
James Whitmore
Born October 1, 1921 · White Plains, New York, USA
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.
Movies

The Shawshank Redemption

Planet of the Apes

The Relic

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Majestic

Them!

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

The Asphalt Jungle

A Ring of Endless Light

Shadow in the Sky

Oklahoma!

Because You're Mine

Kiss Me Kate

Who Was That Lady?

The Serpent's Egg

Chato's Land

The Undercover Man

The First Deadly Sin

Angels in the Outfield

The Last Frontier

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Adventures of Mark Twain

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Battleground

The Red Badge of Courage

Madigan

Across the Wide Missouri

Waterhole #3

The Split

Battle Cry

Chuka

High Crime

Nuts

It's a Big Country

Where the Red Fern Grows

Crime in the Streets

The Next Voice You Hear...

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

The Girl Who Had Everything

The Great Diamond Robbery

The Flying Misfits

The Outriders

I Will Fight No More Forever

Mark, I Love You

Above and Beyond

The Command

The Deep Six

The Harrad Experiment

Swing Vote

The Challenge

Glory! Glory!

The Horror Show

Nobody's Perfect

The Balloon Vendor

Old Explorers

If Tomorrow Comes

Here's to Life!

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

The Young Don't Cry

The Canterville Ghost

The Restless Years

Arthur Miller: Writer

Rage!

Face of Fire
TV Shows

The Practice

Golden Globe Awards

Bonanza

The Twilight Zone

The Virginian

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Studio One

The Name of the Game

Ben Casey

The Big Valley

Dinah!

Route 66

Combat!

Rawhide

Burke's Law

The Invaders

Gunsmoke

Run for Your Life

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Judd, for the Defense

The Detectives

12 O'Clock High

The Loner

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Studio 57

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Checkmate

Arrest and Trial

Temperatures Rising

Tarzan

The United States Steel Hour

The White Shadow

Alcoa Premiere

Then Came Bronson

Mister Sterling

The Wonderful World of Disney

Going My Way

Bus Stop

The Monroes

Code Red

Crossroads

T.H.E. Cat

The Chevy Mystery Show

Panic!

Shane

The Danny Thomas Hour

Custer

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

George Burns Comedy Week

Slattery's People

National Geographic Specials

Cowboy in Africa

A Minute with Stan Hooper

The Word

The Law and Mr. Jones

For the People

Favorite Son

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Celebrity

The Tenderfoot
More Movies

Black Like Me

All My Sons

Man Belongs to the Earth

The Golden Honeymoon

Sky High

The McConnell Story

The Tenderfoot

Icarus Montgolfier Wright

The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley

Please Believe Me

Give 'em Hell, Harry!

Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America

Hail Columbia!




