- Films
- 45
- Avg rating
- 6.68
- Peak run
- 1974’94
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.68
30 rated films
Vote weighted
6.81
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
54y
1949 to 2002
Total votes
3.7M
across every film
Best
9.3
The Shawshank Redemption
Worst
5.8
The Relic
Newest first
Filmography
| 2002 | A Ring of Endless Light | Grandfather | 5.8 | 1,640 |
| 1997 |  The Relic | Dr. Albert Frock | 5.8 | 32,989 |
| 1994 |  The Shawshank Redemption | Brooks Hatlen | 9.3 | 3.25M |
| 1987 | Nuts | Judge Stanley Murdoch | 6.7 | 8,079 |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Mark Twain | 7.2 | 3,964 |
| 1980 | The First Deadly Sin | Dr. Sanford Ferguson | 5.9 | 2,582 |
| 1975 | Give 'em Hell, Harry! | Harry S. Truman | · | 637 |
| 1974 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Grandpa | 6.9 | 4,160 |
| 1973 | The Harrad Experiment | Philip Tenhausen | 4.6 | 1,065 |
| 1973 | High Crime | Commissioner Aldo Scavino | 6.8 | 1,425 |
| 1972 | Chato's Land | Joshua Everette | 6.6 | 7,491 |
| 1970 |  Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral William F. Halsey | 7.5 | 40,288 |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Levi | 5.8 | 3,829 |
| 1968 | Madigan | Chief Inspector Charles Kane | 6.5 | 4,497 |
| 1968 |  Planet of the Apes | President of the Assembly | 8.0 | 212K |
| 1968 | The Split | Herb Sutro | 6.0 | 1,801 |
| 1967 | Chuka | Lou Trent | 6.3 | 1,246 |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Capt. Shipley | 6.1 | 1,854 |
| 1964 | Black Like Me | John Finley Horton | · | 814 |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Harry Powell | 6.5 | 2,006 |
Better together?
James Whitmore's regulars
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.75 avg▲+0.28
- Norman TaurogDirector and actor · 2 films
- George SidneyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.65 avg●−0.01
- Don SiegelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.16
- Richard ThorpeDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.39
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Whitmore
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1976James Whitmore
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1950James Whitmore
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.