Cast
James Whitmore
Acting
Cast
James Whitmore
Known for
Acting
Born
1921-10-01
From
White Plains, New York, USA
Died
2009-02-06
Also known as James Allen Whitmore Jr., Ψ¬ΫΩ Ψ² ΩΫΨͺΩ ΩΨ±
Biography
James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 β 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.
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MOVIE1994
The Shawshank Redemption
as Brooks Hatlen
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MOVIE1968
Planet of the Apes
as President of the Assembly
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MOVIE1997
The Relic
as Dr. Albert Frock
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MOVIE1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral William F. Halsey
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MOVIE1954
Them!
as Sgt. Ben Peterson
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MOVIE1968
Madigan
as Chief Inspector Charles Kane
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MOVIE1967
Chuka
as Lou Trent
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MOVIE1955
Battle Cry
as MSgt. Mac
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MOVIE1950
The Asphalt Jungle
as Gus Minissi
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MOVIE1976
The Flying Misfits
as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
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MOVIE1951
Angels in the Outfield
as Angel (voice) (uncredited)
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MOVIE2001
The Majestic
as Stan Keller
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MOVIE1953
Above and Beyond
as Maj. William M. Uanna
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MOVIE1955
Oklahoma!
as Mr. Carnes
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MOVIE1952
Shadow in the Sky
as Lou Hopke
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MOVIE1990
Old Explorers
as Leinen Roth
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MOVIE1989
Glory! Glory!
as Lester Babbitt
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MOVIE1974
The Canterville Ghost
as Hyram B. Otis
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MOVIE1949
Battleground
as Kinnie
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MOVIE1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Levi
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MOVIE1980
The First Deadly Sin
as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
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MOVIE1972
Chato's Land
as Joshua Everette
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MOVIE2002
A Ring of Endless Light
as Grandfather
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MOVIE1955
The McConnell Story
as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
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MOVIE2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
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MOVIE1953
Kiss Me Kate
as Slug
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MOVIE1952
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
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MOVIE1955
The Last Frontier
as Gus
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MOVIE1987
Nuts
as Judge Stanley Murdoch
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MOVIE1960
Who Was That Lady?
as Harry Powell
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MOVIE1977
The Serpent's Egg
as Priester
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MOVIE1950
The Outriders
as Clint Priest
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MOVIE1951
Across the Wide Missouri
as Old Bill (uncredited)
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MOVIE1954
The Command
as Sgt. Elliott
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MOVIE1949
The Undercover Man
as George Pappas
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MOVIE1958
The Restless Years
as Ed Henderson
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MOVIE1973
The Harrad Experiment
as Philip Tenhausen
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MOVIE1951
The Red Badge of Courage
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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MOVIE1974
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Grandpa
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MOVIE1951
It's a Big Country
as Mr. Stacey
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MOVIE1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Fetcher
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MOVIE2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
as Self
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MOVIE1964
Black Like Me
as John Finley Horton
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MOVIE1956
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Lou Sherwood
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MOVIE1971
If Tomorrow Comes
as Frank Phillips
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MOVIE1985
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Mark Twain (voice)
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MOVIE1973
High Crime
as Commissioner Aldo Scavino
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MOVIE1968
Nobody's Perfect
as Capt. Mike Riley
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MOVIE1952
Because You're Mine
as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
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MOVIE1958
The Deep Six
as Cmdr. Warren Meredith
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MOVIE1968
The Split
as Herb Sutro
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MOVIE1974
Man Belongs to the Earth
as Narrator
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MOVIE1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
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MOVIE1980
The Golden Honeymoon
as Charley Tate
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MOVIE1999
Swing Vote
as Daniel Morissey
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5.9
MOVIE1967
Waterhole #3
as Capt. Shipley
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5.8
MOVIE1950
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Joe Smith
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MOVIE1970
The Challenge
as Overman
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MOVIE1956
Crime in the Streets
as Ben Wagner
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MOVIE1980
Mark, I Love You
as Dwight Hamilton
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MOVIE1984
Love Those Trains
as Narrator
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MOVIE1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
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MOVIE1974
The Balloon Vendor
as Antonio
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MOVIE1950
Please Believe Me
as Vincent Maran
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MOVIE1950
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as John Malone
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MOVIE1953
The Girl Who Had Everything
as Charles "Chico" Menlow
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MOVIE1959
Face of Fire
as Monk Johnson
MOVIE1966
The Tenderfoot
as Captain Ewell
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MOVIE1990
Sky High
as Gus Johnson
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MOVIE1954
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
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MOVIE1987
All My Sons
as Joe Keller
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MOVIE1962
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
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MOVIE1985
I Will Fight No More Forever
as General Oliver O. Howard
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MOVIE1975
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
as Harry S. Truman
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MOVIE1980
Rage!
as Borski
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MOVIE1982
Hail Columbia!
as Narrator
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MOVIE1963
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
as J. Marvin Bean
MOVIE2005
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
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MOVIE1957
The Young Don't Cry
as Rudy Krist
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10.0
MOVIE2000
Here's to Life!
as Gus Corley
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6.4
MOVIE1982
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
as Narrator
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8.0
MOVIE1978
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
as Teddy Roosevelt