James Whitmore
Acting
🎂 1921-10-01
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.
Cast credits(171)
Self
1962
Milton
2000
1953
Raymond Oz
1997
Self
1961
Chief Jim Holland
1965
Joe Piante
1963
Henry Clay Kincaid
1961
John Postley
1959
Harry Roarke
1968
1961
Self - Nominated
1944
1959
Sam
1948
1955
1960
1963
Jeb
1956
Ben Kincaid
1956
Joel Begley
1956
Jonas - Blacksmith
1956
Narrator (voice)
1956
1966
1947
Hertzbrun
1962
Harry Swain
1967
1961
1958
Handy
1965
Joshua Hawks
1965
Marshal Seth Campbell
1965
Tom Wills
1965
1961
Vincent Campanelli
1972
Craig Bennett Stiles
1985
Martin Burnham
1963
1961
Jake Reeves
1978
1959
Sgt. Joe Duclos
1959
Colonel John Macklin
1959
Stash Prohaska
1954
Tom Miller
1954
Narrator (voice)
1965
1967
1969
Professor John Woodruff
1967
1962
1966
Brooks Hatlen
1994
J. Marvin Bean
1963
Major Will Stanton
1963
1964
1957
Capt. Piper Pritican
1962
Marshal Krug
1962
Ezra Hollis
1962
Carl Kabe
1962
1955
Foxy Smith
1963
1967
1985
1965
Doc Fritchman
1965
Abraham Lincoln Jones
1960
1960
Amos Campbell
1955
Jim Forbes
1955
Timothy Fitzpatrick
1955
1981
1964
1965
Self
1974
1958
1966
The President
1988
Tracy
1950
Self
1950
Prof. John Woodruff
1969
1967
Philip Selby
1960
2003
President of the Assembly
1968
Harry Himber
1966
1955
George Wheeler
1978
1951
Tommy McDermott
1951
Joe Benson
1951
Sgt. Ben Peterson
1954
Dr. Albert Frock
1997
Admiral William F. Halsey
1970
Dr. Goldman
2003
Mr. Carnes
1955
Clifford Casey
1984
Joshua Everette
1972
Gus Minissi
1950
Levi
1969
Stan Keller
2001
Mark Twain (voice)
1985
Old Bill (uncredited)
1951
Sgt. Elliott
1954
Kinnie
1949
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Slug
1953
Angel (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
2004
Maj. William M. Uanna
1953
Judge Stanley Murdoch
1987
Capt. Shipley
1967
Self (archive footage)
2017
Philip Tenhausen
1973
Dr. Sanford Ferguson
1980
Lou Trent
1967
Commissioner Aldo Scavino
1973
Mr. Stacey
1951
Grandfather
2002
Chief Inspector Charles Kane
1968
Lou Sherwood
1956
Gus
1955
MSgt. Mac
1955
Fetcher
1953
George Pappas
1949
Harry Powell
1960
Grandpa
1974
Clint Priest
1950
Daniel Morissey
1999
Cmdr. Warren Meredith
1958
Herb Sutro
1968
Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
1976
Priester
1977
Ben Wagner
1956
Borski
1980
Capt. Mike Riley
1968
John Finley Horton
1964
Vincent Maran
1950
Joe Smith
1950
Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
1952
General Oliver O. Howard
1975
Hyram B. Otis
1974
John Malone
1950
Monk Johnson
1959
Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
1954
Ed Henderson
1958
Overman
1970
(archive footage)
1979
SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
1955
Charles "Chico" Menlow
1953
Gus Corley
2000
Rudy Krist
1957
Antonio
1974
Dwight Hamilton
1980
Lester Babbitt
1989
Frank Phillips
1971
Narrator
1982
Self
1995
Gus Johnson
1990
Joe Keller
1987
1962
Lou Hopke
1952
Narrator (voice)
1952
Harry S. Truman
1975
Captain Ewell
1964
Leinen Roth
1990
Charley Tate
1980
Self
2003
Narrator
1974
Narrator
1984
Teddy Roosevelt
1978
Narrator
1982
2005