James Whitmore Jr. graduated from the American Academy in 1968 and soon returned to Los Angeles to become a founding member of the L.A. Actors Theatre in 1974. He's also directed over 180 television shows and movies of the week. Recently he produced and played the dual roles of Judge Littlefield and Caiphus the Elder in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center in LA. Mr. Whitmore and his father have worked together on Sleuth in 1981; and at the Peterborough Players in Inherit the Wind in 2005, the 2006 hit, Tuesdays With Morrie, and last season’s The Man Who Came To Dinner. In honor of the Peterborough Players’ 75th Anniversary Season in 2008, acclaimed actor and director James Whitmore, Jr. will discuss the state of television and the role of the director, his work as an actor and director, and the impact that the Players and the Peterborough area has had on his life and career.
