James Whitmore (James Whitmore, October 1, 1921-February 6, 2009), American Hollywood actor.
Whitmore played the leading role in the World War II drama "Command Decision" and won the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre in 1948. This was also his Broadway debut, but he did not limit himself to the theater industry. Just a year later, he starred in his first film "The Undercover Man", and in the following 50 years, he continued to appear in movies and TV series, and because of the 1949 film " Battleground " and the 1975 film The movie "Give'Em Hell, Harry!" was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor at the Oscars.
The new generation of movie fans knew Whitmore through Brooks, who played the prison librarian in Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption in 1994 . He also played a guest appearance in the TV series "The Lawyer's True Colors" and won an Emmy Award in 2000 for this. He died of lung cancer on February 6, 2009 at the age of 87.
Performing Experience
Whitmore, who graduated from Yale University , originally intended to become a lawyer. He started his acting career for more than 50 years after he became a soldier in 1947. In this life, Whitmore has appeared many times in American iconic figures, including Harry S. Truman , Will Rogers and FDR . As early as 1949, he won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor with "Battleground", and this is only his second work. In 1975, he was again nominated for Best Actor Oscar with "President Harry S. Truman".
Whitmore's most well-known role for Chinese movie fans should be the role played by Brooks Hatlen in " Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption ". This is a movie about the way of salvation. Lao Bu is a respected gentleman in prison. He is short and has a kind face. He is in charge of the library in the prison. He is accompanied by a bird. He will hide the bird in his arms and feed carefully when he eats. However, facing the opportunity of release, he would rather try the law by himself than leave the prison. In the end, Bu was released on parole after serving 50 years in prison. Facing this new world, he could not adapt to society because he had been used to the institutionalization of prison for many years, and finally committed suicide in despair. Before that, he used a knife on the top of the closet. Inscribed "Brooks was here"-Lao Bu came here for a tour.
In 2009, on February 6, US local time, James Whitmore passed away from lung cancer
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Extended Reading
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Marcellus
2022-06-12 14:01:54
Quand la ville dort...
The Asphalt Jungle est un film contrasté, non seulement dans le sens où il s'agit d'un film noir dont le clair-obscur fut une composante indispensable, mais aussi comment Huston nous montre la confrontation et les oppositions - celle des polices et des criminels, celle du jour et de la nuit (où le...
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Corene
2022-06-12 22:26:52
Long comments written due to the word limit of short comments (2)
German professors are gentle and thoughtful, but greedy and lustful; hooligans and drivers are loyal and brave, but too aggressive; lawyers are indecisive with the idea of double-fraud without a penny. In the end, none of them benefited, and in the real world, they all fell.
The part of the...
The Asphalt Jungle quotes
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Gus Minissi:
Smart cat. Never does a lick of work, stays out all night, sleeps all day.
Truck Driver:
What's a big, dirty cat doing at an eatin' joint? I run over one every time I get a chance. People feedin' cats and some kids haven't got enough to eat.
Gus Minissi:
You gonna buy that magazine?
Truck Driver:
Why should I? I seen all the dames in it already. Wanna make somethin' of it?
Gus Minissi:
You're a little off your beat, ain't you, buster?
Truck Driver:
How do you mean, Humpty Dumpty?
Gus Minissi:
I mean, you don't belong around here. You're just passing through, only not fast enough! If I ever see you running over a cat, I'll kick your teeth out.
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Gus Minissi:
Look, Dix, take my advice and knock off for a while. The happiness boys are on a rampage. Headquarters has given them the push.
