Acting
James Whitmore
- Titles
- 81movies72TV shows
- Career
Active from 1949 to 2003, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 47top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Shawshank Redemption90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Politics3.7average 2.6
- Crime4.7average 3.7
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
- Violence4.9average 4.3
- Social Commentary5.4average 4.9
- Tension6.5average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.2, average 5.2
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.8
- Cringe Humor1.4, average 2.2
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Moral Ambiguity 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Character Study 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Moral Dilemmas 3
- Tension & Suspense 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Ensemble Cast 2
- Legal Drama 2
- Western 2
- Warfare 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Keenan WynnActorKiss Me Kate, All the Brothers Were Valiant, The Deep Six
Simon OaklandActorChato's Land, Who Was That Lady?, The Flying Misfits
Kurt KasznarActorKiss Me Kate, All the Brothers Were Valiant, The Great Diamond Robbery
Gordon DouglasDirectorThem!, Chuka, The McConnell Story
George SidneyDirectorWho Was That Lady?, Kiss Me Kate, The Eddy Duchin Story
Dana ElcarActorThe Flying Misfits, Mark, I Love You
Morgan FreemanActorThe Shawshank Redemption, Brooks and the Shawshank Redemption
MakoActorThe Challenge, If Tomorrow Comes
Joan WeldonActorThem!, The Command
Don SheltonActorThem!, The Command
Teresa WrightActorThe Restless Years, The Golden Honeymoon
Robert TaylorActorAll the Brothers Were Valiant, Above and Beyond
Movies and TV shows
146Upcoming
1 title
TV show · as il professore
2000s
7 titles · average score 69
77
as Lou Hopke in Shadow in The Sky (archive footage)
77
TV show
56
TV show · as Dr. Goldman
61
as Grandfather
68
as Stan Keller
as Gus Corley
78
TV show · as Milton
1990s
7 titles · average score 70
58
as Daniel Morissey
58
as Dr. Albert Frock
77
TV show · as Raymond Oz
90
as Brooks Hatlen
as Brooks Hatlen
as Leinen Roth
as Gus Johnson
1980s
16 titles · average score 65
69
as Lester Babbitt
65
as Judge Stanley Murdoch
as Joe Keller
69
as Mark Twain (voice)
70
TV show · as Craig Bennett Stiles
67
TV show · as Clifford Casey
as Narrator
as Narrator
63
TV show
58
as Dr. Sanford Ferguson
as Borski
as Dwight Hamilton
1970s
19 titles · average score 66
TV show · as George Wheeler
as Teddy Roosevelt
72
as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
68
as General Oliver O. Howard
67
as Harry S. Truman
68
as Grandpa
as Antonio
66
as Commissioner Aldo Scavino
40
as Philip Tenhausen
66
as Joshua Everette
TV show · as Vincent Campanelli
as Overman
1960s
47 titles · average score 67
TV show · as Prof. John Woodruff
78
as President of the Assembly
63
as Chief Inspector Charles Kane
as Capt. Mike Riley
62
as Lou Trent
62
as John Finley Horton
as Captain Ewell
69
TV show · as Ezra Hollis / Marshal Krug
80
TV show · as Hertzbrun
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln Jones
64
as Harry Powell
1950s
45 titles · average score 64
65
as Lou Sherwood
63
as Ben Wagner
63
as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman
67
as Mr. Carnes
70
as Sgt. Ben Peterson
63
as Sgt. Elliott
60
as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer
65
as Maj. William M. Uanna
67
as Slug
63
as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson
58
as Joe Smith
76
as Gus Minissi
1940s
4 titles · average score 68
64
as George Pappas
70
as Kinnie
63
TV show · as Sam
