---
name: "James Whitworth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-whitworth"
fi1m_id: "james-whitworth"
imdb_id: "nm0926612"
tmdb_id: 101766
wikidata_id: "Q96973687"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 February 1936"
died: "15 December 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:26:05.452931+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Whitworth

## Identity

James Whitworth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-whitworth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-whitworth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0926612
- **TMDB ID:** 101766
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96973687
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96973687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101766

Actor. Born 19 February 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 15 December 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 February 1936, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 15 December 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96973687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926612/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101766

## Biography

James Whitworth (1936–1991) was an American actor. He was born on 19 February 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, and died on 15 December 1991 in Griswold, Iowa.

Whitworth appeared in several 1970s exploitation films and made guest appearances on television series. He is credited as Jupiter in *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977) and reprised the role via archive footage in *The Hills Have Eyes Part II* (1985). Other film roles include Vander in *Terminal Island* (1973), the Phone Man in *The Candy Snatchers* (1973) and Jim in *Planet of Dinosaurs* (1977). He also appeared as Krauss in an episode of *The Rockford Files* (1977).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977), Fi1m 74, as Jupiter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hills-have-eyes.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hills Have Eyes Part 2* (1985), as Jupiter (archive footage)
- *Planet of Dinosaurs* (1977), as Jim
- *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977), as Jupiter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hills-have-eyes.md)
- *.357 Magnum* (1977), as Agent Steve Barrett
- *Posse from Heaven* (1975), as Pike
- *Virgin Cowboy* (1975), as Duncan
- *Sasqua* (1975), as Big Jim
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Krauss — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Terminal Island* (1973), as Vander
- *The Candy Snatchers* (1973), as Phone Man
- *Sweet Sugar* (1972), as Mario
- *Did Baby Shoot Her Sugardaddy?* (1972), Actor
- *Bury Me an Angel* (1971), as Tattooed Biker (uncredited)
- *The Manson Massacre* (1971), as Jake
- *Black Angels* (1970), as Big Jim
- *Fandango* (1970), as Dan Murphy

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