
2016The Informer: Out of the Fog
Self
2006
Bacall on Bogart
Self
1988Hollywood Scandals
Self
2011
Hawks on Hawks
Self (voice)
2017A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River
Self
2014
Searching for Orson
Narrator
2006
Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today
Self
2010
Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies
Self
1987The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
Self
2022An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich
Self
2010
Getting the Moon
Self
2003'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
Self
2004Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg
Himself
1998Morning Has Broken
Shem
2020The Doorman
Peter
2008
Tesla Nation
Self
2018