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