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