Name James Jr. Role Actor | Spouse Salesha Ali (m. 1972) | |
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Full Name James Allen Whitmore III Occupation Actor, television director Children Aliah Whit, James Whit III Parents Nancy Mygatt, James Whit Siblings Steve Whit, Dan Whit, Lee Siegel Movies and TV shows Similar People James Whit, Charles Hallahan, Noreen Nash, Audra Lindley, Sidney J Furie |
Hugh Benjamin Guest Stars in Roswell - Directed by James Whitmore Jr.
James Allen Whitmore III (born October 24, 1948), better known as James Whitmore Jr., is an American actor best known for his role as Captain Jim Gutterman on the television program Baa Baa Black Sheep, and (since the 1980s) a television director. He is the son of actor James Whitmore.
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- Hugh Benjamin Guest Stars in Roswell Directed by James Whitmore Jr
- The Chinese Typewriter 1979 Tom Selleck TV Pilot
- Life and career
- Actors filmography
- Filmography
- References

The Chinese Typewriter (1979) Tom Selleck TV Pilot
Life and career

Born in Manhattan, New York, Whitmore has had recurring guest-starring roles on the TV series The Rockford Files and Hunter. He also appeared in two episodes of Magnum, P.I. and an episode of Battlestar Galactica before directing many episodes of series by Donald P. Bellisario, the creator of Magnum and a writer on Galactica.

Whitmore has the distinction of occasionally acting in the episodes he directs, such as two episodes of Quantum Leap ("8 1/2 Months" and "Trilogy, Pt. 1"). In that series, as well as several others, he played different characters in each appearance, rather than recurring roles.

In addition to directing episodes of shows for Bellisario (Quantum Leap, Tequila and Bonetti, JAG, NCIS, and NCIS: Los Angeles), Whitmore directed episodes of more than one series for Joss Whedon. Whitmore directed the final episodes of two different series (Dawson's Creek and the aforementioned Quantum Leap). After Leap, Whitmore again directed Scott Bakula in episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, NCIS: New Orleans (including the Dean Stockwell reunion episode), and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He also directed David Boreanaz in both Angel and Bones. The Pretender reunited Whitmore with many of the same writing staff as Quantum Leap.