James Whitmore

🎂 Data nașterii: 1921-10-01 (White Plains, New York, USA)

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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Închisoarea îngerilor

Arthur Miller: Scriitor

The Harrad Experiment

The Relic

Madigan

The Last Frontier

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Them!

Maiestuosul

Hail Columbia!

The Undercover Man

Battleground

The Split

The Hoaxters

Where the Red Fern Grows

Armele celor șapte magnifici

Chato's Land

The Horror Show

Kiss Me Kate

I Will Fight No More Forever

Nuts

Oklahoma!

Crime in the Streets

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Next Voice You Hear...

Jungla de asfalt

Chuka

The Challenge

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Above and Beyond

Battle Cry

The Girl Who Had Everything

It's a Big Country

The Tenderfoot

Black Like Me

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Please Believe Me

La polizia incrimina la legge assolve

The Deep Six

The McConnell Story

The Restless Years

The Command

Who Was That Lady?

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Here's to Life!

The Outriders

The Young Don't Cry

Mark, I Love You

The Great Diamond Robbery

Shadow in the Sky

Because You're Mine

Give 'em Hell, Harry!

Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt

Face of Fire

Glory! Glory!

If Tomorrow Comes

The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America

Icarus Montgolfier Wright

Across the Wide Missouri

Nobody's Perfect

The Serpent's Egg

Swing Vote

The Flying Misfits

Il venditore di palloncini

Planeta maimuțelor

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot

Waterhole #3

Old Explorers

The First Deadly Sin

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

The Red Badge of Courage

Angels in the Outfield

A Ring of Endless Light

Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story

Man Belongs to the Earth

The Canterville Ghost

Love Those Trains

Rage!