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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-10-24 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

James Whitmore Jr.

Biography:

James Whitmore Jr. is an American actor and director for film and television.

Known For

Acting

1996

The Pretender as Captain Russ Osborne
The Pretender as Captain Russ Osborne (archive footage)

1990

1989

Quantum Leap as Bob Crockett
Quantum Leap as Sheriff Clayton Fuller
Quantum Leap as Police Captain

1988

1986

Firefighter as Capt. Bukowski

1985

The Twilight Zone as (segment "Nightcrawlers")
Street Hawk as Neil Jacobs
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Girl I Married")

1984

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac as Captain Larry Wheaton
Airwolf as Sam Houston
Highway to Heaven as Richard Gaines
Hunter as Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger
Airwolf as Maj. Sam Roper

1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Colonel Sykes
Hardcastle and McCormick as Kenneth Boyer

1982

T. J. Hooker as Frank Bryce
Knight Rider as Rick Calley

1981

The Greatest American Hero as Norman Fackler

1980

The Long Riders as Mr. Rixley
Magnum, P.I. as Billy Joe Bob Little
Magnum, P.I. as Sebastian Nuzo

1979

A Force of One as Moskowitz
The Chinese Typewriter as Jim Kilbride

1978

The Bastard as Esau Sholto
The Boys in Company C as Lt. Archer
Human Feelings as Detective
The Gypsy Warriors as Captain Sheldon 'Shelly' Alhern
The Critical List as Dr. Jack Hermanson

1977

1976

Law and Order as Pete Caputo
Baa Baa Black Sheep as Jim Gutterman

1975

1974

The Rockford Files as Fred Beamer
The Rockford Files as Freddie Beamer

1973

1971

Directing

2024

Elsbeth as Director

2021

NCIS: Hawai'i as Director

2019

Evil as Director

2018

The Resident as Director

2017

The Good Fight as Director

2015

Quantico as Director

2014

NCIS: New Orleans as Director
Madam Secretary as Director

2011

Person of Interest as Director
Suits as Director

2010

Blue Bloods as Director

2009

Harper's Island as Director
The Good Wife as Director
NCIS: Los Angeles as Director

2008

The Cleaner as Director

2007

Moonlight as Director
Cane as Director

2006

Jericho as Director
The Unit as Director

2005

Bones as Director
Wanted as Director

2004

CSI: NY as Director

2003

Cold Case as Director
Las Vegas as Director
Dead Like Me as Director
NCIS as Director
Mister Sterling as Director

2002

American Dreams as Director
First Monday as Director

2001

24 as Director
Witchblade as Director

2000

Young Americans as Director
Dark Angel as Director

1999

Providence as Director
Get Real as Director
Angel as Director
Roswell as Director

1998

Charmed as Director
Dawson's Creek as Director
Cupid as Director

1997

Sleepwalkers as Director
Pacific Palisades as Director
Brooklyn South as Director

1996

Wiseguy as Director
The Pretender as Director
Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Director
Profiler as Director

1995

Crowfoot as Director
Nowhere Man as Director
JAG as Director
Strange Luck as Director

1993

The X-Files as Director

1992

Melrose Place as Director
Renegade as Director

1991

The Commish as Director

1990

Sky High as Director
Ferris Bueller as Director
Broken Badges as Director

1989

Booker as Director
Quantum Leap as Director

1987

Wiseguy as Director
21 Jump Street as Director
J.J. Starbuck as Director

1984

Hunter as Director