Born in 1921, James Whitmore had acting credits dating from the 1940s to the late 2000s. Among the most memorable was that of institutionalized inmate Brooks Hatlen in "The Shawshank Redemption." Whitmoreserved in the Marinesin World War II and used the G.I. Bill to attend the American Th...
The lateJack Palancefrequently played tough guys on the big screen in movies like "City Slickers," and he lived up to the Hollywood image in real life. A Palance was a boxer wholater served in the Air Forceas a bomber pilot and went on to Stanford on the G.I. Bill. Charles Bronson ...