RIP James Whitmore - The Character Actor Appreciation Society - tribe.net Tribe.net. Local Connections RIP James Whitmore Babesodelicious http://characteractors.tribe.net/thread/df66f588-ed78-4f93-b05a-d8677a192b8f#aa6e13f5-0092-4638-9669-e807d8cf133f 2009-02-10T20:06:00Z 2009-02-10T20:06:00Z Fine character actor: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-james-whitmore7-2009feb07,0,1015401.story Will never forget that performance of his in the "The Twilight Zone," where he was the leader of a space mission that was stranded on a planet. When help came, he told the others to stay. They left him there on the planet all by himself. Babesodelicious 2009-02-10T20:06:00Z