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My Take
Whitman is the kind of actor I admire precisely because he never demanded the spotlight. A San Francisco kid raised in New York, an Army Corps of Engineers veteran, he built a career the slow way, grinding through decades of film and television rather than chasing a single breakout. That Walk of Fame star reads to me less like glamour and more like a city quietly thanking a working man for showing up, again and again. There is a dignity in that sort of longevity that flashier careers rarely earn. When he passed in 2020, I felt we lost a genuine craftsman, the kind whose steadiness you only fully appreciate in hindsight.
Overview
Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to Los Angeles. In 1948, Whitman was discharged from the Corps of Engineers in the U.S. Army and started to study acting and appear in plays.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stuart Whitman
- Name (Japanese)
- スチュアート・ホイットマン
- Reading
- すちゅあーと・ほいっとまん
- Born
- February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Los Angeles City College
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.