生于伦敦一个贵族家庭，父亲曾任军官。少年时期就读于桑赫斯特军事学校，毕业后参加苏格兰轻骑兵团，6年后退伍，从事记者等多种职业。后到好莱坞当临时演员，因出众的才华和优雅的风度，逐渐升至一号主角。50年代是他艺术生涯的鼎盛时期，其中以《环球世界八十天》最为出名。1958年以《分离...
惠特摩曾因在二战题材戏剧《Command Decision》中饰演主角而于1948年获得托尼奖，这也是他在百老汇的处女作，但他并没有将自己局限在戏剧界。就在一年后，他出演了自己的第一部电影《The Undercover Man》，并在之后的50年中不断在电影和电视中出演角色，并因1949年的电影《战场》和197...
Flora Robson knew she was no beauty, but her wise and sympathetic face would become a familiar - indeed, shining - ornament of the 1930s and 40s silver screen. Though not sure of acting as a career in her early years, she nevertheless appeared on stage for the first time at 5 years old. She was educated at Palmer's Green High School and went on still in her teens to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, winning a Bronze Medal in 1921.
