James Whitmore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1921
- Died
- February 6, 2009 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- White Plains, New York, USA
Biography
James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American film, theatre, and television actor. During his career, Whitmore won three of the four EGOT honors; - a Tony, a Grammy, and an Emmy. Whitmore also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Following World War II, Whitmore appeared on Broadway in the role of the sergeant in Command Decision. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave Whitmore a contract, but his role in the film adaptation was played by Van Johnson. His first major picture for MGM was Battleground, in a role that was turned down by Spencer Tracy, to whom Whitmore bore a noted physical resemblance. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role, and won the Golden Globe Award as Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role. Other major films included Angels in the Outfield, The Asphalt Jungle, The Next Voice You Hear, Above and Beyond, Kiss Me, Kate, Them!, Oklahoma!, Black Like Me, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and Give 'em Hell, Harry!, a one-man show for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of former U.S. President Harry S Truman. In the film Tora! Tora! Tora!, he played Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey. Whitmore appeared during the 1950s on many television anthology series. He was cast as Father Emil Kapaun in the 1955 episode "The Good Thief" in the ABC religion anthology series Crossroads. Other roles followed on Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theater, Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Schlitz Playhouse, Matinee Theatre, and the Ford Television Theatre. In 1958, he carried the lead in "The Gabe Carswell Story" of NBC's Wagon Train, with Ward Bond. Whitmore has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6611 Hollywood Boulevard. The ceremony was held on February 8, 1960.
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Filmography
Tony e il Professore
TV · as il professore · 6 eps
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
Movie
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption
Movie · as Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Movie · as Self
A Minute with Stan Hooper
TV · as Dr. Goldman · 1 ep
Mister Sterling
TV · as William Sterling Sr. · 4 eps
A Ring of Endless Light
Movie · as Grandfather
The Majestic
Movie · as Stan Keller
Here's to Life!
Movie · as Gus Corley
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Milton · 1 ep
Swing Vote
Movie · as Daniel Morissey
The Relic
Movie · as Dr. Albert Frock
The Practice
TV · as Raymond Oz · 3 eps
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Movie · as Self
The Shawshank Redemption
Movie · as Brooks Hatlen
Roots of Roe
Movie · as Pope Pius XI (voice)
Old Explorers
Movie · as Leinen Roth
Sky High
Movie · as Gus Johnson
Glory! Glory!
Movie · as Lester Babbitt
Favorite Son
TV · as The President · 3 eps
Nuts
Movie · as Judge Stanley Murdoch
All My Sons
Movie · as Joe Keller
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Movie · as Mark Twain (voice)
George Burns Comedy Week
TV · as Ebenezer Scrooge · 1 ep
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as Craig Bennett Stiles · 1 ep
Love Those Trains
Movie · as Narrator
Celebrity
TV · as Clifford Casey · 3 eps
Hail Columbia!
Movie · as Narrator
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
Movie · as Narrator
American Playhouse
TV · as Joe Keller · 1 ep
Code Red
TV · 1 ep
Mark, I Love You
Movie · as Dwight Hamilton
The First Deadly Sin
Movie · as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
Rage!
Movie · as Borski
The Golden Honeymoon
Movie · as Charley Tate
The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
Movie · as Teddy Roosevelt
The White Shadow
TV · as Jake Reeves · 2 eps
The Word
TV · as George Wheeler · 4 eps
The Serpent's Egg
Movie · as Priester
The Flying Misfits
Movie · as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
I Will Fight No More Forever
Movie · as General Oliver O. Howard
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Movie · as Harry S. Truman
Where the Red Fern Grows
Movie · as Grandpa
The Balloon Vendor
Movie · as Antonio
Man Belongs to the Earth
Movie · as Narrator
The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Hyram B. Otis
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Harrad Experiment
Movie · as Philip Tenhausen
High Crime
Movie · as Commissioner Aldo Scavino
Chato's Land
Movie · as Joshua Everette
Temperatures Rising
TV · as Vincent Campanelli · 27 eps
If Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Frank Phillips
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Admiral William F. Halsey
The Challenge
Movie · as Overman
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Levi
My Friend Tony
TV · as Prof. John Woodruff · 16 eps
Then Came Bronson
TV · as Wilson Ford · 1 ep
Madigan
Movie · as Chief Inspector Charles Kane
The Split
Movie · as Herb Sutro
Nobody's Perfect
Movie · as Capt. Mike Riley
Planet of the Apes
Movie · as President of the Assembly
The Name of the Game
TV · as Harry Roarke · 1 ep
Chuka
Movie · as Lou Trent
Waterhole #3
Movie · as Capt. Shipley
Cowboy in Africa
TV · 1 ep
Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep
Custer
TV · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Harry Swain · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV · as Professor John Woodruff · 1 ep
The Tenderfoot
Movie · as Captain Ewell
The Monroes
TV · 1 ep
Tarzan
TV · 1 ep
T.H.E. Cat
TV · 1 ep
Shane
TV · as Harry Himber · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Chief Jim Holland · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Handy, Joshua Hawks, Tom Wills, Marshal Seth Campbell · 1 ep
The Loner
TV · as Doc Fritchman · 1 ep
For the People
TV · 1 ep
National Geographic Specials
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Black Like Me
Movie · as John Finley Horton
Slattery's People
TV · 1 ep
12 O'Clock High
TV · 2 eps
The Tenderfoot
TV · as Captain Ewell · 3 eps
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
Movie · as J. Marvin Bean
Burke's Law
TV · as Joe Piante · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as J. Marvin Bean, Major Will Stanton · 1 ep
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TV · as Foxy Smith · 1 ep
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Martin Burnham · 1 ep
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
Movie
Combat!
TV · as Hertzbrun · 1 ep
Going My Way
TV · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Capt. Piper Pritican, Ezra Hollis, Carl Kabe, Marshal Krug · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 3 eps
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Henry Clay Kincaid · 1 ep
Alcoa Premiere
TV · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Who Was That Lady?
Movie · as Harry Powell
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
The Law and Mr. Jones
TV · as Abraham Lincoln Jones · 45 eps
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Philip Selby · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Detective Lt. Dave Harker · 1 ep
Face of Fire
Movie · as Monk Johnson
The Twilight Zone
TV · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Sgt. Joe Duclos, Colonel John Macklin · 1 ep
The Detectives
TV · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as John Postley · 1 ep
The Deep Six
Movie · as Cmdr. Warren Meredith
The Restless Years
Movie · as Ed Henderson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Decision
TV · 1 ep
The Young Don't Cry
Movie · as Rudy Krist
Panic!
TV · 1 ep
Crime in the Streets
Movie · as Ben Wagner
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie · as Lou Sherwood
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Jeb, Ben Kincaid, Joel Begley, Jonas, Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Last Frontier
Movie · as Gus
Oklahoma!
Movie · as Mr. Carnes
Battle Cry
Movie · as MSgt. Mac
The McConnell Story
Movie · as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
Gunsmoke
TV · as Amos Campbell, Jim Forbes, Timothy Fitzpatrick · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · 1 ep
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
Crossroads
TV · as Father Emil Joseph Kapaun · 1 ep
Them!
Movie · as Sgt. Ben Peterson
The Command
Movie · as Sgt. Elliott
The Great Diamond Robbery
Movie · as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
Climax!
TV · as Stash Prohaska, Tom Miller · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
Kiss Me Kate
Movie · as Slug
Above and Beyond
Movie · as Maj. William M. Uanna
The Girl Who Had Everything
Movie · as Charles "Chico" Menlow
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Movie · as Fetcher
The United States Steel Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Hoaxters
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Shadow in the Sky
Movie · as Lou Hopke
Because You're Mine
Movie · as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
It's a Big Country
Movie · as Mr. Stacey
Across the Wide Missouri
Movie · as Old Bill (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield
Movie · as Angel (voice) (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Tommy McDermott, Joe Benson · 1 ep
The Next Voice You Hear...
Movie · as Joe Smith
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie · as Gus Minissi
Please Believe Me
Movie · as Vincent Maran
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Movie · as John Malone
The Outriders
Movie · as Clint Priest
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Tracy, Self · 1 ep
The Undercover Man
Movie · as George Pappas
Battleground
Movie · as Kinnie
Studio One
TV · as Sam · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominated · 1 ep