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: Acting

Born: White Plains, New York, USA, 1921-10-01

Died: 2009-02-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Undercover Man	George Pappas	62
2	1949	Battleground	Kinnie	67
3	1950	The Outriders	Clint Priest	69
4	1950	The Asphalt Jungle	Gus Minissi	75
5	1950	Please Believe Me	Vincent Maran	50
6	1950	The Next Voice You Hear...	Joe Smith	57
7	1950	Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone	John Malone	60
8	1951	The Red Badge of Courage	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	64
9	1951	Across the Wide Missouri	Old Bill (uncredited)	59
10	1951	Angels in the Outfield	Angel (voice) (uncredited)	67
11	1951	It's a Big Country	Mr. Stacey	53
12	1952	Shadow in the Sky	Lou Hopke	66
13	1952	Because You're Mine	Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson	67
14	1952	The Hoaxters	Narrator (voice)	42
15	1953	Above and Beyond	Maj. William M. Uanna	61
16	1953	The Girl Who Had Everything	Charles "Chico" Menlow	58
17	1953	All the Brothers Were Valiant	Fetcher	59
18	1953	Kiss Me Kate	Slug	64
19	1954	The Great Diamond Robbery	Mr. Remlick, Lawyer	0
20	1954	The Command	Sgt. Elliott	62
21	1954	Them!	Sgt. Ben Peterson	68
22	1955	Battle Cry	MSgt. Mac	57
23	1955	The McConnell Story	SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman	63
24	1955	Oklahoma!	Mr. Carnes	66
25	1955	The Last Frontier	Gus	61
26	1956	The Eddy Duchin Story	Lou Sherwood	62
27	1956	Crime in the Streets	Ben Wagner	60
28	1957	The Young Don't Cry	Rudy Krist	62
29	1958	The Deep Six	Cmdr. Warren Meredith	54
30	1958	The Restless Years	Ed Henderson	0
31	1959	Face of Fire	Monk Johnson	56
32	1960	Who Was That Lady?	Harry Powell	62
33	1962	Icarus Montgolfier Wright		57
34	1964	Black Like Me	John Finley Horton	59
35	1964	The Tenderfoot	Captain Ewell	0
36	1967	Chuka	Lou Trent	62
37	1967	Waterhole #3	Capt. Shipley	61
38	1968	Nobody's Perfect	Capt. Mike Riley	55
39	1968	Planet of the Apes	President of the Assembly	76
40	1968	Madigan	Chief Inspector Charles Kane	62
41	1968	The Split	Herb Sutro	67
42	1969	Guns of the Magnificent Seven	Levi	52
43	1970	Tora! Tora! Tora!	Admiral William F. Halsey	72
44	1970	The Challenge	Overman	60
45	1971	If Tomorrow Comes	Frank Phillips	80
46	1972	Chato's Land	Joshua Everette	65
47	1973	The Harrad Experiment	Philip Tenhausen	37
48	1973	High Crime	Commissioner Aldo Scavino	63
49	1974	Man Belongs to the Earth	Narrator	0
50	1974	Where the Red Fern Grows	Grandpa	68
51	1974	The Balloon Vendor	Antonio	70
52	1974	The Canterville Ghost	Hyram B. Otis	60
53	1975	I Will Fight No More Forever	General Oliver O. Howard	64
54	1975	Give 'em Hell, Harry!	Harry S. Truman	62
55	1976	The Flying Misfits	Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman	68
56	1977	The Serpent's Egg	Priester	63
57	1978	Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt	Teddy Roosevelt	60
58	1979	The Horror Show	(archive footage)	60
59	1980	The Golden Honeymoon	Charley Tate	0
60	1980	Rage!	Borski	70
61	1980	The First Deadly Sin	Dr. Sanford Ferguson	58
62	1980	Mark, I Love You	Dwight Hamilton	0
63	1982	Hail Columbia!	Narrator	73
64	1982	The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America	Narrator	62
65	1984	Love Those Trains	Narrator	80
66	1985	The Adventures of Mark Twain	Mark Twain (voice)	68
67	1987	All My Sons	Joe Keller	0
68	1987	Nuts	Judge Stanley Murdoch	63
69	1989	Glory! Glory!	Lester Babbitt	70
70	1990	Sky High	Gus Johnson	0
71	1990	Old Explorers	Leinen Roth	0
72	1994	The Shawshank Redemption	Brooks Hatlen	87
73	1995	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Self	80
74	1997	The Relic	Dr. Albert Frock	60
75	1999	Swing Vote	Daniel Morissey	57
76	2000	Here's to Life!	Gus Corley	0
77	2001	The Majestic	Stan Keller	68
78	2002	A Ring of Endless Light	Grandfather	65
79	2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot	Self	0
80	2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself	Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)	77
81	2005	Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story		0
82	2017	Arthur Miller: Writer	Self (archive footage)	71

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominated	68
2	1947	Kraft Television Theatre		73
3	1948	Studio One	Sam	47
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Tracy	60
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Self	60
6	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
7	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Tommy McDermott	70
8	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Joe Benson	70
9	1953	The United States Steel Hour		58
10	1954	Climax!	Stash Prohaska	30
11	1954	Climax!	Tom Miller	30
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Amos Campbell	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Jim Forbes	66
14	1955	Gunsmoke	Timothy Fitzpatrick	66
15	1955	Playwrights '56		60
16	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
17	1955	Crossroads		50
18	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Jeb	55
19	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Ben Kincaid	55
20	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Joel Begley	55
21	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Jonas - Blacksmith	55
22	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Narrator (voice)	55
23	1957	Panic!		0
24	1958	Decision		0
25	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		53
26	1959	Rawhide	Sgt. Joe Duclos	72
27	1959	Rawhide	Colonel John Macklin	72
28	1959	Bonanza	John Postley	75
29	1959	The Twilight Zone		84
30	1959	The Detectives		56
31	1960	The Chevy Mystery Show	Philip Selby	60
32	1960	Checkmate		41
33	1960	Route 66		63
34	1960	The Law and Mr. Jones	Abraham Lincoln Jones	55
35	1961	The Wonderful World of Disney		80
36	1961	Dr. Kildare	Henry Clay Kincaid	53
37	1961	Bus Stop		0
38	1961	Ben Casey		56
39	1961	Alcoa Premiere		50
40	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
41	1962	The Virginian	Capt. Piper Pritican	64
42	1962	The Virginian	Ezra Hollis	64
43	1962	The Virginian	Carl Kabe	64
44	1962	The Virginian	Marshal Krug	64
45	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
46	1962	Combat!	Hertzbrun	76
47	1962	Going My Way		57
48	1963	Arrest and Trial	Martin Burnham	70
49	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
50	1963	Burke's Law	Joe Piante	60
51	1963	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	Foxy Smith	53
52	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	J. Marvin Bean	53
53	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Major Will Stanton	53
54	1964	12 O'Clock High		73
55	1964	Slattery's People		50
56	1965	For the People		50
57	1965	National Geographic Specials	Narrator (voice)	60
58	1965	Run for Your Life	Chief Jim Holland	72
59	1965	The Big Valley	Handy	61
60	1965	The Big Valley	Joshua Hawks	61
61	1965	The Big Valley	Tom Wills	61
62	1965	The Big Valley	Marshal Seth Campbell	61
63	1965	The Loner		57
64	1965	The Loner	Doc Fritchman	57
65	1966	The Monroes		57
66	1966	Tarzan		67
67	1966	Shane	Harry Himber	60
68	1966	T.H.E. Cat		80
69	1967	The Invaders	Harry Swain	68
70	1967	Custer		60
71	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
72	1967	Cowboy in Africa		50
73	1967	The Danny Thomas Hour	Professor John Woodruff	50
74	1968	The Name of the Game	Harry Roarke	68
75	1969	My Friend Tony	Prof. John Woodruff	70
76	1969	Then Came Bronson		48
77	1972	Temperatures Rising	Vincent Campanelli	50
78	1974	Dinah!	Self	65
79	1978	The Word	George Wheeler	50
80	1978	The White Shadow	Jake Reeves	70
81	1981	Code Red		55
82	1984	Celebrity	Clifford Casey	60
83	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Craig Bennett Stiles	69
84	1985	George Burns Comedy Week		0
85	1988	Favorite Son	The President	47
86	1997	The Practice	Raymond Oz	77
87	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Milton	76
88	2003	Mister Sterling		75
89	2003	A Minute with Stan Hooper	Dr. Goldman	45