| James Whitmore  AKA James Allen Whitmore, Jr.
Born: 1-Oct-1921
Birthplace: White Plains, NY
Died: 6-Feb-2009
Location of death: Malibu, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Give 'em Hell, Harry! Military service: USMC (WWII) A graduate from Yale in 1944 and a member of the elite secret society Skull and Bones, James Whitmore served in the US Marines at the tail end of World War II. The G.I. Bill gave him an opportunity to study acting at the American Theatre Wing, and he appeared in the 1948 Broadway play, Command Decision. His role as Sgt. Harold Evans won him a Tony Award for best performance by a newcomer. In 1949, he landed his first movie role in the mob drama The Undercover Man, and later that year a much more prominent part in Battleground, for which he won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination, both for Best Supporting Actor. From that point, Whitmore was never short of film work. As a sampling, he played getaway driver Gus Minissi in The Asphalt Jungle (1950), the lead in the 1954 cult classic Them!, Admiral Bull Halsey in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), and received another Academy Award nomination for playing President Truman in Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975). A 1999 appearance on The Practice brought him an Emmy for outstanding guest actor. Still maintaining a presence on the stage, Whitmore notably appeared in three one-man shows: as Harry S. Truman in Give 'em Hell, Harry!, as Theodore Roosevelt in Bully, and as Will Rogers in Will Rogers' USA. In late 2008 he was diagnosed with lung cancer, and he died in Malibu in early 2009. Father: James Allen Whitmore, Sr.
Mother: Florence Belle Crane
Wife: Nancy Mygatt (m. 1947, div. 1971, three sons)
Son: Daniel Whitmore
Son: James Whitmore, Jr. (TV director, b. 24-Oct-1948)
Son: Steve Whitmore
Wife: Audra Lindley (actress, m. 1972, div. 1979)
Wife: Nancy Mygatt (remarried m. 24-Mar-1979, div.)
Wife: Noreen Nash (m. 7-Aug-2001, until his death)
High School: Amherst Central High School, Amherst, NY (transferred)
High School: Choate School
University: BA, Yale University (1944)
Endorsement of Scotts Miracle-Gro
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
EMILY's List
Gore 2000
John Kerry for President
Obama for America
Skull and Bones Society
Golden Globe 1950 for Battleground (supporting actor)
Emmy 2000 for The Practice (guest appearance)
Tony 1948 for Command Decision (newcomer)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6611 Hollywood Blvd.
TELEVISION
Temperatures Rising Dr. Vincent Campanelli (1972-73)
Mister Sterling Bill Sterling, Sr. (2003)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
A Ring of Endless Light (23-Aug-2002)
The Majestic (11-Dec-2001) · Stan Keller
Swing Vote (19-Apr-1999)
The Relic (10-Jan-1997) · Dr. Albert Frock
The Shawshank Redemption (10-Sep-1994) · Brooks Hatlen
Old Explorers (28-Sep-1990)
Glory! Glory! (19-Feb-1989)
Nuts (20-Nov-1987)
All My Sons (19-Jan-1987)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (17-Jan-1986) [VOICE]
Celebrity (12-Feb-1984)
The First Deadly Sin (3-Oct-1980)
The Word (12-Nov-1978)
The Serpent's Egg (28-Oct-1977)
Give 'em Hell, Harry! (18-Sep-1975)
I Will Fight No More Forever (14-Apr-1975)
Where the Red Fern Grows (27-Jun-1974)
The Harrad Experiment (6-Sep-1973)
High Crime (1973)
Chato's Land (7-Jun-1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (23-Sep-1970)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (30-Jul-1969) · Levi Morgan
The Split (4-Nov-1968)
Madigan (13-Mar-1968) · Chief Insp. Charles Kane
Planet of the Apes (8-Feb-1968) · President of the Assembly
Nobody's Perfect (12-Jan-1968)
Waterhole #3 (10-Oct-1967)
Chuka (11-Jun-1967)
Black Like Me (20-May-1964)
Who Was That Lady? (8-Apr-1960)
Face of Fire (9-Aug-1959)
The Restless Years (31-Oct-1958)
The Deep Six (15-Jan-1958)
The Young Don't Cry (26-Jul-1957) · Rudy Krist
The Eddy Duchin Story (13-Jun-1956)
Crime in the Streets (10-Jun-1956)
The Last Frontier (7-Dec-1955) · Gus
Oklahoma! (11-Oct-1955) · Mr. Carnes
The McConnell Story (29-Sep-1955)
Battle Cry (2-Feb-1955)
Them! (16-Jun-1954) · Sgt. Ben Peterson
The Command (15-Jan-1954)
The Great Diamond Robbery (8-Jan-1954)
Kiss Me Kate (26-Nov-1953)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (13-Nov-1953)
The Girl Who Had Everything (27-Mar-1953) · Chico Menlow
Above and Beyond (21-Nov-1952) · Maj. Uanna
Because You're Mine (25-Sep-1952)
Shadow in the Sky (18-Jul-1952) · Lou
It's a Big Country (20-Nov-1951) · Traveler
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (8-Dec-1950)
The Next Voice You Hear... (29-Jun-1950) · Joe Smith, American
The Asphalt Jungle (23-May-1950) · Gus Minissi
Please Believe Me (12-May-1950) · Vincent Maran
The Outriders (1-Mar-1950) · Clint Priest
Battleground (9-Nov-1949) · Kinnie
The Undercover Man (21-Mar-1949)
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