James Whitmore
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story as
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
- 2003 · A Minute with Stan Hooper as Dr. Goldman
- 2003 · Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot as Self
- 2003 · Mister Sterling as
- 2002 · A Ring of Endless Light as Grandfather
- 2001 · The Majestic as Stan Keller
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Milton
- 2000 · Here's to Life! as Gus Corley
- 1999 · Swing Vote as Daniel Morissey
- 1997 · The Practice as Raymond Oz
- 1997 · The Relic as Dr. Albert Frock
- 1995 · Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Brooks Hatlen
- 1990 · Old Explorers as Leinen Roth
- 1990 · Sky High as Gus Johnson
- 1989 · Glory! Glory! as Lester Babbitt
- 1988 · Favorite Son as The President
- 1987 · Nuts as Judge Stanley Murdoch
- 1987 · All My Sons as Joe Keller
- 1985 · George Burns Comedy Week as
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as Craig Bennett Stiles
- 1985 · The Adventures of Mark Twain as Mark Twain (voice)
- 1984 · Love Those Trains as Narrator
- 1984 · Celebrity as Clifford Casey
- 1982 · The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America as Narrator
- 1982 · Hail Columbia! as Narrator
- 1981 · Code Red as
- 1980 · Mark, I Love You as Dwight Hamilton
- 1980 · The First Deadly Sin as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
- 1980 · Rage! as Borski
- 1980 · The Golden Honeymoon as Charley Tate
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Jake Reeves
- 1978 · The Word as George Wheeler
- 1978 · Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt as Teddy Roosevelt
- 1977 · The Serpent's Egg as Priester
- 1976 · The Flying Misfits as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
- 1975 · Give 'em Hell, Harry! as Harry S. Truman
- 1975 · I Will Fight No More Forever as General Oliver O. Howard
- 1974 · The Canterville Ghost as Hyram B. Otis
- 1974 · The Balloon Vendor as Antonio
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Where the Red Fern Grows as Grandpa
- 1974 · Man Belongs to the Earth as Narrator
- 1973 · High Crime as Commissioner Aldo Scavino
- 1973 · The Harrad Experiment as Philip Tenhausen
- 1972 · Temperatures Rising as Vincent Campanelli
- 1972 · Chato's Land as Joshua Everette
- 1971 · If Tomorrow Comes as Frank Phillips
- 1970 · The Challenge as Overman
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral William F. Halsey
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as
- 1969 · Guns of the Magnificent Seven as Levi
- 1969 · My Friend Tony as Prof. John Woodruff
- 1968 · The Split as Herb Sutro
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Harry Roarke
- 1968 · Madigan as Chief Inspector Charles Kane
- 1968 · Planet of the Apes as President of the Assembly
- 1968 · Nobody's Perfect as Capt. Mike Riley
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Capt. Shipley
- 1967 · The Danny Thomas Hour as
- 1967 · Cowboy in Africa as
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · Custer as
- 1967 · Chuka as Lou Trent
- 1967 · The Invaders as Harry Swain
- 1966 · T.H.E. Cat as
- 1966 · Shane as Harry Himber
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1966 · The Monroes as
- 1965 · The Loner as
- 1965 · The Loner as Doc Fritchman
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Handy
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Joshua Hawks
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Marshal Seth Campbell
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Tom Wills
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Chief Jim Holland
- 1965 · National Geographic Specials as Narrator (voice)
- 1965 · For the People as
- 1964 · The Tenderfoot as Captain Ewell
- 1964 · Slattery's People as
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as
- 1964 · Black Like Me as John Finley Horton
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as J. Marvin Bean
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Major Will Stanton
- 1963 · The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Foxy Smith
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Joe Piante
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Martin Burnham
- 1962 · Going My Way as
- 1962 · Combat! as Hertzbrun
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Virginian as Capt. Piper Pritican
- 1962 · The Virginian as Carl Kabe
- 1962 · The Virginian as Marshal Krug
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ezra Hollis
- 1962 · Icarus Montgolfier Wright as
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Alcoa Premiere as
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Bus Stop as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Henry Clay Kincaid
- 1961 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · The Law and Mr. Jones as Abraham Lincoln Jones
- 1960 · Checkmate as
- 1960 · The Chevy Mystery Show as Philip Selby
- 1960 · Who Was That Lady? as Harry Powell
- 1959 · The Detectives as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1959 · Bonanza as John Postley
- 1959 · Face of Fire as Monk Johnson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sgt. Joe Duclos
- 1959 · Rawhide as Colonel John Macklin
- 1958 · The Restless Years as Ed Henderson
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Decision as
- 1958 · The Deep Six as Cmdr. Warren Meredith
- 1957 · The Young Don't Cry as Rudy Krist
- 1957 · Panic! as
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jeb
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Kincaid
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Joel Begley
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jonas - Blacksmith
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Narrator (voice)
- 1956 · Crime in the Streets as Ben Wagner
- 1956 · The Eddy Duchin Story as Lou Sherwood
- 1955 · The Last Frontier as Gus
- 1955 · Oklahoma! as Mr. Carnes
- 1955 · Crossroads as
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1955 · The McConnell Story as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Amos Campbell
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jim Forbes
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Timothy Fitzpatrick
- 1955 · Battle Cry as MSgt. Mac
- 1954 · Climax! as Stash Prohaska
- 1954 · Climax! as Tom Miller
- 1954 · Them! as Sgt. Ben Peterson
- 1954 · The Command as Sgt. Elliott
- 1954 · The Great Diamond Robbery as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
- 1953 · Kiss Me, Kate as Slug
- 1953 · All the Brothers Were Valiant as Fetcher
- 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as
- 1953 · The Girl Who Had Everything as Charles "Chico" Menlow
- 1953 · Above and Beyond as Maj. William M. Uanna
- 1952 · The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
- 1952 · Because You're Mine as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
- 1952 · Shadow in the Sky as Lou Hopke
- 1951 · It's a Big Country as Mr. Stacey
- 1951 · Angels in the Outfield as Angel (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951 · Across the Wide Missouri as Old Bill (uncredited)
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Tommy McDermott
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Joe Benson
- 1951 · The Red Badge of Courage as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1950 · Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone as John Malone
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Tracy
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Self
- 1950 · The Next Voice You Hear... as Joe Smith
- 1950 · The Asphalt Jungle as Gus Minissi
- 1950 · Please Believe Me as Vincent Maran
- 1950 · The Outriders as Clint Priest
- 1949 · Battleground as Kinnie
- 1949 · The Undercover Man as George Pappas
- 1948 · Studio One as Sam
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominated