Editing James Whitmore (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:James Whitmore family 1954.JPG|thumb|Nancy Mygatt and Whitmore in 1954 with their sons (from left): Stephen, [[James Whitmore Jr.|James Jr.]], and Danny]] Whitmore married his first wife, Nancy Mygatt, in 1947.<ref name=jwbio>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/205552%7C78332/james-whitmore#biography|title=James Whitmore Biography|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> The couple had three sons before their divorce in 1971. The eldest son, James III, found success as a television actor and director under the name [[James Whitmore Jr.]] The second son, Stephen, became the public spokesman for the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]].<ref name="legacy.com">See the 2009 obituary on James Whitmore by The Associated Press, posted on www.legacy.com.</ref> The youngest son, Daniel, was a [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] Snow Ranger and firefighter before he launched his own construction company. In 1979, Whitmore and Mygatt remarried, but they divorced again after two years.

Whitmore was married to actress [[Audra Lindley]] from 1972 until 1979. He co-starred in several stage performances with her both during and after their marriage. These included ''Elba'' (a play by Vaughn McBride about an elderly couple who escape from their nursing home); [[William Gibson (playwright)|William Gibson's]] ''Handy Dandy'' (he as a conservative judge, she as a liberal nun); and Tom Cole's ''About Time'' (in which they played characters identified simply as the Old Man and the Old Woman).<ref>Article on James Whitmore in ''Newsmakers.'' Gale Publishing, 2010, p. 596-597. Also see Berkvist, Robert (February 7, 2009). "James Whitmore, Character Actor Skilled in One-Man Shows, Dies at 87". The New York Times.</ref>

In 2001, he married actress and author [[Noreen Nash]]. Whitmore is the grandfather of ''[[Survivor: Gabon]]'' contestant [[Matty Whitmore]]. In 2010, James Whitmore Jr., and his two children (grandchildren of James Whitmore), actress-director Aliah Whitmore and artist-production designer Jacob Whitmore, formed the theatre group Whitmore Eclectic. They perform in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Susan King 2013">"The Whitmore Family Will Never Grow out of This Stage" by Susan King. ''Los Angeles Times,'' May 7, 2013.</ref>

In his later years, Whitmore spent his summers in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]], performing with the Peterborough Players.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughplayers.org Peterboroughplayers.org]</ref>

A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], he supported the campaign of [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] during the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 presidential election]].<ref>''Motion Picture and Television Magazine'', November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers</ref> Although he was not always politically active, in 2007, Whitmore generated some publicity with his endorsement of [[Barack Obama]] for U.S. President.<ref name="legacy.com"/> In January 2008, Whitmore appeared in television commercials for the First Freedom First campaign, which advocates preserving "the separation of church and state" and protecting religious liberty.<ref name=jwbio/>

According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "An avid flower and vegetable gardener, Whitmore was also known to TV viewers as the longtime commercial pitchman for [[Miracle-Gro]] garden products."<ref name=lat/>

He had a cat called Monkey, whose playful photos are preserved in [https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/monkey-the-cat-his-hats/5AHZ8YN86zxt8w LIFE photo collection in New York].