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Peter Glenville

Peter Glenville

Actor, director and producer · Died June 3, 1996, aged 82 · Hampstead, London, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Glenville (28 October 1913 – 3 June 1996), born Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne, was an English film and stage actor and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Glenville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 28, 1913
Died
June 3, 1996 (aged 82)
From
Hampstead, London, England
Works as
Actor, director and producer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 101% in 30 days

What are Peter Glenville's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Self
18%
Morality
18%
Survival
14%
Power
10%
Society
10%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
4
Bittersweet
2
Warm
1
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter Glenville's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Peter Glenville's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Comedians(1967)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Paradiso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Georges Feydeau

  • Becket(1964)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Term of Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Summer and Smoke(1961)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Me and the Colonel(1958)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Prisoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director

  • Good-Time Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Jimmy Rosso

  • Madonna of the Seven Moons(1945)

    as Sandro Barucci

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Heaven Is Round the Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Donald McKay

  • Uncensored (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Charles Neels

  • Return to Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

  • His Brother’s Keeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Hicky Cornell

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles from 1940 to 1967.

Biggest box office

Becket (1964)

$149K worldwide

Highest rated

Becket (1964)

Midcredits 94th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 13: 6 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting7 of 13: 4 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting2 of 13: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 13: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

13 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1940s6 · acting1950s2 · crew1960s5 · 1 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Peter Glenville's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4

Most loved · director

Becket (1964)

Midcredits 94th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 80/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 58. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Peter Glenville work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter Glenville's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Burton shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers

Producers