Acting
James Stewart
EN, PT, FR, DE cinema · 181 credits
Born
20 May 1908
Died
2 July 1997 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Jimmy Stewart · James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart · James Maitland Stewart · James 'Jimmy' Stewart
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Known for
Filmography
Yukon Passage
as Narrator
The Fall: Part I
The Fall: Part I
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall: Part II
The Fall: Part II
as Self (archive footage)
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
as George Bailey
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self (archive footage)
My Scientology Movie
as Self (archive photo)
Discovering Jean Harlow
as archive footage
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
as Self (archive footage)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
as Narrator (archive footage)
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
as Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as George Bailey (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine
as Jacques (archive footage)
Dark Galaxy
as (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
as Self
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Wylie Burp (voice)
Son of Dinosaurs
as Self
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
as Self (archive footage)
A Beverly Hills Christmas
as Self - Host
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Right of Way
as Teddy Dwyer
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
as Mr. Krueger
A Tale of Africa
as Old Man
The Big Sleep
as General Sternwood
The Magic of Lassie
as Clovis Mitchell
Mickey's 50
as Self
Airport '77
as Philip Stevens
The Shootist
as Dr. Hostetler
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Harvey
as Elwood P. Dowd
Fools' Parade
as Mattie Appleyard
The American West of John Ford
as Self - Narrator
The Cheyenne Social Club
as John O'Hanlan
Firecreek
as Johnny Cobb
Bandolero!
as Mace Bishop
The Rare Breed
as Sam Burnett
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Frank Towns
Shenandoah
as Charlie Anderson
Dear Brigitte
as Professor Robert Leaf
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
as Narrator
Cheyenne Autumn
as Wyatt Earp
Take Her, She's Mine
as Frank Michaelson
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Ransom Stoddard
How the West Was Won
as Linus Rawlings
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Roger Hobbs
Flashing Spikes
as Slim Conway
Two Rode Together
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
X-15
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
The Mountain Road
as Major Baldwin
Anatomy of a Murder
as Paul Biegler
The FBI Story
as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Vertigo
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Bell, Book and Candle
as Shep Henderson
Night Passage
as Grant McLaine
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Ben McKenna
Strategic Air Command
as Robert "Dutch" Holland
The Man from Laramie
as Will Lockhart
Rear Window
as L.B. Jefferies
The Glenn Miller Story
as Glenn Miller
The Far Country
as Jeff Webster
Tomorrow's Drivers
as the story teller
Jamboree
as Self
The Naked Spur
as Howard Kemp
Thunder Bay
as Steve Martin
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Buttons
Carbine Williams
as Marsh Williams
Bend of the River
as Glyn McLyntock
No Highway in the Sky
as Theodore Honey
Harvey
as Elwood P. Dowd
Winchester '73
as Lin McAdam
Broken Arrow
as Tom Jeffords
The Jackpot
as Bill Lawrence
And Then There Were Four
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Stratton Story
as Monty Stratton
Malaya
as John Royer
Rope
as Rupert Cadell
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Marvin Payne
Call Northside 777
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
On Our Merry Way
as Slim
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Narrator
Magic Town
as Rip Smith
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
Thunderbolt
as Himself, Introduction
It's a Wonderful Life
as George Bailey
Fellow Americans
1942
Fellow Americans
as Narrator (voice)
Come Live with Me
as Bill Smith
Ziegfeld Girl
as Gilbert Young
Pot o' Gold
as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Philadelphia Story
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
The Mortal Storm
as Martin Breitner
The Shop Around the Corner
as Alfred Kralik
No Time for Comedy
as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jefferson Smith
Destry Rides Again
as Tom Destry Jr.
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
as Guy Johnson
Made for Each Other
as John Horace Mason
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Larry Hall
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as James Stewart (archive footage)
Vivacious Lady
as Peter
You Can't Take It with You
as Tony Kirby
The Shopworn Angel
as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Of Human Hearts
as Jason Wilkins
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as James Stewart
The Last Gangster
as Paul North Sr.
Navy Blue and Gold
as John 'Truck' Cross
Seventh Heaven
as Chico
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
After the Thin Man
as David Graham
Born to Dance
as Ted Barker
Rose Marie
as John Flower
Next Time We Love
as Christopher Tyler
Small Town Girl
as Elmer Clampett
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Speed
as Terry Martin
Important News
as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
The Murder Man
as Shorty
Art Trouble
as Jack Burton