James Whitmore

James Whitmore (1955)

James Allen Whitmore (born October 1, 1921 in White Plains , New York , † February 6, 2009 in Malibu , California ) was an award-winning American actor .

Life

Whitmore attended Yale University , where he a member of the student connection Skull & Bones was. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II . He first appeared on Broadway in 1948 . For his performance in the play Command Decision , he received a Tony Award and the Theater World Award . For his portrayal in the feature film Kesselschlacht , he was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for an Oscar in 1950 . In the biographical drama Give 'em Hell, Harry! played Whitmore in the lead role of the former US President Harry S. Truman . For this role he was again nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor .

In addition to film and television roles, he appeared in various productions on Broadway in the 1970s and was a guest star in various television series such as the Smoking Colts , Invasion of the Vega and Trio with Four Fists . James Whitmore was already in his 70s when he played his most famous role in the prison drama The Convicted (1994) - that of long-term inmate Brooks Hatlen, who is released after five decades and can no longer cope with a life in freedom.

He received an Emmy Award in 2000 for his role in an episode of the justice series Practice . He had his last appearance in 2007 in a small supporting role in the television series CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators .

In 2007 he supported Barack Obama's election campaign . At the age of 87 he succumbed to the effects of lung cancer .

Whitmore was married a total of four times, including from 1971 to 1979 with actress Audra Lindley . His first marriage (1947–1970) had three children. Born in 1948, James Whitmore Jr. works as a director and producer on television.

Filmography (selection)

• 1949: Kesselschlacht (Battleground)
• 1950: Three Men for Alison (Please Believe Me)
• 1950: The Asphalt Jungle (The Asphalt Jungle)
• 1951: The Red Bravery Medal (The Red Badge of Courage)
• 1953: The Black Pearl (All the Brothers Were Valiant)
• 1953: A spoiled Beast (The Girl Who Had Everything)
• 1954: Formicula (Them!)
• 1954: The Seventh Night (The Command)
• 1955: Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
• 1956: Loved Forever (The Eddie Duchin Story)
• 1966: Chuka
• 1968: Planet of the Apes
• 1968: Bonanza
• 1968: Only 72 hours left (Madigan)
• 1968: The big box office (The Split)
• 1969: Guns of the Magnificent Seven (Guns of the Magnificent Seven)
• 1970: Torah! Torah! Torah!
• 1971: Chatos Land (Chato's Land)
• 1973: Dead witnesses do not sing (La polizia incrimina la legge assolve)
• 1975: Give 'em Hell, Harry!
• 1975: I Will Fight No More Forever (I Will Fight No More)
• 1977: The Serpent (The Serpent's Egg)
• 1980: The First Deadly Sin (The First Deadly Sin)
• 1987: Nuts ... freaked out (Nuts)
• 1989: Glory! Glory!
• 1994: The Shawshank Redemption (The Shawshank Redemption)
• 1997: The Relic (The Relic)
• 2001: The Majestic
• 2002: The Voice of the Sea (A Ring of Endless Light)

Awards

• 1948: Tony Award for Command Decision
• 1948: Theater World Award for Command Decision
• 1950: Golden Globe Award for Battleground
• 1950: Oscar nomination for Battleground
• 1976: Golden Globe nomination for Give 'em Hell, Harry!
• 1976: Grammy for Give 'em Hell, Harry
• 1976: Oscar nomination for Give 'em Hell, Harry!
• 2000: Emmy Award for Practice - The Lawyers
• 2003: Emmy nomination for Mister Sterling
• Star on the Walk of Fame , 6611 Hollywood Boulevard

Web links

• Obituary of the Los Angeles Times , February 7, 2009 (English)
• James Whitmore in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• James Whitmore in the Internet Broadway Database (English)