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James Whitmore

1921 - 2009

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James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor. He attended Yale University on a football scholarship but quit after injuring his knees and joined the dramatic society. After graduating with a degree in government, he served as a lieutenant in the US Marines during World War II. After the war, he appeared on Broadway followed by a number of film roles and then television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Whitmore is the 1,423rd most popular actor (up from 1,454th in 2019), the 2,671st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,476th in 2019) and the 702nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Whitmore ranks 1,423 out of 13,578Before him are John Leguizamo, Pam Grier, Stephen Fry, Marina Berti, Iain Glen, and Margot Kidder. After him are Patty McCormack, Raymond Burr, Martin Short, Yaphet Kotto, Omar Sy, and Libertad Lamarque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, James Whitmore ranks 119Before him are George Roy Hill, Gene Roddenberry, Oskar Gröning, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Angelica Rozeanu, and Stein Rokkan. After him are Géza Anda, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Paddy Roy Bates, Gitta Sereny, César Baldaccini, and Robert Muldoon. Among people deceased in 2009, James Whitmore ranks 87Before him are Arne Næss, Qian Xuesen, Edward T. Hall, Kim Peek, Augusto Boal, and Glenn Davis. After him are Armen Takhtajan, Philip José Farmer, Andrew Wyeth, Félix Malloum, Shih Kien, and Alicia de Larrocha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Whitmore ranks 2,671 out of 20,380Before him are Frederick William Franz (1893), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Val Valentino (1956), Billy Gibbons (1949), John Carroll (1735), and Jasper Johns (1930). After him are Patty McCormack (1945), James Newton Howard (1951), Scott McKenzie (1939), David Crosby (1941), Yaphet Kotto (1939), and David Farragut (1801).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Whitmore ranks 702Before him are Cesar Romero (1907), Rick Baker (1950), Daryl Hannah (1960), Lynda Carter (1951), Chris Evans (1981), and Pam Grier (1949). After him are Patty McCormack (1945), Yaphet Kotto (1939), Frances Conroy (1953), David Schwimmer (1966), Rhea Seehorn (1972), and Dick York (1928).