James Whitmore: movies and TV shows
James Whitmore has 175 credits in the archive: 82 films and 93 TV series, from 1944 to 2017. Highest rated: The Shawshank Redemption (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2017 · busiest year: 1955 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arthur Miller: Writer | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 95 |
| 2005 | Meet Mr. Miracle-Gro: The Horace Hagedorn Story | Film | — | 83 | |
| 2003 | Mister Sterling | William Sterling Sr. | TV | 8.3 | 81 |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot | Self | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2003 | A Minute with Stan Hooper | Dr. Goldman | TV | 5.3 | 81 |
| 2002 | A Ring of Endless Light | Grandfather | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Stan Keller | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Milton | TV | 7.6 | 78 |
| 2000 | Here's to Life! | Gus Corley | Film | 10.0 | 78 |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | Daniel Morissey | Film | 5.8 | 77 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Raymond Oz | TV | 7.7 | 75 |
| 1997 | The Relic | Dr. Albert Frock | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | Film | 8.3 | 73 |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | Brooks Hatlen | Film | 8.7 | 72 |
| 1990 | Old Explorers | Leinen Roth | Film | 9.0 | 68 |
| 1990 | Sky High | Gus Johnson | Film | 4.0 | 68 |
| 1989 | Glory! Glory! | Lester Babbitt | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1988 | Favorite Son | The President | TV | 4.6 | 66 |
| 1987 | Nuts | Judge Stanley Murdoch | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1987 | All My Sons | Joe Keller | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Craig Bennett Stiles | TV | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1985 | George Burns Comedy Week | Ebenezer Scrooge | TV | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Mark Twain (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1985 | I Will Fight No More Forever | General Oliver O. Howard | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1984 | Celebrity | Clifford Casey | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1984 | Love Those Trains | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Joe Keller | TV | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1982 | Hail Columbia! | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1982 | The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America | Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1981 | Code Red | TV | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 1980 | Mark, I Love You | Dwight Hamilton | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Dr. Sanford Ferguson | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1980 | The Golden Honeymoon | Charley Tate | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1980 | Rage! | Borski | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 57 |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | Jake Reeves | TV | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1978 | The Word | George Wheeler | TV | 4.8 | 56 |
| 1978 | Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt | Teddy Roosevelt | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1977 | The Serpent's Egg | Priester | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1976 | The Flying Misfits | Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman | Film | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1975 | Give 'em Hell, Harry! | Harry S. Truman | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1974 | The Canterville Ghost | Hyram B. Otis | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1974 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Grandpa | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1974 | The Balloon Vendor | Antonio | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1974 | Man Belongs to the Earth | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1973 | The Harrad Experiment | Philip Tenhausen | Film | 3.7 | 51 |
| 1973 | High Crime | Commissioner Aldo Scavino | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | Vincent Campanelli | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1972 | Chato's Land | Joshua Everette | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1971 | If Tomorrow Comes | Frank Phillips | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral William F. Halsey | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1970 | The Challenge | Overman | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Wilson Ford | TV | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Levi | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1969 | My Friend Tony | Prof. John Woodruff | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Harry Roarke | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes | President of the Assembly | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1968 | Madigan | Chief Inspector Charles Kane | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1968 | Nobody's Perfect | Capt. Mike Riley | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1968 | The Split | Herb Sutro | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Harry Swain | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 45 | |
| 1967 | Custer | TV | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour | Professor John Woodruff | TV | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1967 | Chuka | Lou Trent | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1967 | Cowboy in Africa | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Capt. Shipley | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1966 | Tarzan | TV | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | TV | 7.2 | 44 | |
| 1966 | The Monroes | TV | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 1966 | Shane | Harry Himber | TV | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1966 | The Tenderfoot | Captain Ewell | Film | — | 44 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Chief Jim Holland | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Handy | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Joshua Hawks | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Tom Wills | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Marshal Seth Campbell | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1965 | The Loner | TV | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1965 | The Loner | Doc Fritchman | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1965 | National Geographic Specials | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1965 | For the People | TV | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High | TV | 7.2 | 42 | |
| 1964 | Slattery's People | TV | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1964 | The Tenderfoot | Captain Ewell | TV | — | 42 |
| 1964 | Black Like Me | John Finley Horton | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Joe Piante | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | J. Marvin Bean | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Major Will Stanton | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Martin Burnham | TV | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | TV | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Foxy Smith | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1963 | The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley | J. Marvin Bean | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Capt. Piper Pritican | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ezra Hollis | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Carl Kabe | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Marshal Krug | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Hertzbrun | TV | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1962 | Going My Way | TV | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1962 | Icarus Montgolfier Wright | Film | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Henry Clay Kincaid | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 39 | |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | TV | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | TV | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Detective Lt. Dave Harker | TV | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Philip Selby | TV | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1960 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Abraham Lincoln Jones | TV | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Harry Powell | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | John Postley | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | TV | 8.5 | 37 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sgt. Joe Duclos | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Colonel John Macklin | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1959 | The Detectives | TV | 6.7 | 37 | |
| 1959 | Face of Fire | Monk Johnson | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1958 | The Deep Six | Cmdr. Warren Meredith | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1958 | The Restless Years | Ed Henderson | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1958 | Decision | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1957 | Panic! | TV | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1957 | The Young Don't Cry | Rudy Krist | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jeb | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Ben Kincaid | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Joel Begley | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jonas - Blacksmith | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Lou Sherwood | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1956 | Crime in the Streets | Ben Wagner | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Amos Campbell | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jim Forbes | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Timothy Fitzpatrick | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | TV | 6.0 | 33 | |
| 1955 | Crossroads | TV | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | TV | 6.3 | 33 | |
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | Mr. Carnes | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1955 | Battle Cry | MSgt. Mac | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1955 | The Last Frontier | Gus | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1955 | The McConnell Story | SSgt. / Maj . / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Stash Prohaska | TV | 3.8 | 32 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Tom Miller | TV | 3.8 | 32 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1954 | Them! | Sgt. Ben Peterson | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1954 | The Command | Sgt. Elliott | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery | Mr. Remlick, Lawyer | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | TV | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1953 | Above and Beyond | Maj. William M. Uanna | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Kate | Slug | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Fetcher | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1953 | The Girl Who Had Everything | Charles "Chico" Menlow | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1952 | Shadow in the Sky | Lou Hopke | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine | Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1952 | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Angel (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 29 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Tommy McDermott | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Joe Benson | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1951 | Across the Wide Missouri | Old Bill (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Mr. Stacey | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Tracy | TV | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Self | TV | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Gus Minissi | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1950 | The Outriders | Clint Priest | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1950 | Please Believe Me | Vincent Maran | Film | 5.1 | 28 |
| 1950 | The Next Voice You Hear... | Joe Smith | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1950 | Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone | John Malone | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1949 | Battleground | Kinnie | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1949 | The Undercover Man | George Pappas | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Sam | TV | 5.4 | 26 |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 25 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominated | TV | 7.1 | 22 |
| Tony e il Professore | il professore | TV | — | — |