<P> Whitmore appeared as General Oliver O. Howard in the 1975 television film I Will Fight No More Forever, based on the 1877 conflict between the United States Army and the Nez Percé tribe, led by Chief Joseph . In 1979, Whitmore hosted a talk show of 22 episodes called simply Comeback . One of those segments focuses on the helicopter inventor Igor Sikorsky . </P> <P> In 1986, Whitmore voiced Mark Twain in the first claymation feature film The Adventures of Mark Twain . </P> <P> In 1994, Whitmore played the role of librarian Brooks Hatlen in the critically acclaimed and Academy Award - nominated 1994 Frank Darabont film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption . Two years later, he co-starred in the 1996 horror / sci - fi film The Relic . In 1999, he played Raymond Oz in two episodes of The Practice, earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series . </P> <P> In 2002, Whitmore played the role of the grandfather in the Disney Channel original film A Ring of Endless Light . Also in 2002, Whitmore played a supporting role in The Majestic, a film that starred Jim Carrey . In 2003, Whitmore appeared as Josh Brolin's father on the short - lived NBC drama series Mister Sterling, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award . </P>

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