Cast & creator
James Whitmore
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Mike Douglas Show
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.
Also known as: James Allen Whitmore Jr., جیمز ویتمور
83
film credits
93
television credits
176
1944–2017 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (176)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Milton
2000
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Bonanza
John Postley
1959
The Practice
Raymond Oz
1997
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominated
1944
American Playhouse
Joe Keller
1982
Climax!
Stash Prohaska
1954Climax!
Tom Miller
1954
Dr. Kildare
Henry Clay Kincaid
1961
The Shawshank Redemption
Brooks Hatlen
1994
The Virginian
Capt. Piper Pritican
1962The Virginian
Ezra Hollis
1962The Virginian
Carl Kabe
1962The Virginian
Marshal Krug
1962
The Twilight Zone
1959
Studio One
Sam
1948
Ben Casey
1961
Rawhide
Sgt. Joe Duclos
1959Rawhide
Colonel John Macklin
1959
The Name of the Game
Harry Roarke
1968
Combat!
Hertzbrun
1962
Route 66
1960
The Big Valley
Handy
1965The Big Valley
Joshua Hawks
1965The Big Valley
Tom Wills
1965The Big Valley
Marshal Seth Campbell
1965
Burke's Law
Joe Piante
1963
Dinah!
Self
1974
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jeb
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ben Kincaid
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Joel Begley
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jonas
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Narrator (voice)
1956
Gunsmoke
Amos Campbell
1955Gunsmoke
Jim Forbes
1955Gunsmoke
Timothy Fitzpatrick
1955
Run for Your Life
Chief Jim Holland
1965
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Detectives
1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Invaders
Harry Swain
1967
Kraft Suspense Theatre
J. Marvin Bean
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre
Major Will Stanton
1963
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Studio 57
1954
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Craig Bennett Stiles
1985
12 O'Clock High
1964
Checkmate
Detective Lt. Dave Harker
1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958My Friend Tony
Prof. John Woodruff
1969
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Tarzan
1966
Temperatures Rising
Vincent Campanelli
1972Lux Video Theatre
Tracy
1950Lux Video Theatre
Self
1950
Arrest and Trial
Martin Burnham
1963
Planet of the Apes
President of the Assembly
1968
The White Shadow
Jake Reeves
1978
The Loner
1965The Loner
Doc Fritchman
1965
Then Came Bronson
Wilson Ford
1969The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Mister Sterling
William Sterling Sr.
2003
Bus Stop
1961
Alcoa Premiere
1961
Crossroads
Father Emil Joseph Kapaun
1955
The Chevy Mystery Show
Philip Selby
1960
Going My Way
1962
Panic!
1957
The Monroes
1966
Shane
Harry Himber
1966
T.H.E. Cat
1966Playwrights '56
1955
Code Red
1981
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Foxy Smith
1963
Slattery's People
1964
Custer
1967
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
The Danny Thomas Hour
Professor John Woodruff
1967
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral William F. Halsey
1970
George Burns Comedy Week
Ebenezer Scrooge
1985
National Geographic Specials
Narrator (voice)
1965
The Relic
Dr. Albert Frock
1997
The Majestic
Stan Keller
2001
The Law and Mr. Jones
Abraham Lincoln Jones
1960
Cowboy in Africa
1967
The Word
George Wheeler
1978
Them!
Sgt. Ben Peterson
1954
A Minute with Stan Hooper
Dr. Goldman
2003
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Tommy McDermott
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Joe Benson
1951
The Asphalt Jungle
Gus Minissi
1950
For the People
1965
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Levi
1969
Celebrity
Clifford Casey
1984
Favorite Son
The President
1988
Angels in the Outfield
Angel (voice) (uncredited)
1951
A Ring of Endless Light
Grandfather
2002
The Serpent's Egg
Priester
1977
The Last Frontier
Gus
1955
Chato's Land
Joshua Everette
1972
The Tenderfoot
Captain Ewell
1964
Oklahoma!
Mr. Carnes
1955
Who Was That Lady?
Harry Powell
1960
Madigan
Chief Inspector Charles Kane
1968
The First Deadly Sin
Dr. Sanford Ferguson
1980
Chuka
Lou Trent
1967
Battleground
Kinnie
1949
The Red Badge of Courage
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
The Undercover Man
George Pappas
1949
Across the Wide Missouri
Old Bill (uncredited)
1951
The Eddy Duchin Story
Lou Sherwood
1956
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Mark Twain (voice)
1985
High Crime
Commissioner Aldo Scavino
1973
Because You're Mine
Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
1952
Battle Cry
MSgt. Mac
1955
Kiss Me Kate
Slug
1953
It's a Big Country
Mr. Stacey
1951
Nuts
Judge Stanley Murdoch
1987
Shadow in the Sky
Lou Hopke
1952
Waterhole #3
Capt. Shipley
1967
Where the Red Fern Grows
Grandpa
1974
Glory! Glory!
Lester Babbitt
1989
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Fetcher
1953
The Girl Who Had Everything
Charles "Chico" Menlow
1953Tony e il Professore
il professore
The Split
Herb Sutro
1968
I Will Fight No More Forever
General Oliver O. Howard
1975
The Next Voice You Hear...
Joe Smith
1950Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Self
2003
The Outriders
Clint Priest
1950
Old Explorers
Leinen Roth
1990
Crime in the Streets
Ben Wagner
1956
If Tomorrow Comes
Frank Phillips
1971
Swing Vote
Daniel Morissey
1999
The Flying Misfits
Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
1976
The Great Diamond Robbery
Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
1954
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
John Malone
1950
Above and Beyond
Maj. William M. Uanna
1953
The Tenderfoot
Captain Ewell
1966
The Challenge
Overman
1970
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
1995
The Deep Six
Cmdr. Warren Meredith
1958
The Canterville Ghost
Hyram B. Otis
1974
Mark, I Love You
Dwight Hamilton
1980
The McConnell Story
SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
1955The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
1952
The Harrad Experiment
Philip Tenhausen
1973
Man Belongs to the Earth
Narrator
1974
The Young Don't Cry
Rudy Krist
1957
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
The Command
Sgt. Elliott
1954
The Balloon Vendor
Antonio
1974Decision
1958
Here's to Life!
Gus Corley
2000
Nobody's Perfect
Capt. Mike Riley
1968
The Restless Years
Ed Henderson
1958
Black Like Me
John Finley Horton
1964Roots of Roe
Pope Pius XI (voice)
1993
Please Believe Me
Vincent Maran
1950
Sky High
Gus Johnson
1990
Rage!
Borski
1980
Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Golden Honeymoon
Charley Tate
1980
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
1962
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Harry S. Truman
1975
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
1978
All My Sons
Joe Keller
1987
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
Narrator
1982
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
J. Marvin Bean
1963Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
2005
Face of Fire
Monk Johnson
1959
Love Those Trains
Narrator
1984
Hail Columbia!
Narrator
1982