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Peter Baldwin

Peter Baldwin

Director and actor · Died November 19, 2017, aged 86 · Winnetka, Illinois, United States

Peter Baldwin (1931–2017) was an American director, producer, actor, and screenwriter for television. Baldwin started his career as a contract player at Paramount Studios and eventually became a television director with an extensive résumé. As well as directing every episode of The Brady Bunch, he also directed a few episodes of The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1971. He won an Emmy in 1988 for The Wonder Years.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 11, 1931
Died
November 19, 2017 (aged 86)
From
Winnetka, Illinois, United States
Works as
Director and actor
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 103 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 38 days to Oct 27Up 4% in 30 days

What are Peter Baldwin's films like?

Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
21%
Morality
18%
Society
12%
Survival
11%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

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

Steady 9 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 6
Hero
2 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Dread
6
Joyful
5
Warm
4
Contemplative
3
Other
11

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Baldwin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Peter Baldwin'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

103 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page.

  • Even Stevens(2000)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Love Boat: The Next Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • George & Leo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Meet Wally Sparks(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch(1996)

    Show 11 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Arli$$(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • In the House(1995)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • NewsRadio(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Hope and Gloria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Cybill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Sister, Sister(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Grace Under Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Family Album (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Room for Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Sessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The New WKRP in Cincinnati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Sunday Dinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Salute Your Shorts(1991)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Get a Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • Dream On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Blossom(1990)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Family Matters(1989)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • A Very Brady Christmas(1988)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Eisenhower and Lutz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • The Wonder Years(1988)

    Show 109 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Full House(1987)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • My Two Dads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Karen's Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Duet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • ALF(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Life with Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Head of the Class(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Fathers and Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Hogan Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 20 episodes · Director

  • You Again? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Foley Square (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Small Wonder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

  • Lots of Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Director

  • The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • The Duck Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Zorro and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Newhart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 23 episodes · Director

  • Family Ties(1982)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Teachers Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • 9 to 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • One of the Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island(1981)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Brady Brides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

  • The Brady Girls Get Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • Too Close for Comfort(1980)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • One in a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

  • Benson(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Lovebirds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • 13 Queens Blvd. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Space Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Carter Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 38 episodes · Director

  • Great Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • CPO Sharkey(1976)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Chico and the Man(1974)

    Show 16 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • Happy Days(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Needles and Pins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Bob Newhart Show(1972)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Corner Bar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Mattei Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as William McHale

  • Sanford and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 21 episodes · Director

  • The New Dick Van Dyke Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Birth of the Republic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Noel Mason-MacFarlane

  • The Weekend Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Anthony Carter

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show(1970)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • The Brady Bunch(1969)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • A Place for Lovers(1968)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Blondie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Possessed(1965)

    as Bernard, the writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • The Outer Limits(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Lt. Gordon Halper

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Ghost(1963)

    as Dr. Charles Livingstone

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Desert War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Lieutenant Enrico Fassi

  • The Dick Van Dyke Show(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • I soliti rapinatori a Milano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Tony

  • Un amore a Roma(1960)

    as Marcello Cenni

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Escape by Night(1960)

    as American Lieutenant Peter Bradley

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Andy Griffith Show(1960)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Trap(1959)

    as Mellon

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • I Married a Monster from Outer Space(1958)

    as Officer Hank Swanson

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Space Children(1958)

    as Mr. James

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Teacher's Pet(1958)

    as Harold Miller

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Tin Star(1957)

    as Zeke McGaffey

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Walter Winchell File (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Tony Benson

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Short Cut to Hell(1957)

    as Carl Adams

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • West Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Cadet Ike Saunders

  • Wire Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Paul Johnston / Hal Johnston

  • Little Boy Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Lt. Walker

  • Stalag 17(1953)

    as Johnson

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Girls of Pleasure Island(1953)

    as Henry Smith

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Turning Point(1952)

    as Boy (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Revenge of the Nerds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 102 titles, 101 of them dated from 1952 to 2000.

Biggest box office

Meet Wally Sparks (1997)

$4.1M worldwide

Highest rated

The Tin Star (1957)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Salute Your Shorts (1991)

Film career

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

  • 1952Screen debut· The Turning Point
  • 1965First top-billed film· The Possessed
  • 1965Career best· The Possessed

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting25 of 102: 25 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdDirecting76 of 102: 76 only directing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thOther crew1 of 102: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s14 · acting1960s15 · 8 acting · 7 crew1970s20 · 3 acting · 17 crew1980s32 · crew1990s19 · crew2000s1 · crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 10% of 10 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Peter Baldwin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · director

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

84th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Stalag 17 (1953)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Baldwin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter Baldwin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Shannon shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers