James Whitmore
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.
155 acting credits
Acting · 155
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Practice
1997
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Climax!
1954
Combat!
1962
Ben Casey
1961
The Big Valley
1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Burke's Law
1963
Rawhide
1959
Route 66
1960
Run for Your Life
1965
Studio One
1948
The Name of the Game
1968
The Invaders
1967
Gunsmoke
1955
Dinah!
1974
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Detectives
1959
Checkmate
1960
Tarzan
1966
Studio 57
1954
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
12 O'Clock High
1964
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The White Shadow
1978
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Then Came Bronson
1969
Temperatures Rising
1972
Planet of the Apes
1968
Code Red
1981
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The Loner
1965
The Monroes
1966
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Bus Stop
1961
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
Panic!
1957
Playwrights '56
1955
Shane
1966
Going My Way
1962
Custer
1967
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
Mister Sterling
2003
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Crossroads
1955
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
Slattery's People
1964
The Majestic
2001
Angels in the Outfield
1951
The Word
1978
T.H.E. Cat
1966
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
For the People
1965
Them!
1954
The Relic
1997
National Geographic Specials
1965
My Friend Tony
1969
Favorite Son
1988
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Law and Mr. Jones
1960
Oklahoma!
1955
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
Battleground
1949
Celebrity
1984
Chato's Land
1972
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
A Minute with Stan Hooper
2003
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
The Harrad Experiment
1973
Battle Cry
1955
The Horror Show
1979
Kiss Me Kate
1953
High Crime
1973
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
Waterhole #3
1967
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Nuts
1987
The Command
1954
Rage!
1980
Who Was That Lady?
1960
Swing Vote
1999
A Ring of Endless Light
2002
Chuka
1967
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Madigan
1968
The First Deadly Sin
1980
The Serpent's Egg
1977
The Last Frontier
1955
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
The Split
1968
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
The Flying Misfits
1976
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974
Please Believe Me
1950
The Outriders
1950
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
Sky High
1990
The Deep Six
1958
It's a Big Country
1951
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
Above and Beyond
1953
Glory! Glory!
1989
The Undercover Man
1949
The McConnell Story
1955
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
The Challenge
1970
The Canterville Ghost
1974
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
If Tomorrow Comes
1971
The Tenderfoot
1964
Mark, I Love You
1980
Black Like Me
1964
Shadow in the Sky
1952
All My Sons
1987
Crime in the Streets
1956
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953
Decision
1958
I Will Fight No More Forever
1985
The Tenderfoot
1966
Face of Fire
1959
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
The Golden Honeymoon
1980
Because You're Mine
1952
The Balloon Vendor
1974
The Hoaxters
1952
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
1962
Tony e il Professore
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Old Explorers
1990
Nobody's Perfect
1968
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
1978
The Restless Years
1958
Here's to Life!
2000
The Young Don't Cry
1957
Hail Columbia!
1982
Man Belongs to the Earth
1974
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
2005
Love Those Trains
1984
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1975
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
1982