James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 - February 6, 2009) was an American actor best known for The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Give Em Hell Harry (1975), and Battleground (1949).
He was married to Nancy Mygatt, Audra Lindley, and Noreen Nash and had four children, including James Whitmore Jr..
Whitmore died in 2009 at the age of 87 from lung cancer.
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Filmography
Film Roles
- 1949: The Undercover Man as George Pappas
- 1949: Battleground as Kinnie
- 1950: The Outriders as Clint Priest
- 1950: The Asphalt Jungle as Gus Minissi
- 1950: Please Believe Me as Vincent maran
- 1950: The Next Voice You Hear as Joe Smith
- 1950: Mrs O Malley And Mr Malone as John J. Malone
- 1951: Angels in the Outfield as Angel (Uncredited Role, voice)
- 1951: The Red Badge of Courage as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1951: Across the Wide Missouri as Old Bill (uncredited)
- 1951: Its A Big Country An American Anthology as Mr. Stacey
- 1952: Shadow In The Sky as Lou Hopke
- 1952: Because Youre Mine as Sgt. Batterson
- 1952: Above And Beyond as Maj. Uanna
- 1953: The Girl Who Had Everything as Charles 'Chicho' Menlow
- 1953: Kiss Me, Kate as Slug
- 1953: All The Brothers Were Valiant as Fetcher
- 1954: The Great Diamond Robbery as Mr. Remlick
- 1954: The Command as Sgt. Elliott
- 1954: Them! as Sgt. Ben Peterson
- 1955: Battle Cry as Master Sgt. Mac/Narrator
- 1955: The Mc Connell Story as Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
- 1955: Oklahoma! as Andrew Carnes
- 1955: The Last Frontier as Gus
- 1956: The Eddy Duchin Story as Lou Sherwood
- 1956: Crime In The Streets as Ben Wagner
- 1957: The Young Dont Cry as Rudy Krist
- 1958: The Deep Six as Commander Warren Meredith
- 1958: The Restless Years as Ed Henderson
- 1959: Face Of Fire as Monk Johnson
- 1960: Who Was That Lady as Harry Powell
- 1962: Focus as Lawrence Newman
- 1964: Black Like Me as John Finley Horton
- 1967: Chuka as Lou Trent
- 1967: Waterhole 3 as Capt. Shipley
- 1968: Nobodys Perfect as Capt. Mike Riley
- 1968: Planet of the Apes as President of the Assembly
- 1968: Madigan as Chief Insp. Charles Kane
- 1968: The Split as Herb Sutro
- 1969: Guns Of The Magnificent Seven as Levi
- 1970: The Challenge as Overman
- 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! as Adm. William F. Halsey
- 1971: If Tomorrow Comes as Frank Phillips
- 1972: Chatos Land as Joshua Everette
- 1972: Will Rogers USA as Will Rogers
- 1973: The Harrad Experiment as Philip Tenhausen
- 1973: High Crime as Comm. Aldo Scavino
- 1974: Where the Red Fern Grows as Grandpa
- 1974: Last Moments as Antonio
- 1974: The Canterville Ghost as Hyram B. Otis
- 1975: I Will Fight No More Forever as Gen. Oliver O. Howard
- 1975: Give Em Hell Harry as Harry S. Truman
- 1977: The Serpents Egg as The Priest
- 1978: General Electrics All Star Anniversary as Will Rogers
- 1978: Bully An Adventure With Teddy Roosevelt as Teddy Roosevelt
- 1980: The Golden Honeymoon as Charlie Tate
- 1980: Rage as Borski
- 1980: The First Deadly Sin as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
- 1980: Mark I Love You as Dwight Hamilton
- 1985: The Adventures of Mark Twain as Mark Twain
- 1987: Nuts as Judge Stanley Murdoch
- 1989: Glory Glory as Lester Babbitt
- 1990: Sky High as Gus Johnson
- 1990: Old Explorers as Leinen Roth
- 1992: Touring Civil War Battlefields as Narrator
- 1993: The Roots Of Roe as Narrator (voice)
- 1994: The Shawshank Redemption as Brooks Hatlen
- 1997: The Relic as Dr. Albert Frock
- 1999: Swing Vote as Daniel Morissey
- 2000: Heres To Life as Gus Corley
- 2001: The Majestic as Stan Keller
- 2002: A Ring Of Endless Light as Grandfather
- 2005: Fun with Dick and Jane as Toy Store Security Guard (uncredited)
Television Roles
- 1954-1956: Schlitz Playhouse as Joe Benson/Tommy McDermott (3 episodes)
- 1954-1957: The Ford Television Theatre as Danny Cochran/Joe Green (2 episodes)
- 1955: Crossroads as Father Emil Joseph Kapaun
- 1955: Damon Runyon Theater as Starker
- 1956: Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre as Frankie Taylor
- 1956: Playwrights 56 as David
- 1956: Studio One as Sam
- 1956: Lux Video Theatre as Tracy
- 1956: Kraft Theatre as Sen. Edmund G. Ross
- 1956: Chevron Hall Of Stars as March
- 1956-1957: Climax as Tom Miller/Stash Prohaska (2 episodes)
- 1956-1961: Zane Grey Theatre as Narrator/Jonas/Joel Begley/Ben Kincaid/Jeb (5 episodes)
- 1957: Panic as Father Dolan
- 1957: The Alcoa Hour as Warden Lightfoot
- 1957: The20th Century Fox Hour as Jake Flannigan
- 1957-1959: Playhouse 90 as Mr. Anderson/Major Abe Kasner/Guy Cato/Capt. Miles Shay (4 episodes)
- 1958: Wagon Train as Gabe Carswell
- 1958: Decision as Danny Cochran
- 1958: Alcoa Theatre as Earl Sherwood
- 1959: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Judge Lee Anderson
- 1960: Sunday Showcase as Ulysses S. Grant
- 1960: Our American Heritage as Ulysses S. Grant
- 1960: The Chevy Mystery Show as Philip Selby
- 1960-1962: The Law And Mr Jones as Abraham Lincoln Jones
- 1961: Bus Stop as Victor Kane
- 1961: Alcoa Premiere as Fred Collins
- 1961: Checkmate as Det. Lt. Dave Harker
- 1961: The Detectives as Francis Xavier Murphy
- 1962-1963: Rawhide as Col. John Macklin/Sgt. Joe Duclos (2 episodes)
- 1963: Going My Way as Dr. Corden
- 1963: Route 66 as Ralph Vincent
- 1963: Ben Casey as Dr. Donald Forrest
- 1963: The Twilight Zone as Capt. William Benteen
- 1963: The Travels Of Jaimi Mc Pheeters as Foxy Smith
- 1963: Dr. Kildare as Henry Clay Kincaid
- 1963: Arrest And Trial as Martin Burnham
- 1963-1964: Kraft Suspense Theatre as Maj. Will Stanton/J. Marvin Bean (2 episodes)
- 1964: The Greatest Show on Earth as Marsh
- 1964: Suspense as Buck Larsen
- 1964: Slatterys People as Rep. Harry Sanborn
- 1964: Walt Disney Presents as Capt. Ewell
- 1965: Combat as Hertzbrun
- 1965: Burke's Law as Joe Piante
- 1965: For the People as Hillard Vance
- 1965: Run For Your Life as Chief Jim Holland
- 1965-1966: Twelve O Clock High as Col. Harry Connelly/Col. Paul 'Pappy' Hartley (2 episodes)
- 1965-1973: Gunsmoke as Timothy Fitzpatrick/Jim Forbes/Amos Campbell (4 episodes)
- 1966: The Loner as Doc Fritchman
- 1966: THE Cat as Arnie Ludock
- 1966: Shane as Harry Himber
- 1966: The Monroes as Sgt. Shanghai Blackmer
- 1966-1968: The Big Valley as Marshall Seth Campbell/Tom Wills/Joshua Hawks/Handy (4 episodes)
- 1966-1970: The Virginian as Marshal Krug/Carl Kabe/Ezra Hollis/Capt. Piper Pritican (4 episodes)
- 1967: The Invaders as Harry Swain
- 1967: Tarzan as Cliff Stockwell
- 1967: Judd For The Defense as John Patrick McKenna
- 1967: Custer as Eldo
- 1968: Cowboy In Africa as Ryan Crose
- 1968: The Danny Thomas Hour as Prof. John Woodruff
- 1968: Bonanza as John Postley
- 1969: My Friend Tony as Prof. John Woodruff
- 1969: The Name of the Game as Dr. Harry Roarke
- 1970: Then Came Bronson as Wilson Ford
- 1972-1973: The New Temperatures Rising Show as Dr. Vincent Campanelli (26 episodes)
- 1978: The Word as George Wheeler
- 1980: The White Shadow as Jake Reeves
- 1980: Code Red as Ken Owens
- 1984: Celebrity as Clifford Casey
- 1985: The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible as Moses
- 1985: George Burns Comedy Week as Ebenezer Scrooge
- 1985: Riptide as Ben Wilkinson
- 1987: American Playhouse Joe Keller
- 1988: Favorite Son as The President
- 1990: The Ray Bradbury Theater as Craig Bennett Stiles
- 1994: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle as Mr. Piggle-Wiggle
- 1997-1999: The Practice as Raymond Oz (3 episodes)
- 2003: Mister Sterling as Retired Gov. William Sterling Sr.
- 2003: A Minute With Stan Hooper as Dr. Goldman
- 2007: CSI as Milton
Shorts
- 1986: Moses as Moses
