James Whitmore Jr.
James Allen Whitmore Jr., is an American actor and television director. He is best known for his roles as Captain Jim Gutterman on the television program Baa Baa [Black Sheep (TV series)|Baa Baa Black Sheep], Freddie Beamer in The Rockford Files, and Sgt Bernie Terwilliger in Hunter, and since the 1980s as a prolific television director. He is the son of actor James Whitmore.
Life and career
Born in Manhattan, New York, Whitmore Jr. is the son of Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actor James Whitmore and Nancy Mygatt. James Whitmore Jr. began his acting career relatively late. He 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 occasionally acts in the episodes he directs, such as two episodes of Quantum Leap. 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, Whitmore directed episodes of more than one series for Joss Whedon. Whitmore directed the final episodes of two different series. After Leap, Whitmore again directed Scott Bakula in episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, NCIS: New Orleans, 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.
Filmography
Director
21 Jump Street 24 Angel Beverly Hills, 90210 Blue Bloods Bones Brooklyn South Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Cleaner Cold Case The Commish Crowfoot CSI: NY Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel] Dawson's Creek Dead Like Me Elsbeth Evil Ferris Bueller Get Real The Good Fight The Good Wife Hawaii Five-0 Hunter JAG Jericho Las Vegas Madam Secretary Mr. and Mrs. Smith NCIS NCIS: Hawaii NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: New Orleans NCIS: Origins Notorious Nowhere Man Person of Interest The Pretender Profiler Providence Quantico Quantum Leap Ray Donovan The Resident Roswell Star Trek: Enterprise Tequila and Bonetti The Unit The X-Files Witchblade- ''Young Americans''