James Whitmore

James Whitmore

1921-10-01 White Plains, New York, USA 82 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ...

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Arthur Miller: Writer

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which contin...

Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story

2005

Acting

Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro is an honest, amusing, and highly entertaining biography of Horace Hagedorn, the advertising executive who went on to become a le...

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot

2003

as Self

Acting

Ann Miller hosts this documentary short on the making of the MGM-Cole Porter hot musical "Kiss Me Kate".

A Ring of Endless Light

A Ring of Endless Light

2002

as Grandfather

6.5
Acting

When 15-year-old Vicky Austin, her sister Suzy and little brother Rob visit their grandfather on Seven Bay Island, Vicky faces several unexpected chal...

The Majestic

The Majestic

2001

as Stan Keller

6.8
Acting

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...

Here's to Life!

Here's to Life!

2000

as Gus Corley

Acting

Owen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers he is cheating on his taxes, and orders that Owen takes...

Swing Vote

Swing Vote

1999

as Daniel Morissey

5.6
Acting

A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have serious...

The Relic

The Relic

1997

as Dr. Albert Frock

6.0
Acting

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

1995

as Self

8.0
Acting

Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

as Brooks Hatlen

8.7
Acting

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, wh...

Old Explorers

Old Explorers

1990

as Leinen Roth

Acting

Two elderly friends trade stories of adventure with each other.

Sky High

Sky High

1990

as Gus Johnson

1.0
Acting

Two midwestern farmboys inherit a vintage bi-plane and then learn to fly it from an eccentric former stunt pilot.

Glory! Glory!

Glory! Glory!

1989

as Lester Babbitt

7.0
Acting

A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.

Nuts

Nuts

1987

as Judge Stanley Murdoch

6.3
Acting

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

All My Sons

All My Sons

1987

as Joe Keller

Acting

Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles ...

The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain

1985

as Mark Twain (voice)

6.8
Acting

Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation fantasy follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck...

Love Those Trains

Love Those Trains

1984

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

Enjoy the romance of railroads as you ride on the Orient Express, climb the Andes, cross the U.S. on the Salad Bowl Express, and meet the Hobo King, w...

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America

1982

as Narrator

6.2
Acting

An overview of hate group Ku Klux Klan and their activities up until early 1980's, attacking minorities in American states.

Hail Columbia!

Hail Columbia!

1982

as Narrator

7.3
Acting

The maiden voyage of Columbia, the first space shuttle, is recounted with footage shot on the ground and in space.

Mark, I Love You

Mark, I Love You

1980

as Dwight Hamilton

Acting

A distraught widower is caught in a bitter custody battle with his late wife's parents over his 10-year-old son, following his plans to remarry and mo...

The First Deadly Sin

The First Deadly Sin

1980

as Dr. Sanford Ferguson

5.8
Acting

A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces o...

Rage!

Rage!

1980

as Borski

7.0
Acting

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

The Golden Honeymoon

The Golden Honeymoon

1980

as Charley Tate

Acting

Charley Tate is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty years to his ever-patient wife Lucy, the two of them ...

The Horror Show

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

3.8
Acting

A history of horror movies.

Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt

Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt

1978

as Teddy Roosevelt

6.0
Acting

James Whitmore gives a rousing performance as Teddy Roosevelt, in a one-man show before a live audience similar to his previous performances in Give '...

The Serpent's Egg

The Serpent's Egg

1977

as Priester

6.3
Acting

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, ...

The Flying Misfits

The Flying Misfits

1976

as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman

6.8
Acting

The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The fil...

Give 'em Hell, Harry!

Give 'em Hell, Harry!

1975

as Harry S. Truman

6.2
Acting

One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

I Will Fight No More Forever

I Will Fight No More Forever

1975

as General Oliver O. Howard

6.4
Acting

Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile journey across the West and towards Canada. Ba...

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1974

as Hyram B. Otis

6.0
Acting

The ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by p...

The Balloon Vendor

The Balloon Vendor

1974

as Antonio

7.0
Acting

A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974

as Grandpa

6.8
Acting

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in l...

Man Belongs to the Earth

Man Belongs to the Earth

1974

as Narrator

Acting

Made for screening at the U.S. Pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane Washington, USA, which had a Native-American environmental theme, MAN BELO...

High Crime

High Crime

1973

as Commissioner Aldo Scavino

6.5
Acting

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of...

The Harrad Experiment

The Harrad Experiment

1973

as Philip Tenhausen

3.5
Acting

At fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1962 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, t...

Chato's Land

Chato's Land

1972

as Joshua Everette

6.6
Acting

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

If Tomorrow Comes

If Tomorrow Comes

1971

as Frank Phillips

8.0
Acting

In California, a young Caucasian girl and a Japanese-American boy defy local prejudices and secretly marry on Dec. 7, 1941, minutes before Pearl Harbo...

The Challenge

The Challenge

1970

as Overman

6.0
Acting

All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single s...

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Admiral William F. Halsey

7.1
Acting

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! ...

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

as Levi

5.3
Acting

When Quintero, a Mexican revolutionary leader, is left to rot in jail by the forces of President Diaz, it's up to his subordinate, Max, to bust him ou...

The Split

The Split

1968

as Herb Sutro

6.7
Acting

A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.

Madigan

Madigan

1968

as Chief Inspector Charles Kane

6.2
Acting

NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. ...

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

1968

as President of the Assembly

7.6
Acting

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds him...

Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect

1968

as Capt. Mike Riley

5.5
Acting

This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village,...

Waterhole #3

Waterhole #3

1967

as Capt. Shipley

6.1
Acting

After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buri...

Chuka

Chuka

1967

as Lou Trent

6.2
Acting

A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.

The Tenderfoot

The Tenderfoot

1964

as Captain Ewell

Acting

Based on author James H. Tevis' Arizona in the 50s, The Tenderfoot stars Brandon De Wilde as young Tevis. With nothing more than a stetson, a gun, and...

Black Like Me

Black Like Me

1964

as John Finley Horton

5.9
Acting

Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.

Icarus Montgolfier Wright

1962

5.7
Acting

The film focuses on the thoughts inside the head of a man, an astronaut scheduled to go to the Moon. As he ponders the flight, he laments having an “o...

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

1960

as Harry Powell

6.2
Acting

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story tha...

Face of Fire

Face of Fire

1959

as Monk Johnson

5.6
Acting

A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.

The Restless Years

The Restless Years

1958

as Ed Henderson

Acting

A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.

The Deep Six

The Deep Six

1958

as Cmdr. Warren Meredith

5.4
Acting

The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker wh...

The Young Don't Cry

The Young Don't Cry

1957

as Rudy Krist

6.2
Acting

An orphaned teen gets involved with some chain-gang convicts.

Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets

1956

as Ben Wagner

6.0
Acting

A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

as Lou Sherwood

6.1
Acting

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

1955

as Gus

6.1
Acting

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma!

1955

as Mr. Carnes

6.6
Acting

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts...

The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story

1955

as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman

6.3
Acting

Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every ste...

Battle Cry

Battle Cry

1955

as MSgt. Mac

5.7
Acting

The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits fr...

Them!

Them!

1954

as Sgt. Ben Peterson

6.8
Acting

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists ...

The Command

The Command

1954

as Sgt. Elliott

6.2
Acting

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

The Great Diamond Robbery

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954

as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer

Acting

Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Rem...

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

1953

as Slug

6.4
Acting

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a gre...

All the Brothers Were Valiant

All the Brothers Were Valiant

1953

as Fetcher

5.9
Acting

In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.

The Girl Who Had Everything

The Girl Who Had Everything

1953

as Charles "Chico" Menlow

5.8
Acting

Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

1953

as Maj. William M. Uanna

6.1
Acting

The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he ...

The Hoaxters

1952

as Narrator (voice)

4.2
Acting

A 1952 American documentary film written by Herman Hoffman, about the threat posed by communism to the American way of life.

Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine

1952

as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson

6.7
Acting

A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.

Shadow in the Sky

Shadow in the Sky

1952

as Lou Hopke

6.6
Acting

Burt, a Marine suffering from Battle Fatigue, is deathly afraid of rain and confined to an asylum, but showing improvement. He wants to live with his ...

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

as Mr. Stacey

5.3
Acting

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best director...

Angels in the Outfield

Angels in the Outfield

1951

as Angel (voice) (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.

Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri

1951

as Old Bill (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Bl...

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he lea...

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

1950

as John Malone

6.0
Acting

Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.

The Next Voice You Hear...

The Next Voice You Hear...

1950

as Joe Smith

5.2
Acting

The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world....

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

as Gus Minissi

7.5
Acting

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of v...

Please Believe Me

Please Believe Me

1950

as Vincent Maran

5.0
Acting

A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not suspecting two men aboa...

The Outriders

The Outriders

1950

as Clint Priest

6.9
Acting

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raider...

Battleground

Battleground

1949

as Kinnie

6.7
Acting

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Ho...

The Undercover Man

The Undercover Man

1949

as George Pappas

6.2
Acting

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal t...