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==Filmography== ===Partial filmography=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} '''1940s''' *''[[The Undercover Man]]'' (1949) as George Pappas *''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]'' (1949) as Kinnie '''1950s''' * ''[[The Outriders]]'' (1950) as Clint Priest * ''[[Please Believe Me]]'' (1950) as Vincent Maran * ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'' (1950) as Gus Minissi * ''[[The Next Voice You Hear...]]'' (1950) as Joe Smith, American * ''[[Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone]]'' (1950) as John J. Malone * ''[[The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film)|The Red Badge of Courage]]'' (1951) as Narrator (voice, uncredited) * ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1951) as Angel voice (voice, uncredited) * ''[[Across the Wide Missouri (film)|Across the Wide Missouri]]'' (1951) as Old Bill (uncredited) * ''[[It's a Big Country]]'' (1951) as Mr. Stacey * ''[[Shadow in the Sky]]'' (1952) as Lou Hopke * ''[[Because You're Mine]]'' (1952) as Sergeant 'Bat' Batterson * ''[[Above and Beyond (1952 film)|Above and Beyond]]'' (1952) as Maj. William 'Bill' M. Uanna β Security Officer, Operation Silverplate * ''[[The Girl Who Had Everything]]'' (1953) as Charles 'Chico' Menlow * ''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]'' (1953) as Slug * ''[[All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953 film)|All the Brothers Were Valiant]]'' (1953) as Fetcher * ''[[The Great Diamond Robbery]]'' (1954) as Mr. Remlick, Lawyer * ''[[The Command (1954 film)|The Command]]'' (1954) as Sgt. Elliott * ''[[Them!]]'' (1954) as Police Sgt. Ben Peterson * ''[[Battle Cry (film)|Battle Cry]]'' (1955) as MSgt. Mac / Narrator * ''[[The McConnell Story]]'' (1955) as SSgt. / Maj. / Col. Ty 'Dad' Whitman * ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' (1955) as Mr. Carnes * ''[[The Last Frontier (1955 Film)|The Last Frontier]]'' (1955) as Gus * ''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]'' (1956) as Lou Sherwood * ''[[Crime in the Streets]]'' (1956) as Ben Wagner * ''[[The Young Don't Cry]]'' (1957) as Rudy Krist * ''[[The Deep Six]]'' (1958) as Commander Warren Meredith * ''[[The Restless Years (film)|The Restless Years]]'' (1958) as Ed Henderson * ''[[Face of Fire]]'' (1959) as Monk Johnson '''1960s''' *''[[The Law and Mr. Jones]]'' (1960) as Abraham Lincoln Jones *''[[Who Was That Lady?]]'' (1960) as Harry Powell *ββRawhide 1962 Incident of the Dog Faces as Sgt. Joe Duclos *''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'' as Dr. Corden in "Tell Me When You Get to Heaven" (1963) as Dr. Corden *''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', "[[On Thursday We Leave for Home]]" (TV Series) (1963) as Captain Benteen *''[[Black Like Me (film)|Black Like Me]]'' (1964) as John Finley Horton *''[[The Tenderfoot (1964)|The Tenderfoot]]'' (1964), ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Disney's The Wonderful World of Color]]'' as Captain Ewell *''Gunsmoke'' (1965) "The Reward" as Jim Forbes *''[[Combat!]]'' "The Cassock" (TV Series) (1965) as Hertzbrun *''[[The Big Valley]]'' "The Death Merchant" (1966) as Handy Random *''[[The Big Valley]]'' "Target" (1966) as Joshua "Josh" Adam Hawks *''[[Chuka (film)|Chuka]]'' (1967) as Lou Trent *''[[Waterhole No. 3|Waterhole #3]]'' (1967) as Capt. Shipley *''[[The Big Valley]]'' "Night In a Small Town" (1967) as Tom Willis *''[[The Invaders]]'' "Quantity: Unknown" (1967) as Harry Swain *''[[Nobody's Perfect (1968 film)|Nobody's Perfect]]'' (1968) as Capt. Mike Riley *''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968) as President of the Assembly *''[[Madigan]]'' (1968) as Chief Insp. Charles Kane *''[[The Split (film)|The Split]]'' (1968) as Herb Sutro *''[[Bonanza]]'' (TV) Episode β "To Die in Darkness" (1968) as John Postley *''[[The Big Valley]]'' "Shadow of a Giant" (1968) as Marshal Seth Campbell *''[[Guns of the Magnificent Seven]]'' (1969) as Levi '''1970s''' *''[[The Challenge (1970 film)|The Challenge]]'' (1970) (TV) as Overman *''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'' (1970) as Vice Admiral [[William Halsey Jr.|William F. Halsey]] *''[[Chato's Land]]'' (1972) as Joshua Everette *''[[The Harrad Experiment]]'' (1973) as Philip Tenhausen *''[[High Crime]]'' (1973) as Commissioner Aldo Scavino *''[[Where the Red Fern Grows (1974 film)|Where the Red Fern Grows]]'' (1974) (TV) as Grandpa *''[[The Balloon Vendor]]'' (1974) as Antonio *''[[I Will Fight No More Forever]]'' (1975) (TV) as General Oliver O. Howard *''[[Give 'em Hell, Harry!]]'' (1975) as Harry S Truman *''[[The Serpent's Egg (film)|The Serpent's Egg]]'' (1977) as The Priest *''[[The Word (TV miniseries)|The Word]]'' (TV) (1978) as George Wheeler '''1980s''' *''[[The First Deadly Sin]]'' (1980) as Dr. Sanford Ferguson *''Rage!'' (1980) as [Dr] Borski *''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'' (1980) as Jake Reeves *''[[Hail Columbia (film)|Hail Columbia!]]'' (1982) narrator *''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film)|The Adventures of Mark Twain]]'' (1985) as [[Mark Twain]] (voice) *''Zoo Ship'' (1985) (voice) *''[[All My Sons]]'' (1987) (TV) as Joe Keller *''[[Nuts (1987 film)|Nuts]]'' (1987) as Judge Stanley Murdoch *''[[Glory! Glory!]]'' (1989) (TV) as Lester Babbitt '''1990s''' *''Sky High'' (1990) as Gus Johnson *''[[Old Explorers]]'' (1990) as Leinen Roth *''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' (1994) as Brooks Hatlen *''[[The Relic]]'' (1997) as Dr. Albert Frock *''[[Swing Vote (1999 film)|Swing Vote]]'' (1999) as Daniel Morissey *''[[The Practice]]'' (1999) as Frank Oz '''2000s''' *''Here's to Life!'' (2000) as Gus Corley *''[[The Majestic (film)|The Majestic]]'' (2001) as Stan Keller *''[[A Ring of Endless Light (film)|A Ring of Endless Light]]'' (2002) as Grandfather *''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]'' (2005) as Toy Store Security Guard (uncredited) *''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' episode "Ending Happy" (2007) (TV) as Milton (final appearance) {{div col end}} ===Stage=== James Whitmore's theatre roles included:<ref>Except where noted, information on the following plays that James Whitmore played in can be found at www.playbillvault.com</ref> * ''[[Command Decision (play)|Command Decision]]'' β as Tech Sergeant Harold Evans β Fulton Theatre, New York, NY β (October 1, 1947 β September 18, 1948). ::<span style="font-size:85%">Whitmore received a 1948 Tony Award for this role. The category was "Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/pastwinners/index.html|title=Search Past Tony Award Winners|work=[[Tony Awards]]|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref></span> * ''Winesburg, Ohio'' β as Tom Willard β National Theatre, New York, NY β (Feb 5 β 15, 1958). * ''Inquest'' β as Emanuel Bloch β Music Box Theatre, New York, NY β (Apr 23 β May 16, 1970). * ''Will Rogers' USA'' β Solo Performance as Will Rogers β Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, NY β (May 6β11, 1974). * ''[[Give 'em Hell, Harry!|Give 'Em Hell, Harry!]]'' β Solo Performance as Harry Truman β Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC β (April 15 β May 4, 1975). ::<span style="font-size:85%">After the world premiere at the Ford's Theatre, the play went on to a six-city tour, during which it was videotaped for film at the Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fordstheatre.org/home/about-fords/production-history/1968-1977|title=Past Productions|access-date=September 2, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903104622/http://www.fordstheatre.org/home/about-fords/production-history/1968-1977|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>See Wikipedia article on ''[[Give 'em Hell, Harry!|Give 'Em Hell, Harry!]]''</ref>{{circular reference|date=August 2020}}</span> * ''Bully'' β Solo Performance as Theodore Roosevelt β 46th Street Theatre, New York, NY β (November 1, 1977 β November 6, 1977). * ''Almost an Eagle'' β as The Colonel β Longacre Theatre, New York, NY β (December 16, 1982 β December 19, 1982).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clay |first1=Carolyn |title=Clipping America's wings |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-11-23_11_47/page/n68/mode/1up |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=November 23, 1982}} - review of show during its pre-Broadway Boston tryout.</ref> * ''Inherit the Wind'' β as Henry Drummond β Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC β (Sep 26 β November 5, 2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/whitmore-returns-to-artistic-home-fords-theatre-for-inherit-sept-26-com-90243|title=Whitmore Returns to Artistic Home, Ford's Theatre, for Inherit, Sept. 26|work=[[Playbill]]|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=June 27, 2000|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> ===Radio=== * ''[[Family Theater]]'' β episode "The Visitor" (1952)<ref>{{cite news|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2376557/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=May 4, 1952|page=50|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = May 8, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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