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Author Topic: Actor James Whitmore RIP Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-07-2009 11:06 AM                     One of the last great actors leaves us.... (CNN) -- Craggy-faced film, television and stage actor James Whitmore has died at 87, the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff's Department confirmed Saturday. Actor James Whitmore, pictured in December 2006, had a 60-year career on stage, in films and on television. Details of his death and funeral arrangements were not available. Whitmore notably portrayed Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt in one-man stage shows and created memorable characters in many movies and TV shows, including "The Twilight Zone." According to entertainment Web site IMBd.com, Whitmore won a Tony award in 1948 for his gritty Broadway portrayal of an Army sergeant in "Command Decision," but was replaced by Van Johnson in the film version. Whitmore won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in the 1949 film "Battleground." He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1976 for "Give 'Em Hell, Harry," the film version of his one-man show about Truman. The actor won an Emmy in 2000 for his performance as Raymond Oz in a three-episode arc on the ABC legal drama "The Practice," according to IMDb.com. Movie fans may remember his subtle portrayal of aging prison inmate Brooks Hatlen in 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption" with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. He played U.S. Navy Adm. William F. Halsey in the World War II epic "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and was an imperious ape in the 1968 classic "Planet of the Apes." Whitmore looked natural in cowboy boots and hat, appearing in such TV series as "Bonanza," "The Virginian" and "Gunsmoke." He also did commercials for Miracle-Gro plant foods.  |  IP: Logged Ron Funderburg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 814 From: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 02-07-2009 01:07 PM                        Well he will be missed!  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 02-07-2009 03:25 PM                     I watched him just last night in Jim Carrey's "The Majestic". He will indeed be missed. RIP James.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-07-2009 06:36 PM                     I really enjoyed James Whitmore's performance in The Shawshank Redemption. That was simply a great film. Through the 1970s and 1980s James Whitmore's face and voice was popping up in so many TV shows, movies and documentaries I watched in those years. I remember him doing the narration work on the IMAX film Hail Columbia! Whitmore was a real Hollywood mainstay. He appeared in nearly 150 movies and TV shows. Incidentally, there is a new Blu-ray version of The Shawshank Redemption in "digi-book" packaging. Video review sites say the image quality on that disc is pretty incredible. I think I'll have to get a copy.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-07-2009 11:18 PM                     Thanks for the memories, James.  |  IP: Logged

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