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