Saturday 7 February 2009

JAMES WHITMORE REST IN PEACE

Another icon of character acting passes on.


He gave memorable performances in scores of films, refusing to be typed. Besides war movies, he appeared in Westerns ("The Last Frontier," "Chato's Land"), musicals ("Kiss Me Kate," "Oklahoma!"), science fiction ("Planet of the Apes," "Them"), dramas ("The Asphalt Jungle," "The Shawshank Redemption") and comedies ("Mr. O'Malley and Mrs. Malone," "The Great Diamond Robbery.")

Mr Whitmore was 87 and died after a brief battle with lung cancer.

3 comments:

Oscar Case said...

Great actor. Did he expire in the land of tea and snorkers, or the land of dogs and sliders? Just curious, I haven't seen an obit yet.

Charles Gramlich said...

I remember him from several movies. I always thought he was very good, very believable. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Scott D. Parker said...

Really liked him in "Them!" and "Shawshank".

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