James Whitmore

James Whitmore

  • Birthday: 1921-10-01
  • Deathday: 2009-02-06
  • Place of birth: White Plains, New York, USA
  • Also know as: James Allen Whitmore Jr.

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Harrad Experiment

1973

As Philip Tenhausen

Them!

1954

As Sgt. Ben Peterson

Hail Columbia!

1982

As Narrator

I Will Fight No More Forever

1975

As General Oliver O. Howard

Crime in the Streets

1956

As Ben Wagner

The Next Voice You Hear...

1950

As Joe Smith

The Adventures of Mark Twain

1985

As Mark Twain (voice)

Black Like Me

1964

As John Finley Horton

Give 'em Hell, Harry!

1975

As Harry S. Truman

Face of Fire

1959

As Monk Johnson

Love Those Trains

1984

As Narrator

The Golden Honeymoon

1980

As Charley Tate

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974

As Grandpa

High Crime

1973

As Commissioner Aldo Scavino

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

1950

As John Malone

The Young Don't Cry

1957

As Rudy Krist

The Balloon Vendor

1974

As Antonio

Old Explorers

1990

As Leinen Roth

Man Belongs to the Earth

1974

As Narrator

The Canterville Ghost

1974

As Hyram B. Otis

Rage!

1980

As Borski

Mark, I Love You

1980

As Dwight Hamilton

Here's to Life!

2000

As Gus Corley

The Undercover Man

1949

As George Pappas

Chato's Land

1972

As Joshua Everette

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

As Lou Sherwood

The Challenge

1970

As Overman

Above and Beyond

1953

As Maj. William M. Uanna

The Tenderfoot

1964

As Captain Ewell

The McConnell Story

1955

As SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman

The Command

1954

As Sgt. Elliott

Shadow in the Sky

1952

As Lou Hopke

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954

As Mr. Remlick, Lawyer

Because You're Mine

1952

As Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson

Glory! Glory!

1989

As Lester Babbitt

Nobody's Perfect

1968

As Capt. Mike Riley

Sky High

1990

As Gus Johnson

The Relic

1997

As Dr. Albert Frock

Battle Cry

1955

As MSgt. Mac

Who Was That Lady?

1960

As Harry Powell

The Restless Years

1958

As Ed Henderson

If Tomorrow Comes

1971

As Frank Phillips

The Flying Misfits

1976

As Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman

All My Sons

1987

As Joe Keller

Madigan

1968

As Chief Inspector Charles Kane

The Last Frontier

1955

As Gus

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

As Gus Minissi

Chuka

1967

As Lou Trent

The Girl Who Had Everything

1953

As Charles "Chico" Menlow

Please Believe Me

1950

As Vincent Maran

The Deep Six

1958

As Cmdr. Warren Meredith

Swing Vote

1999

As Daniel Morissey

Planet of the Apes

1968

As President of the Assembly

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

As Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.

A Ring of Endless Light

2002

As Grandfather

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

As Brooks Hatlen

Kiss Me Kate

1953

As Slug

Nuts

1987

As Judge Stanley Murdoch

Oklahoma!

1955

As Mr. Carnes

The First Deadly Sin

1980

As Dr. Sanford Ferguson

The Split

1968

As Herb Sutro

Waterhole #3

1967

As Capt. Shipley

The Hoaxters

1952

As Narrator (voice)

Battleground

1949

As Kinnie

The Outriders

1950

As Clint Priest

The Majestic

2001

As Stan Keller

It's a Big Country

1951

As Mr. Stacey

Across the Wide Missouri

1951

As Old Bill (uncredited)

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

As Self (archive footage)

Angels in the Outfield

1951

As Angel (voice) (uncredited)

The Serpent's Egg

1977

As Priester

The Horror Show

1979

As (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

As Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)

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