THE HAT SQUAD: JAMES WHITMORE

I'm really late with this, but then my reluctance to do obit posts has been known around here at Toobworld Central for some time......

James Whitmore passed away last week at the age of 87. His last major role which will have resonance for future generations of movie audiences was in "The Shawshank Redemption", but of course he was working quite often after he made that film. He made a lot of movies of all genres, and appeared often in theater; and he combined the two with the film translations of his one-man shows about Harry Truman and Will Rogers.
But as this is a blog about the universe of television, his TV credits are what's important here.....

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... Milton
- Ending Happy (2007)

"Mister Sterling" .... Retired Governor William Sterling Sr.

- Statewide Swing (2003)
- Next Question (2003)

- Pilot (2003)

"A Minute with Stan Hooper" .... Dr. Goldman

- The Good Doctor (2003)

"The Practice" .... Raymond Oz

- Oz (1999)

- Legacy (1999)

- Hide and Seek (1997)

Swing Vote (1999) .... Daniel Morissey

Sky High (1990) .... Gus Johnson

Glory! Glory! (1989) .... Lester Babbitt

"Favorite Son" .... President Sam Baker

"Riptide" .... Ben Wilkenson

- Home for Christmas

"George Burns Comedy Week" .... Ebenezer Scrooge

- Christmas Carol II the Sequel (1985)

"Celebrity" (1984) .... Clifford Casey

Mark, I Love You (1980) .... Dwight Hamilton

"The White Shadow" .... Jake Reeves

- Reunion: Part 1 (1980)

- Reunion: Part 2 (1980)

Rage! (1980) .... Borski

The Golden Honeymoon (1980) .... Charley Tate

"Comeback" .... Host

- Freddy Fender Story (1979)

"The Word" (1978) .... George Wheeler

I Will Fight No More Forever (1975) .... General Oliver O. Howard

The Canterville Ghost (1974)

"Gunsmoke"
- Women for Sale: Part 1 (1973) .... Fitzpatrick

- Women for Sale: Part 2 (1973) .... Fitzpatrick

- The Reward (1965) .... Jim Forbes

- Dry Road to Nowhere (1965) .... Amos Campbell

"Temperatures Rising" (1972) .... Dr. Vincent Campanelli (unknown episodes, 1972-1973)

Will Rogers' USA (1972) .... Will Rogers

If Tomorrow Comes (1971) .... Frank Phillips

"The Virginian"

- Lady at the Bar (1970) .... Marshal Krug

- A Flash of Darkness (1969) .... Carl Kabe

- Paid in Full (1967) .... Ezra Hollis

- Nobody Said Hello (1966) .... Capt. Piper Pritican

"Then Came Bronson" .... Wilson Ford

- The Mountain (1970)

The Challenge (1970) .... Overman

"The Name of the Game" .... Dr. Harry Roarke

- Good-bye Harry (1969)

"My Friend Tony" .... Prof. John Woodruff

"Bonanza" .... John Postley

- To Die in Darkness (1968)

Madigan (1968) .... Chief Insp. Charles Kane
(This could be considered part of the TV Universe, as the sequel to the series, even though the movie came out first.)

"The Danny Thomas Hour" .... Professor John Woodruff

- My Pal Tony (1968)

"Cowboy in Africa" .... Ryan Crose

- First to Capture (1968)

"The Big Valley"

- Shadow of a Giant (1968) .... Marshal Seth Campbell

- Night in a Small Town (1967) .... Tom Wills

- Target (1966) .... Joshua Hawks

- The Death Merchant (1966) .... Handy Random

"Custer" .... Eldo

- Spirit Woman (1967)

"Judd for the Defense" .... John Patrick McKenna

- The Money Farm (1967)

"Tarzan" .... Cliff Stockwell

- Tiger, Tiger! (1967)

"The Invaders" .... Harry Swain

- Quantity: Unknown (1967)

"12 O'Clock High"

- The Ace (1966) .... Col. Harry Connelly

- The Hero (1965) .... Col. J. Paul 'Pappy' Hartley

"The Monroes" .... Blackmer

- The Hunter (1966)

"Shane" .... Harry Himber

- Day of the Hawk (1966)

"T.H.E. Cat" .... Arnie Ludock

- Little Arnie from Long Ago (1966)

"The Loner" .... Doc Fritchman

- The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 1 (1966)
- The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 2 (1966)

"Run for Your Life" .... Chief Jim Holland

- This Town for Sale (1965)

"For the People" .... Hillard Vance

- Any Benevolent Purpose (1965)

"Burke's Law" .... Joe Piante

- Who Killed Cop Robin? (1965)

"Combat!" .... Hertzbrun

- The Cassock (1965)

"Disneyland" .... Captain Ewell

- The Tenderfoot: Part 1 (1964)

- The Tenderfoot: Part 2 (1964)

- The Tenderfoot: Part 3 (1964)

"Kraft Suspense Theatre"

- A Lion Amongst Men (1964) .... Will Stanton

- The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley (1963) .... J. Marvin Bean

"Slattery's People" .... Representative Harry Sanborn

- Question: What Is Truth? (1964)

Death at the Stock Car Races (1964) .... Buck Larsen

"The Greatest Show on Earth" .... Marsh

- Love the Giver (1964)

"Arrest and Trial" .... Martin Burnham

- My Name Is Martin Burnham

"Dr. Kildare" .... Henry Clay Kincaid

- If You Can't Believe the Truth... (1963)

"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" .... Foxy Smith

- The Day of the Golden Fleece (1963)

"Rawhide"

- Incident of Iron Bull (1963) .... Colonel John Macklin

- Incident of the Dogfaces (1962) .... Sergeant Joe Duclos

"The Twilight Zone" .... Captain William Benteen
- On Thursday We Leave for Home (1963)

"Ben Casey" .... Dr. Donald Forrest

- Father Was an Intern (1963)

"Route 66" .... Ralph Vincent

- A Gift for a Warrior (1963)

"Going My Way" .... Dr. Corden

- Tell Me When You Get to Heaven (1963)

"The United States Steel Hour"

- Big Day for a Scrambler (1962)

"The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" .... Francis Xavier Murphy
- Act of God (1961)

"Checkmate" .... Detective Lt. Dave Harlan

- Nice Guys Finish Last (1961)

"Alcoa Premiere" .... Fred Collins

- The Witch Next Door (1961)

"Frontier Justice" .... Jeb

- Fearful Courage (1961).... Jeb

- The Fearfull Courage (1958) .... Jeb
[These probably are the same episode.]

"The Law and Mr. Jones" .... Abraham Lincoln Jones

"The Chevy Mystery Show" .... Philip Selby

- Thunder of Silence (1960)

"Sunday Showcase" .... Ulysses S. Grant

- Our American Heritage: Shadow of a Soldier

"Zane Grey Theater"

- Wayfarers (1960) .... Jonas

- Checkmate (1959) .... Joel Begley

- Debt of Gratitude (1958) .... Ben Kincaid

- The Fearful Courage (1956) .... Jeb
[Again, that title and character show up....]

"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Lee Anderson
- The Hanging Judge (1959)

"Playhouse 90"

- The Sounds of Eden (1959) .... Mr. Anderson

- Dark December (1959) .... Major Abe Kasner

- Free Weekend (1958) .... Guy Cato

- Galvanized Yankee (1957) .... Capt. Miles Shay

"Alcoa Theatre" .... Earl Sherwood

- The Town Budget (1958)

"Decision" .... Danny Cochran

- Fear Has Many Faces (1958)

"Wagon Train" .... Gabe Carswell

- The Gabe Carswell Story (1958)

"The 20th Century-Fox Hour" .... Jake Flannigan
- Deep Water (1957)

"The Alcoa Hour" .... Warden Lightfoot

- Nothing to Lose (1957)

"Panic!" .... Father Dolan

- The Priest (1957)

"Climax!"

- The Stalker (1957) .... Tom Miller

- The Fog (1956) .... Stash Prohaska

"The Ford Television Theatre"
- Fear Has Many Faces (1957) .... Danny Cochran

- For Value Received (1954) .... Joe Green

"Kraft Television Theatre"
- Out to Kill (1956)

- A Profile in Courage (1956)

- The Devil as a Roaring Lion (1956)

"Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"

- Midnight Kill (1956) .... Joe Benson

- The Big Payday (1956) .... Tommy McDermott

- Captain in Command (1954)

"Lux Video Theatre"

- The Quick and the Dead (1956)

"Studio One" .... Sam
- A Favor for Sam (1956)

"Playwrights '56" .... David

- This Business of Murder (1956)

"Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre"
- The Velvet Trap (1956)

"Chevron Hall of Stars"

- A Man Named March (1956)

- The Bequest (1956)

- The Tough Haul (1956)

"Damon Runyon Theater" .... Starker

- Blonde Mink (1955)

"Crossroads" .... Chaplain
- The Good Thief (1955) I'll have more on certain characters played by James Whitmore to come.

As Red Skelton would say, "Good night, and may God bless...."

BCnU!
Toby O'B