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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 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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1921-10-01
- event Death Date 2009-02-06
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 9.6
- info Birth Place White Plains, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by James Whitmore
8.8
The Shawshank Redemption
1994-09-23
7.2
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017-12-08
3.7
The Harrad Experiment
1973-05-11
6
The Relic
1997-01-10
6.2
Madigan
1968-03-29
6
The Last Frontier
1955-12-07
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
6.8
Them!
1954-06-16
6.7
The Majestic
2001-12-21
7.3
Hail Columbia!
1982-06-15
6.2
The Undercover Man
1949-03-21
6.6
Battleground
1949-11-09
6.7
The Split
1968-11-04
4.2
The Hoaxters
1952-12-05
6.8
Where the Red Fern Grows
1974-06-21
5.2
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969-07-14
6.5
Chato's Land
1972-05-25
6
The Horror Show
1979-02-06
6.4
Kiss Me, Kate
1953-11-26
6.4
I Will Fight No More Forever
1975-04-13
6.3
Nuts
1987-11-20
6.6
Oklahoma!
1955-10-10
6
Crime in the Streets
1956-06-10
6.2
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956-05-02
5.7
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950-06-29
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12
6.3
Chuka
1967-07-23
6
The Challenge
1970-02-10
6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985-03-01
6.1
Above and Beyond
1953-01-02
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
5.6
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
5.8
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953-03-27
5.3
It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
0
The Tenderfoot
1964-11-08
5.9
Black Like Me
1964-01-01
5.9
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953-11-13
5
Please Believe Me
1950-05-12
6.3
High Crime
1973-08-12
5.4
The Deep Six
1958-01-15
6.3
The McConnell Story
1955-09-29
0
The Restless Years
1958-12-01
6.2
The Command
1954-02-13
6.3
Who Was That Lady?
1960-04-08
6
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950-12-08
0
Here's to Life!
2000-09-18
6.9
The Outriders
1950-03-01
6.2
The Young Don't Cry
1957-07-26
0
Mark, I Love You
1980-12-10
0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954-01-29
6.6
Shadow in the Sky
1952-07-18
6.7
Because You're Mine
1952-10-01
6.2
Give 'em Hell, Harry!
1975-09-17
6
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt
1978-09-29
5.6
Face of Fire
1959-08-09
7
Glory! Glory!
1989-09-25
8
If Tomorrow Comes
1971-12-07
6.2
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
1982-10-01
5.7
Icarus Montgolfier Wright
1962-08-22
5.9
Across the Wide Missouri
1951-10-12
5.5
Nobody's Perfect
1968-01-12
6.2
The Serpent's Egg
1977-10-28
5.7
Swing Vote
1999-04-19
6.8
The Flying Misfits
1976-09-21
7
The Balloon Vendor
1974-12-21
7.7
Planet of the Apes
1968-02-07
0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003-04-22
6
Waterhole #3
1967-10-10
0
Old Explorers
1990-09-28
5.8
The First Deadly Sin
1980-10-03
8
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995-01-01
6.4
The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27
6.6
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
6.6
A Ring of Endless Light
2002-07-04
0
Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story
2005-07-18
0
Man Belongs to the Earth
1974-05-04
6
The Canterville Ghost
1974-12-31
8
Love Those Trains
1984-05-01
7
Rage!
1980-09-25
0
The Golden Honeymoon
1980-02-04
0
All My Sons
1987-01-19
0
Sky High
1990-03-11
6
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06
0
George Burns Comedy Week
1985-09-18
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
4.1
Checkmate
1960-09-17
6.4
Route 66
1960-10-07
5.3
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963-09-29
7.5
Mister Sterling
2003-01-10
7.7
The Practice
1997-03-04
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
7.6
Combat!
1962-10-02
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985-05-21
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02
5.7
The Monroes
1966-09-07
5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-09-17
5
Going My Way
1962-10-03
0
Bus Stop
1961-10-01
4.5
The Law and Mr. Jones
1960-10-07
4.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
5
Temperatures Rising
1972-09-12
7.2
Run for Your Life
1965-09-13
4.5
A Minute with Stan Hooper
2003-10-29
6.8
The White Shadow
1978-11-27
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
2.7
Climax!
1954-10-07
4
The United States Steel Hour
1953-10-27
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
4.8
Then Came Bronson
1969-09-17
5
Cowboy in Africa
1967-09-11
5
Slattery's People
1964-09-21
5.7
The Loner
1965-09-18
4.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05
7.5
Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08
6.7
Tarzan
1966-09-08
8
T.H.E. Cat
1966-09-16
5.7
Ben Casey
1961-10-02
7.3
12 O'Clock High
1964-09-18
5
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967-09-11
5.6
The Detectives
1959-10-16
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
6
Playwrights '56
1955-10-04
8
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961-09-24
6
Custer
1967-09-06
5.4
Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27
5
Crossroads
1955-10-07
5.5
Alcoa Premiere
1961-10-10
0
Panic!
1957-03-05
6
Shane
1966-09-10
5
For the People
1965-01-31
0
Decision
1958-07-06
7
My Friend Tony
1969-01-05
4.7
Favorite Son
1988-10-30
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
4.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7
Kraft Television Theatre
1947-05-07
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
5.5
Code Red
1981-09-20
6
Dinah!
1974-10-21
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5
The Word
1978-11-12
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
6
Celebrity
1984-02-12
6.8
The Name of the Game
1968-09-20
5.7
The Loner
1965-09-18
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
2.7
Climax!
1954-10-07
5.2
National Geographic Specials
1965-09-10
5
Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
6.9
The Invaders
1967-01-10
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
6
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960-05-29
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20