RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:04 pm
The actor was 87.
RIP.
He was terrific in Shawshank Redeption. We just watched it again last weekend.
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Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:03 pm
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:47 pm
He was awesome.
RadioDude said he was nominated for an Oscar for a movie I'd never heard of -- Give 'em Hell, Harry!
He was also nominated for supporting actor in Battleground and won the Golden Globe for that performance.
He didn't lose a step.
RadioDude said he was nominated for an Oscar for a movie I'd never heard of -- Give 'em Hell, Harry!
He was also nominated for supporting actor in Battleground and won the Golden Globe for that performance.
He didn't lose a step.
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:23 am
So sad. I love his work.
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:42 am
It was a filmed version of his stage performance as Harry Truman (he also did a great one man show of Will Rogers too).SportsFan68 wrote:He was awesome.
RadioDude said he was nominated for an Oscar for a movie I'd never heard of -- Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Still, most people of my generation (who attended Saturday afternoon horror matinees) remember him for winding up as ant food in Them!
I guess the effects of Miracle Gro wear off after a while....
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:46 am
An Oscar? Wow, for some reason I've always thought that was a made for TV movie. Anyway, I haven't seen it for years, but if you like Whitmore (and you like Shawshank, so you do) you should hunt it down. When I was a kid, I thought James Whitmore WAS Harry Truman!SportsFan68 wrote:He was awesome.
RadioDude said he was nominated for an Oscar for a movie I'd never heard of -- Give 'em Hell, Harry!
He was also nominated for supporting actor in Battleground and won the Golden Globe for that performance.
He didn't lose a step.
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:35 am
I love his work--especially his Will Rogers.
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:56 pm
LOL -- reminds me of when I was a kid, and we watched PT 109 every time it was on. I thought Cliff Robertson was the real JFK (as in, he took time out from being Prez to play himself in a movieWhen I was a kid, I thought James Whitmore WAS Harry Truman!
)ETA: Oops, forgot to say RIP, Mr. Whitmore
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:27 pm
I bet I can find it somewhere. I'd like to see his Will Rogers too.Sisyphean Fan wrote:An Oscar? Wow, for some reason I've always thought that was a made for TV movie. Anyway, I haven't seen it for years, but if you like Whitmore (and you like Shawshank, so you do) you should hunt it down. When I was a kid, I thought James Whitmore WAS Harry Truman!SportsFan68 wrote:He was awesome.
RadioDude said he was nominated for an Oscar for a movie I'd never heard of -- Give 'em Hell, Harry!
He was also nominated for supporting actor in Battleground and won the Golden Globe for that performance.
He didn't lose a step.
Re: RIP James Whitmore
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:08 pm
sprots:
Only person in Academy history to be nominated when he was the sole actor. (According to LA Times.)RadioDude said he was nominated for an Oscar for a movie I'd never heard of -- Give 'em Hell, Harry!