Stuart Whitman Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1962, he won a Bronze Wrangler at the Western Heritage Awards for his role in "The Comancheros․"
• Won a Golden Boot at the 2002 Golden Boot Award ceremony
• Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998 for his contributions to motion pictures
• Enrolled in Los Angeles City College and the Los Angeles Academy of Dramatic Art
• Spent three years in the Army Corps of Engineers after graduating from high school
• Best known for starring in Westerns, especially the television series "Cimarron Strip․"
• Signed with 20th Century Fox as a contract star after his first leading role in Murder, Inc
• Alfred Hitchcock considered him for the role of Sam Loomis in "Psycho․"
• When he kissed Dorothy Dandridge in "The Decks Ran Red," it was Hollywood's first interracial kiss
• While serving in the Army, he was a light-heavyweight boxer