James Whitmore
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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
Credits
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
as Brooks Hatlen
Planet of the Apes (1968)
as President of the Assembly
The Relic (1997)
as Dr. Albert Frock
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Admiral William F. Halsey
Them! (1954)
as Sgt. Ben Peterson
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Angel (voice) (uncredited)
The Majestic (2001)
as Stan Keller
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
as Levi
Madigan (1968)
as Chief Inspector Charles Kane
Chuka (1967)
as Lou Trent
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Gus Minissi
Oklahoma! (1955)
as Mr. Carnes
Chato's Land (1972)
as Joshua Everette
Battle Cry (1955)
as MSgt. Mac
The Flying Misfits (1976)
as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
as Grandpa
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
as Old Bill (uncredited)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
as Priester
Glory! Glory! (1989)
as Lester Babbitt
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
as Lou Sherwood
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
as Mark Twain (voice)
Battleground (1949)
as Kinnie
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
as Slug
A Ring of Endless Light (2002)
as Grandfather
The Canterville Ghost (1974)
as Hyram B. Otis
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Outriders (1950)
as Clint Priest
High Crime (1973)
as Commissioner Aldo Scavino
Roots of Roe (1993)
as Pope Pius XI (voice)
The First Deadly Sin (1980)
as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
Old Explorers (1990)
as Leinen Roth
Nobody's Perfect (1968)
as Capt. Mike Riley
The Balloon Vendor (1974)
as Antonio
The Last Frontier (1955)
as Gus
The Split (1968)
as Herb Sutro
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Harry Powell
Above and Beyond (1953)
as Maj. William M. Uanna
Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Capt. Shipley
The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)
as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
Black Like Me (1964)
as John Finley Horton
Nuts (1987)
as Judge Stanley Murdoch
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot (2003)
as Self
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
as Fetcher
Because You're Mine (1952)
as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption (2004)
as Self
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Undercover Man (1949)
as George Pappas
The Golden Honeymoon (1980)
as Charley Tate
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Mr. Stacey
The Command (1954)
as Sgt. Elliott
Man Belongs to the Earth (1974)
as Narrator
Please Believe Me (1950)
as Vincent Maran
Swing Vote (1999)
as Daniel Morissey
I Will Fight No More Forever (1975)
as General Oliver O. Howard
Crime in the Streets (1956)
as Ben Wagner
The Challenge (1970)
as Overman
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
as Joe Smith
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
as Charles "Chico" Menlow
The Deep Six (1958)
as Cmdr. Warren Meredith
Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962)
Actor
The Harrad Experiment (1973)
as Philip Tenhausen
The McConnell Story (1955)
as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
All My Sons (1987)
as Joe Keller
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
as John Malone
Mark, I Love You (1980)
as Dwight Hamilton
Here's to Life! (2000)
as Gus Corley
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
as Self
Love Those Trains (1984)
as Narrator
The Hoaxters (1952)
as Narrator (voice)
If Tomorrow Comes (1971)
as Frank Phillips
Shadow in the Sky (1952)
as Lou Hopke
The Tenderfoot (1966)
as Captain Ewell
The Young Don't Cry (1957)
as Rudy Krist
Rage! (1980)
as Borski
Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
as Harry S. Truman
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley (1963)
as J. Marvin Bean
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America (1982)
as Narrator
Face of Fire (1959)
as Monk Johnson
The Restless Years (1958)
as Ed Henderson
Sky High (1990)
as Gus Johnson
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt (1978)
as Teddy Roosevelt
Hail Columbia! (1982)
as Narrator
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story (2005)
Actor