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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 1, 1921
Died
February 6, 2009
Place of Birth
White Plains, New York, USA
Also Known As
- James Allen Whitmore Jr.
- جیمز ویتمور
James Whitmore
1.5 Popularity
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
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
🎬
0.0
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
2005
7.6
Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
4.5
Dr. Goldman
A Minute with Stan Hooper
2003
🎬
0.0
Self
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003
7.5
William Sterling Sr.
Mister Sterling
2003
6.5
Grandfather
A Ring of Endless Light
2002
6.7
Stan Keller
The Majestic
2001
7.6
Milton
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
0.0
Gus Corley
Here's to Life!
2000
Credits
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.1
🎬
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
2005
0.0
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
2004
7.6
A Minute with Stan Hooper
as Dr. Goldman
2003
4.5
🎬
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
as Self
2003
0.0
Mister Sterling
as William Sterling Sr.
2003
7.5
A Ring of Endless Light
as Grandfather
2002
6.5
The Majestic
as Stan Keller
2001
6.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Milton
2000
7.6
Here's to Life!
as Gus Corley
2000
0.0
Swing Vote
as Daniel Morissey
1999
5.5
The Practice
as Raymond Oz
1997
7.6
The Relic
as Dr. Albert Frock
1997
6.0
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
8.0
The Shawshank Redemption
as Brooks Hatlen
1994
8.7
Old Explorers
as Leinen Roth
1990
0.0
Sky High
as Gus Johnson
1990
1.0
Glory! Glory!
as Lester Babbitt
1989
7.0
Favorite Son
as The President
1988
4.0
Nuts
as Judge Stanley Murdoch
1987
6.3
All My Sons
as Joe Keller
1987
0.0
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
0.0
I Will Fight No More Forever
as General Oliver O. Howard
1985
6.7
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Craig Bennett Stiles
1985
6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Mark Twain (voice)
1985
6.8
Love Those Trains
as Narrator
1984
8.0
Celebrity
as Clifford Casey
1984
6.0
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
as Narrator
1982
6.2
Hail Columbia!
as Narrator
1982
7.3
Code Red
1981
5.5
Mark, I Love You
as Dwight Hamilton
1980
0.0
The First Deadly Sin
as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
1980
5.7
Rage!
as Borski
1980
7.0
The Golden Honeymoon
as Charley Tate
1980
4.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
The White Shadow
as Jake Reeves
1978
7.1
The Word
as George Wheeler
1978
5.0
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
as Teddy Roosevelt
1978
6.0
The Serpent's Egg
as Priester
1977
6.2
The Flying Misfits
as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
1976
6.8
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
as Harry S. Truman
1975
6.2
The Canterville Ghost
as Hyram B. Otis
1974
6.0
The Balloon Vendor
as Antonio
1974
7.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Grandpa
1974
6.9
Man Belongs to the Earth
as Narrator
1974
0.0
High Crime
as Commissioner Aldo Scavino
1973
6.5
The Harrad Experiment
as Philip Tenhausen
1973
3.4
🎬
Temperatures Rising
as Vincent Campanelli
1972
5.0
Chato's Land
as Joshua Everette
1972
6.5
If Tomorrow Comes
as Frank Phillips
1971
8.0
The Challenge
as Overman
1970
6.0
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral William F. Halsey
1970
7.1
Then Came Bronson
as Wilson Ford
1969
4.8
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Levi
1969
5.3
🎬
My Friend Tony
as Prof. John Woodruff
1969
7.0
The Split
as Herb Sutro
1968
6.7
The Name of the Game
as Harry Roarke
1968
6.8
Madigan
as Chief Inspector Charles Kane
1968
6.1
Planet of the Apes
as President of the Assembly
1968
7.6
Nobody's Perfect
as Capt. Mike Riley
1968
5.5
Waterhole #3
as Capt. Shipley
1967
5.8
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Professor John Woodruff
1967
5.0
Cowboy in Africa
1967
5.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Custer
1967
6.0
Chuka
as Lou Trent
1967
6.2
The Invaders
as Harry Swain
1967
6.8
T.H.E. Cat
1966
7.2
Shane
as Harry Himber
1966
6.0
Tarzan
1966
6.7
The Monroes
1966
5.7
The Tenderfoot
as Captain Ewell
1966
0.0
The Loner
1965
5.7
The Loner
as Doc Fritchman
1965
5.7
The Big Valley
as Handy
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Joshua Hawks
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Tom Wills
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Marshal Seth Campbell
1965
6.1
Run for Your Life
as Chief Jim Holland
1965
7.2
National Geographic Specials
as Narrator (voice)
1965
6.9
🎬
For the People
1965
5.0
Slattery's People
1964
5.0
12 O'Clock High
1964
7.2
Black Like Me
as John Finley Horton
1964
5.9
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as J. Marvin Bean
1963
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Major Will Stanton
1963
5.3
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Foxy Smith
1963
5.3
Burke's Law
as Joe Piante
1963
6.0
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
Arrest and Trial
as Martin Burnham
1963
7.7
Going My Way
1962
5.7
Combat!
as Hertzbrun
1962
7.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Virginian
as Capt. Piper Pritican
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Ezra Hollis
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Carl Kabe
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Marshal Krug
1962
6.4
🎬
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
1962
5.7
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Alcoa Premiere
1961
5.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
Dr. Kildare
as Henry Clay Kincaid
1961
5.5
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
8.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Law and Mr. Jones
as Abraham Lincoln Jones
1960
6.0
Checkmate
1960
4.1
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Philip Selby
1960
6.3
Who Was That Lady?
as Harry Powell
1960
6.3
The Detectives
1959
6.1
The Twilight Zone
1959
8.5
Bonanza
as John Postley
1959
7.5
Face of Fire
as Monk Johnson
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Sgt. Joe Duclos
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Colonel John Macklin
1959
7.2
The Restless Years
as Ed Henderson
1958
0.0
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
🎬
Decision
1958
0.0
The Deep Six
as Cmdr. Warren Meredith
1958
5.5
The Young Don't Cry
as Rudy Krist
1957
6.2
Panic!
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jeb
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben Kincaid
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Joel Begley
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jonas - Blacksmith
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
1956
6.0
Crime in the Streets
as Ben Wagner
1956
6.0
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Lou Sherwood
1956
6.2
The Last Frontier
as Gus
1955
6.1
Oklahoma!
as Mr. Carnes
1955
6.6
Crossroads
1955
5.7
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
🎬
Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
The McConnell Story
as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
1955
6.3
Gunsmoke
as Amos Campbell
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jim Forbes
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Timothy Fitzpatrick
1955
6.6
Battle Cry
as MSgt. Mac
1955
5.6
Climax!
as Stash Prohaska
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Tom Miller
1954
3.3
Them!
as Sgt. Ben Peterson
1954
6.8
The Command
as Sgt. Elliott
1954
6.2
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
1954
0.0
Kiss Me Kate
as Slug
1953
6.4
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Fetcher
1953
5.9
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.2
The Girl Who Had Everything
as Charles "Chico" Menlow
1953
5.8
Above and Beyond
as Maj. William M. Uanna
1953
6.1
🎬
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1952
4.2
Because You're Mine
as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
1952
6.7
Shadow in the Sky
as Lou Hopke
1952
6.6
It's a Big Country
as Mr. Stacey
1951
5.3
Angels in the Outfield
as Angel (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.7
Across the Wide Missouri
as Old Bill (uncredited)
1951
5.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Tommy McDermott
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Joe Benson
1951
7.2
The Red Badge of Courage
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.4
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as John Malone
1950
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Tracy
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self
1950
6.3
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Joe Smith
1950
5.2
The Asphalt Jungle
as Gus Minissi
1950
7.5
Please Believe Me
as Vincent Maran
1950
4.8
The Outriders
as Clint Priest
1950
6.9
Battleground
as Kinnie
1949
6.7
The Undercover Man
as George Pappas
1949
6.1
Studio One
as Sam
1948
5.0
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominated
1944
7.2