Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 01, 1921
Died
Feb 06, 2009
Place of Birth
White Plains, New York, USA
Credits
156 titles
James Whitmore
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.
Known For
Filmography
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
A Minute with Stan Hooper
Dr. Goldman
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Self
Mister Sterling
William Sterling Sr.
A Ring of Endless Light
Grandfather
The Majestic
Stan Keller
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Milton
Here's to Life!
Gus Corley
Swing Vote
Daniel Morissey
The Practice
Raymond Oz
The Relic
Dr. Albert Frock
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
The Shawshank Redemption
Brooks Hatlen
Old Explorers
Leinen Roth
Sky High
Gus Johnson
Glory! Glory!
Lester Babbitt
Favorite Son
The President
Nuts
Judge Stanley Murdoch
All My Sons
Joe Keller
George Burns Comedy Week
Ebenezer Scrooge
I Will Fight No More Forever
General Oliver O. Howard
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Craig Bennett Stiles
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Mark Twain (voice)
Love Those Trains
Narrator
Celebrity
Clifford Casey
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
Narrator
Hail Columbia!
Narrator
American Playhouse
Joe Keller
Code Red
Mark, I Love You
Dwight Hamilton
The First Deadly Sin
Dr. Sanford Ferguson
Rage!
Borski
The Golden Honeymoon
Charley Tate
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
The White Shadow
Jake Reeves
The Word
George Wheeler
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
The Serpent's Egg
Priester
The Flying Misfits
Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Harry S. Truman
The Canterville Ghost
Hyram B. Otis
The Balloon Vendor
Antonio
Dinah!
Self
Where the Red Fern Grows
Grandpa
Man Belongs to the Earth
Narrator
High Crime
Commissioner Aldo Scavino
The Harrad Experiment
Philip Tenhausen
Temperatures Rising
Vincent Campanelli
Chato's Land
Joshua Everette