Peter Matz was a musician, composer, arranger and conductor, who won three Emmys and a Grammy award. His musical career spanned fifty years, including working with people such as Marlene Dietrich, Noël Coward and Barbra Streisand.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 6, 1928
- August 9, 2002 (aged 73)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Composer, also actor
- 38 on MovieCove · 76 credits in all
What are Peter Matz's films like?
Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 27
Light 20 · Serious 3 · Dark 6
Grounded 23 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 14 · Charged 12 · Intense 3
Steady 23 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 7
Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0
Casual 21 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 19 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 6
Resolved 26 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy17
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
- Other1
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 Matz's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967) · music director · free
- Mercy or Murder? (1987) · composer · free
- The Tim Conway Show (1980) · composer · free
- Lust in the Dust (1984) · composer · free
- The Call of the Wild (1976) · composer · free
- Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking (1972) · composer · free
- Take Your Best Shot (1982) · composer · free
- Babes in Toyland (1997) · orchestrator · free
- Ace Crawford... Private Eye (1983) · composer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Peter Matz'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
76 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page.
Babes in Toyland(1997)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
This Can't Be Love(1994)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Stepping Out(1991)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Gumshoe Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
When We Were Young(1989)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Torch Song Trilogy(1988)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Plain Clothes(1988)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Laura Lansing Slept Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Plaza Suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Mercy or Murder?(1987)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
As Is (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Lust in the Dust(1984)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Take Your Best Shot(1982)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
World of Magic(1982)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Drop-Out Father(1982)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Crazy Times(1981)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all filmsDamien: The Leper Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Fun and Games(1980)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Private Eyes(1980)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
White Mama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Valentine Magic on Love Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Tim Conway Show(1980)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Love for Rent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Prize Fighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Tenth Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Muppets Go Hollywood(1979)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Dolly and Carol in Nashville (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
First, You Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Happily Ever After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Murder at the Mardi Gras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Two-Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Special Olympics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Doug Henning's World of Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Last Hurrah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Telethon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Terraces(1977)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Doug Henning's World of Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Great Houdinis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Just an Old Sweet Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Call of the Wild(1976)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Funny Lady(1975)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Funny Girl to Funny Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Twigs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
In This House of Brede(1975)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Larry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
6 RMS RIV VU (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Once Upon a Mattress(1972)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Rivals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Marlowe(1969)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Bye Bye Braverman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Color Me Barbra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
My Name Is Barbra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Judy and Liza at the Palladium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Career shape
A full career of 67 titles from 1964 to 1997.
Biggest box office
Lust in the Dust (1984)
Highest rated
The Private Eyes (1980)
Most popular right now
Marlowe (1969)
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.
How do Peter Matz's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 34; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th10
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 38 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic6
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Mixed15
Reviewers score the sound and music 57/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
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 Matz work with?
People who share at least 2 of Peter Matz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tim Conway shares the most, 4.
Directors
- George SchaeferShared titles: Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986), In This House of Brede (1975)See all 2 shared titles with George Schaefer
- Walter C. MillerShared titles: The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982), World of Magic (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Walter C. Miller
- Paul BogartShared titles: Fun and Games (1980), Marlowe (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Bogart
Writers
- Tim ConwayShared titles: Ace Crawford... Private Eye (1983), The Private Eyes (1980), The Tim Conway Show (1980), Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking (1972)See all 4 shared titles with Tim Conway
- George KirgoShared titles: The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979), Terraces (1977)See all 2 shared titles with George Kirgo
Actors
- Katharine HepburnShared titles: This Can't Be Love (1994), Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Katharine Hepburn
- Jane KrakowskiShared titles: Stepping Out (1991), When We Were Young (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Jane Krakowski
- Harold GouldShared titles: Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Harold Gould
- Claudette NevinsShared titles: Take Your Best Shot (1982), The Dark Side of Innocence (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Claudette Nevins
Cinematographers and editors
- Ronald M. LautoreShared titles: Mercy or Murder? (1987), Drop-Out Father (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Ronald M. Lautore
- Bill BreshearsShared titles: The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982), World of Magic (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Breshears
- Tom StevensShared titles: Drop-Out Father (1982), The Call of the Wild (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Stevens
- Matthew F. LeonettiShared titles: Crazy Times (1981), The Call of the Wild (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew F. Leonetti
Producers
- Merrill H. KarpfShared titles: This Can't Be Love (1994), Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Merrill H. Karpf
- Roger GimbelShared titles: The Killing of Randy Webster (1981), Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Gimbel
- Terry Morse Jr.Shared titles: The Killing of Randy Webster (1981), Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Terry Morse Jr.
- Tony ConverseShared titles: The Killing of Randy Webster (1981), Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Converse
Mixed roles
- Roger BeattyShared titles: The Tim Conway Show (1980), The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Beatty
- Charles GrodinShared titles: The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978), Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Grodin
