FrameThrower · Actors · James Whitmore
James Whitmore
3 films · 362 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1968–1994
Born 1 October 1921 · White Plains, New York, USA · died 6 February 2009
James Allen Whitmore Jr. was an American film, theatre, and television actor. During his career, Whitmore won three of the four EGOT honors; - a Tony, a Grammy, and an Emmy. Whitmore also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Following World War II, Whitmore appeared on Broadway in the role of the sergeant in Command Decision. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave Whitmore a contract, but his role in the film adaptation was played by Van Johnson. His first major picture for MGM was Battleground, in a role that was turned down by Spencer Tracy, to whom Whitmore bore a noted physical resemblance.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 362 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1968–1994
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture1950
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series2000
- Tony Award for Best Newcomer1948
- Theatre World Award1948
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Donaldson Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 362 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work James takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 76% of their frames are day, 74% natural — the look of the work James takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 362 frames from James Whitmore's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.