Lt. Jim Whitaker — Captain Eddie Character Profile

About Lt. Jim Whitaker

The pilot of the B-17 Flying Fortress that Eddie rides. He is forced to ditch the aircraft at sea alongside Eddie and the crew, initiating the 19-day raft survival ordeal.

Character Facts

Played by

Lloyd Nolan

Appears in

Captain Eddie (1945)

Role

Supporting

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• Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker (Lynn Bari)
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• Tom Clark (James Gleason)
• Ike Howard (Thomas Mitchell)
• Elsie Rickenbacker (Mary Philips)
• Louis Rickenbacker (Dwayne Hickman)
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• Mrs. Frost (Spring Byington)
• Pvt. John Bartek (Richard Conte)
• Emma Rickenbacker (Winifred Glyn)
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