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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2017Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot — Self
• 1995Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominated