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Portrait of James Whitmore

Acting

James Whitmore

Titles
81movies74TV shows
Career

Active from 1949 to 2002, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
46
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
James Whitmore Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Western 2
  • Adventure 2
  • Legal Drama 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2
  • Warfare 2
  • Enduring Friendship 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

148

Upcoming

1 title

TV show Β· as il professore

2000s

6 titles Β· average score 63

TV show Β· as William Sterling Sr.

TV show Β· as Dr. Goldman

as Stan Keller

1990s

7 titles Β· average score 68

as Daniel Morissey

as Dr. Albert Frock

TV show Β· as Raymond Oz

as Pope Pius XI (voice)

as Leinen Roth

as Gus Johnson

1980s

17 titles Β· average score 67

as Lester Babbitt

as Judge Stanley Murdoch

as Joe Keller

TV show Β· as Clifford Casey

as Dr. Sanford Ferguson

as Borski

as Dwight Hamilton

All 17 titles from the 1980s

1970s

19 titles Β· average score 63

TV show Β· as George Wheeler

as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman

as General Oliver O. Howard

as Commissioner Aldo Scavino

as Joshua Everette

TV show Β· as Vincent Campanelli

All 19 titles from the 1970s

1960s

48 titles Β· average score 65

TV show Β· as Prof. John Woodruff

as President of the Assembly

as Capt. Mike Riley

as Chief Inspector Charles Kane

as Lou Trent

as Captain Ewell

as John Finley Horton

TV show Β· as Captain Ewell

TV show Β· as Abraham Lincoln Jones

All 48 titles from the 1960s

1950s

46 titles Β· average score 64

as SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman

as Sgt. Ben Peterson

as Sgt. Elliott

as Maj. William M. Uanna

as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson

All 46 titles from the 1950s

1940s

4 titles Β· average score 70