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James Whitmore Jr.

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Biography

Son of veteran actor James Whitmore, Senior.

Born

10/24/1948, New York

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- Hunter
  Sergeant Bernie Terwilliger
  - S 3: Ep 9 Contract
    12/13/86
  - S 3: Ep 8 Love, Hate and Sporty James
    12/6/86
  - S 3: Ep 7 True Confessions
    11/22/86
  - S 3: Ep 6 From San Francisco With Love
    11/15/86
  - S 3: Ep 5 High Noon in L. A.
    11/8/86
  - + 32 More Credits
- Jessie (1985)
  Will Baxter
  - S 1: Ep 8 Psychic Connection
    7/15/85
  - S 1: Ep 7 In the Line of Duty
    11/13/84
  - S 1: Ep 6 King of the Streets
    10/30/84
  - S 1: Ep 5 McLaughlin's Flame
    10/23/84
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Long Fuse
    10/16/84
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Yeagers
  Willie Yeager
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Strong Survive
    6/1/80
  - S 1: Ep 4 Breaking Out is Hard to Do
  - S 1: Ep 3 Now, More Than Ever
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Neighbors
- Black Sheep Squadron
  Capt. James "Jim" W. Gutterman
  - S 2: Ep 13 A Little Bit of England
    4/6/78
  - S 2: Ep 12 Sheep in the Limelight
    3/30/78
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Show Must Go On... Sometimes
    3/22/78
  - S 2: Ep 10 Hotshot
    3/15/78
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Iceman
    3/8/78
  - + 32 More Credits
Guest Star (40)

Role
- The Pretender
  Captain Osborne
  - S 3: Ep 21 Donoterase (1)
    5/22/99
  - S 3: Ep 20 Qallupilluit
    5/22/99
- Beverly Hills 90210
  Stagecoach Passenger
  - S 5: Ep 29 The Real McCoy
    5/10/95
- Quantum Leap
  Police Captain
  - S 5: Ep 22 Mirror Image
    5/5/93
- Quantum Leap
  Clayton Fuller / Mirror
  - S 5: Ep 8 One Little Heart; Trilogy, Part 1
    11/17/92
- Tequila and Bonetti
  Shadow
  - S 1: Ep 3 Reel Life
    2/14/92
- Quantum Leap
  Bob Crockett
  - S 3: Ep 12 8 1/2 Months
    3/6/91
- Booker
  Man
  - S 1: Ep 6 Bete Noir
    11/5/89
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Ira Richman
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Girl I Married
    7/17/87
- Hill Street Blues
  Tony Catina
  - S 6: Ep 9 What Are Friends For?
    12/5/85
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Dennis Wells
  - S 1: Ep 11 Nightcrawlers
    10/18/85
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Travis Baker
  - S 3: Ep 1 She Ain't Deep But She Sure Runs Fast
    9/23/85
- Street Hawk
  Neil Jacobs
  - S 1: Ep 5 Dog Eat Dog
    2/1/85
- Highway to Heaven
  Richard Gaines
  - S 1: Ep 11 Dust Child
    11/28/84
- Airwolf
  Sam Houston
  - S 2: Ep 1 Sweet Britches
    9/22/84
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Colonel Sykes
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Artful Dodger
    3/5/84
- T.J. Hooker
  Frank Bryce
  - S 3: Ep 18 Death on the Line
    3/3/84
- Airwolf
  Major Sam Roper
  - S 1: Ep 3 Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n
    1/28/84
- Hardcastle & McCormick
  Kenneth Boyer
  - S 1: Ep 16 Mr. Hardcastle Goes to Washington
    1/15/84
- Simon & Simon
  Bill Freeman
  - S 3: Ep 2 DJ DOA
    10/6/83
- Whiz Kids
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 Programmed For Murder
    10/5/83
- Knight Rider
  Rick Calley
  - S 1: Ep 20 Knight Moves
    3/11/83
- Magnum, P.I.
  Bill Nuzo
  - S 3: Ep 2 Did You See the Sunrise? (Part II)
    9/30/82
  - S 3: Ep 1 Did You See the Sunrise?
    9/30/82
- The Greatest American Hero
  Byron Bigsby
  - S 2: Ep 18 There's Just No Accounting...
    3/24/82
- Code Red
  Ken Owens
  - S 1: Ep 15 Trapped by Time
    2/21/82
- Bret Maverick
  Justice Smith
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Ballad Of Bret Maverick
    2/16/82
- Simon & Simon
  Paul Scully
  - S 1: Ep 3 Trapdoors
    12/8/81
- Magnum, P.I.
  Billy Joe Bob Little
  - S 2: Ep 1 Billy Joe Bob
    10/8/81
- Walking Tall
  Tom Coleman
  - S 1: Ep 6 Deadly Impact
    4/14/81
- The Greatest American Hero
  Gordon McCready
  - S 1: Ep 4 Here's Looking at You Kid
    4/1/81
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  Sgt. Bogart
  - S 1: Ep 11 This One's Gonna Kill Ya
    6/6/80
- Police Story
  Jeff Allen
  - S 5: Ep 9 Confessions of a Lady Cop
    4/2/80
- Lou Grant
  Nick Boyer
  - S 3: Ep 22 Influence
    3/10/80
- The Rockford Files
  Fred Beamer
  - S 6: Ep 7 Nice Guys Finish Dead
    11/16/79
- David Cassidy - Man Undercover
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 Teammates
    1/4/79
- Battlestar Galactica
  robber
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Long Patrol
    10/15/78
- Dallas
  B.J. "Buzz" Connors
  - S 2: Ep 5 Black Market Baby
    10/15/78
- Police Story
  Officer Burke
  - S 5: Ep 5 The Broken Badge
    3/19/78
- The Rockford Files
  Freddie Beamer
  - S 4: Ep 1 Beamer's Last Case
    9/16/77
- McMillan & Wife
  Goon
  - S 5: Ep 6 Greed
    2/15/76
- The Greatest American Hero
  Norman Fackler
  - S 3: Ep 10 Wizards And Warlocks
Writer (1)

Role
- Cold Case
  Writer
Director (63)

Role
- NCIS
  Director
  - S 9: Ep 23 Up In Smoke
    5/8/12
  - S 9: Ep 8 Engaged (1)
    11/8/11
  - S 9: Ep 2 Restless
    9/27/11
  - S 8: Ep 14 A Man Walks Into a Bar...
    2/8/11
  - S 8: Ep 10 False Witness
    12/14/10
  - + 17 More Credits
- Blue Bloods
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 20 Working Girls
    4/27/12
- NCIS: Los Angeles
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 19 Vengeance
    3/27/12
  - S 3: Ep 6 Lone Wolf
    10/25/11
  - S 2: Ep 24 Familia
    5/17/11
  - S 2: Ep 22 Plan B
    5/3/11
  - S 2: Ep 16 Empty Quiver
    2/15/11
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Good Wife
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 18 Killer Song
    3/29/11
  - S 2: Ep 3 Breaking Fast
    10/12/10
  - S 1: Ep 23 Running
    5/25/10
  - S 1: Ep 9 Threesome
    11/24/09
- Hawaii Five-0
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 7 Ho'apono
    11/1/10
- Lie To Me
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Whole Truth
    6/21/10
- Harper's Island
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sploosh
    5/23/09
- The Unit
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 16 Hill 60
    3/15/09
  - S 3: Ep 8 Play 16
    11/13/07
  - S 3: Ep 6 M.Ps
    10/30/07
  - S 2: Ep 22 Freefall
    5/1/07
  - S 2: Ep 5 Force Majeure
    10/17/06
- The Cleaner
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Here Comes the Boom
    8/19/08
- Cane
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Perfect Son
    12/11/07
- Las Vegas
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 10 The High Price of Gas
    11/30/07
  - S 5: Ep 9 My Uncle's a Gas
    11/16/07
- Moonlight
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 Fleur de Lis
    11/23/07
- Jericho
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 15 Semper Fidelis
    3/14/07
  - S 1: Ep 11 Vox Populi
    11/29/06
  - S 1: Ep 3 Four Horsemen
    10/4/06
- Bones
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Man in the Morgue
    4/19/06
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Superhero in the Alley
    2/8/06
- CSI: NY
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 11 Trapped
    12/14/05
- Cold Case
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 7 Start-Up
    11/13/05
  - S 2: Ep 18 Ravaged
    3/27/05
  - S 2: Ep 12 Yo, Adrian
    1/16/05
  - S 2: Ep 10 Discretions
    12/19/04
  - S 1: Ep 15 Disco Inferno
    2/22/04
  - + 1 More Credits
- Wanted
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Promise of Darkness
    8/28/05
- American Dreams
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 17 It's My Life
    3/30/05
  - S 3: Ep 7 What Dreams May Come
    11/7/04
- Dead Like Me
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 15 Haunted
    10/31/04
  - S 2: Ep 7 Rites of Passage
    9/5/04
  - S 2: Ep 1 Send in the Clown
    7/25/04
  - S 1: Ep 12 Nighthawks
    9/12/03
- 8-Oct
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Wild Bunch
    12/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Badlands
    10/19/03
- Dawson's Creek
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 23 All Good Things... (1)
    5/14/03
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Unusual Suspects
    11/22/00
  - S 3: Ep 23 True Love
    5/24/00
  - S 3: Ep 9 Four to Tango
    12/1/99
  - S 3: Ep 7 Escape from Witch Island
    11/17/99
  - + 1 More Credits
- 24
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 20 Day 2: 3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.
    4/22/03
  - S 2: Ep 19 Day 2: 2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.
    4/15/03
  - S 2: Ep 8 Day 2: 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
    12/17/02
  - S 2: Ep 7 Day 2: 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
    12/10/02
  - S 2: Ep 4 Day 2: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
    11/19/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- Star Trek: Enterprise
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 16 Future Tense
    2/19/03
  - S 1: Ep 19 Acquisition
    3/27/02
- Mister Sterling
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Human Error
    2/7/03
- Providence
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 10 Eye of the Storm
    12/13/02
  - S 4: Ep 18 Gotcha
    4/12/02
  - S 4: Ep 5 Civil Unrest
    10/26/01
- Witchblade
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 7 Lagrimas
    7/15/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 Convergence
    8/14/01
  - S 1: Ep 9 Thanatopsis
    7/31/01
  - S 1: Ep 7 Maelstrom
    7/17/01
- Dark Angel
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 20 Love Among The Runes
    4/26/02
  - S 1: Ep 20 Hit A Sista Back
    5/8/01
- Strange World
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 8 Rage
    3/29/02
- First Monday
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Family Affairs
    2/8/02
- JAG
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 6 Redemption
    10/30/01
  - S 6: Ep 10 Touch and Go
    1/9/01
- Fugitive
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 17 Sea Change
    3/30/01
- Angel
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 15 Reprise
    2/20/01
- Roswell
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 13 Disturbing Behavior (1)
    2/5/01
  - S 1: Ep 17 Crazy
    4/10/00
- Young Americans
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 8 Will Bella Scout Her Mom?
    8/30/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 Gone
    8/16/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Cinderbella
    8/2/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Our Town
    7/19/00
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Beginning (Pilot)
    7/12/00
- Get Real
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 16 Saved
    3/15/00
  - S 1: Ep 13 Falling from Grace
    1/26/00
  - S 1: Ep 11 Choices
    1/12/00
- The Pretender
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 1 The World's Changing
    9/25/99
  - S 3: Ep 19 End Game
    5/8/99
  - S 2: Ep 3 Over The Edge
    11/15/97
  - S 2: Ep 1 Back From The Dead Again
    11/1/97
  - S 1: Ep 18 Unhappy Landings
    4/26/97
  - + 3 More Credits
- Charmed
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 21 Love Hurts
    5/19/99
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Zeppo
    1/26/99
  - S 3: Ep 11 Gingerbread
    1/12/99
  - S 3: Ep 4 Beauty and the Beasts
    10/20/98
  - S 3: Ep 2 Dead Man's Party
    10/6/98
  - S 2: Ep 19 I Only Have Eyes For You
    4/28/98
- Sleepwalkers
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 7 A Matter of Fax
    5/31/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 Eye of the Beholder
    2/8/98
- Brooklyn South
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 20 Cinnamon Buns
    4/14/98
  - S 1: Ep 13 Tears on My Willow
    1/26/98
- Profiler
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 13 Bloodlust
    3/14/98
  - S 1: Ep 21 Venom, Part I
    5/10/97
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 Yesterday, Upon the Stair... (1)
    9/15/97
- Pacific Palisades
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 Runaway
    6/11/97
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 19 The End of the Beginning
    4/21/97
- Beverly Hills 90210
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 1 Remember the Alamo
    8/21/96
  - S 6: Ep 19 Nancy's Choice
    1/31/96
  - S 6: Ep 10 One Wedding and a Funeral
    11/8/95
  - S 6: Ep 2 Buffalo Girls
    9/13/95
  - S 5: Ep 30 Hello Life, Goodbye Beverly Hills
    5/17/95
  - + 6 More Credits
- Nowhere Man
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 23 Zero Minus Ten
    5/6/96
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Dark Side Of The Moon
    4/15/96
  - S 1: Ep 4 Something About Her
    9/18/95
- Strange Luck
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 Walk Away
    11/17/95
- The X-Files
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 18 Fearful Symmetry
    2/24/95
- The Rockford Files
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 1 I Still Love L.A.
    11/27/94
- Models Inc.
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 3 It'll Never Happen Again and Again and Again
    7/13/94
- Melrose Place
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 5 Of Bikes and Men
    10/6/93
- Quantum Leap
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 22 Mirror Image
    5/5/93
  - S 5: Ep 21 Memphis Melody
    4/20/93
  - S 5: Ep 9 For Your Love; Trilogy, Part 2
    11/24/92
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Last Door; Trilogy, Part 3
    11/24/92
  - S 5: Ep 8 One Little Heart; Trilogy, Part 1
    11/17/92
  - + 10 More Credits
- The Commish
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 15 Dead Cadet's Society
    2/13/93
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Heart is a Lonely Sucker
    1/16/93
- Tequila and Bonetti
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 4 Runt Of The Litter
    2/21/92
  - S 1: Ep 3 Reel Life
    2/14/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Rose Cadillac
    1/31/92
  - S 1: Ep 1 Teach Your Children
    1/24/92
- Broken Badges
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 3 Westside Stories
    12/1/90
- Ferris Bueller
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Between a Rock and Rooney's Place
    10/8/90
- 21 Jump Street
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 23 How I Saved the Senator
    5/7/90
  - S 4: Ep 17 Hi Mom
    2/12/90
  - S 3: Ep 20 Loc'd Out (2)
    5/21/89
  - S 3: Ep 19 Loc'd Out (1)
    5/14/89
  - S 3: Ep 4 Coach of the Year
    11/27/88
  - + 3 More Credits
- Booker
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 Bete Noir
    11/5/89
- Wiseguy
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 12 White Noise
    2/15/89
- J.J. Starbuck
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Song From The Sequel
    2/20/88
- Hunter
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 2 Playing God
    10/3/87
  - S 3: Ep 19 Crossfire
    4/11/87
  - S 3: Ep 17 Any Second Now
    2/28/87
  - S 3: Ep 15 Double Exposure
    2/14/87
  - S 3: Ep 2 Change Partners and Dance
    10/4/86
  - + 6 More Credits
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Big Easy Episode
- Cupid (1998)
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 15 Botched Makeover

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James Whitmore Jr.

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Guest Star (40)

Writer (1)

Director (63)

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