James Whitmore Jr.
Directing1948Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
James Whitmore Jr. is an American actor and director for film and television.
Known For
Knight Rider
Rick Calley
Beverly Hills, 90210
Stagecoach Passenger
Quantum Leap
Police Captain / Bob Crockett / Clayton Fuller
Airwolf
Sam Houston / Maj. Sam Roper
Magnum, P.I.
Billy Joe Bob Little / Sebastian Nuzo
The Long Riders
Mr. Rixley
Battlestar Galactica
Robber
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Nightcrawlers") / (segment "The Girl I Married")
Acting History
2024
Elsbeth
TVDirector
2022
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
TVDirector• 3 eps
2019
Evil
TVDirector
2018
The Resident
TVDirector
2017
The Good Fight
TVDirector
2016
Ray Donovan
TVDirector• 1 eps
2015
Quantico
TVDirector• 1 eps
2014
Madam Secretary
TVDirector• 6 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
TVDirector
2011
Suits
TVDirector
Person of Interest
TVDirector
2010
Blue Bloods
TVDirector
2009
2008
The Cleaner
TVDirector
2004
American Dreams
TVDirector• 2 eps
CSI: NY
TVDirector
2003
Las Vegas
TVDirector
Cold Case
TVDirector• 6 eps
10-8: Officers on Duty
TVDirector• 2 eps
Dead Like Me
TVDirector• 4 eps
Mister Sterling
TVDirector
NCIS
TVDirector
2002
First Monday
TVDirector
2001
Providence
TVDirector• 3 eps
JAG
TVDirector• 2 eps
24
TVDirector
Star Trek: Enterprise
TVDirector
Witchblade
TVDirector
2000
Dark Angel
TVDirector
Get Real
TVDirector• 3 eps
Roswell
TVDirector• 2 eps
Young Americans
TVDirector
The Fugitive
TVDirector
1999
The Pretender
TVas Captain Russ Osborne (archive footage)• 1 eps
Angel
TVDirector
1998
1997
Sleepwalkers
TVDirector
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TVDirector
Pacific Palisades
TVDirector
Profiler
TVDirector• 2 eps
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
TVDirector
1996
1995
Beverly Hills, 90210
TVas Stagecoach Passenger• 1 eps
Crowfoot
Director
Nowhere Man
TVDirector• 3 eps
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
TVDirector
Strange Luck
TVDirector
1994
Models Inc.
TVDirector
1993
Quantum Leap
TVas Police Captain / Bob Crockett / Clayton Fuller• 1 eps
The X-Files
TVDirector
The Commish
TVDirector• 2 eps
1992
Tequila and Bonetti
TVDirector• 11 eps
Melrose Place
TVDirector
1990
1989
Quantum Leap
TVDirector
Booker
TVDirector
1988
Tricks of the Trade
as Delroy
1987
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "Nightcrawlers") / (segment "The Girl I Married")• 1 eps
21 Jump Street
TVDirector
J.J. Starbuck
TVDirector
Wiseguy
TVDirector
1986
Firefighter
as Capt. Bukowski
1985
Street Hawk
TVas Neil Jacobs
1984
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
as Captain Larry Wheaton
T. J. Hooker
TVas Frank Bryce• 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TVas Colonel Sykes• 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
TVas Richard Gaines• 1 eps
Hunter
TVas Sgt. Bernie Terwilliger• 16 eps
Airwolf
TVas Sam Houston / Maj. Sam Roper• 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
TVas Kenneth Boyer• 1 eps
Hunter
TVDirector
1983
Knight Rider
TVas Rick Calley• 1 eps
1982
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Major Flaherty
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Billy Joe Bob Little / Sebastian Nuzo• 1 eps
1981
The Five of Me
as Harry
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Officer Vane
The Greatest American Hero
TVas Norman Fackler
1980
The Long Riders
as Mr. Rixley
Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop
as Jeff Allen
1979
A Force of One
as Moskowitz
The Chinese Typewriter
as Jim Kilbride
The Rockford Files
TVas Freddie Beamer / Fred Beamer• 1 eps
1978
The Gypsy Warriors
as Captain Sheldon 'Shelly' Alhern
Human Feelings
as Detective
The Boys in Company C
as Lt. Archer
The Bastard
as Esau Sholto
Battlestar Galactica
TVas Robber• 1 eps
The Critical List
TVas Dr. Jack Hermanson
Police Story
TVas Jeff Allen• 2 eps
The Bastard
TVas Esau Sholto
1976