James Stewart
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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
Credits
Rear Window (1954)
as L.B. Jefferies
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as George Bailey
Vertigo (1958)
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
Rope (1948)
as Rupert Cadell
The Shootist (1976)
as Dr. Hostetler
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
as Paul Biegler
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Ransom Stoddard
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
as Ben McKenna
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Linus Rawlings
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
as Wylie Burp (voice)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
as Frank Towns
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Jefferson Smith
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Broken Arrow (1950)
as Tom Jeffords
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
as Alfred Kralik
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Tony Kirby
Harvey (1950)
as Elwood P. Dowd
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Buttons
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
The Man from Laramie (1955)
as Will Lockhart
Bandolero! (1968)
as Mace Bishop
Olympic Gala (1984)
Actor
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
as Shep Henderson
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
as John O'Hanlan
Bend of the River (1952)
as Glyn McLyntock
Vivacious Lady (1938)
as Peter
The Naked Spur (1953)
as Howard Kemp
Airport '77 (1977)
as Philip Stevens
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
as Wyatt Earp
Winchester '73 (1950)
as Lin McAdam
The Far Country (1954)
as Jeff Webster
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Gilbert Young
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Glenn Miller
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
as Theodore Honey
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
as Roger Hobbs
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Guy Johnson
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as Self - Host / Narrator
Fools' Parade (1971)
as Mattie Appleyard
The Rare Breed (1966)
as Sam Burnett
After the Thin Man (1936)
as David Graham
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by John Ford (1971)
Actor
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Tom Destry Jr.
Night Passage (1957)
as Grant McLaine
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Made for Each Other (1939)
as John Horace Mason
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Two Rode Together (1961)
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
On Our Merry Way (1948)
as Slim
Magic Town (1947)
as Rip Smith
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
as Frank Michaelson
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Self
The Big Sleep (1978)
as General Sternwood
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
Actor
Shenandoah (1965)
as Charlie Anderson
Call Northside 777 (1948)
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026)
as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
And Then There Were Four (1950)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Jacques (archive footage)
Jamboree (1954)
as Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Fellow Americans (1942)
as Narrator (voice)
Malaya (1949)
as John Royer
Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980)
as Mr. Krueger
10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
as Narrator
The FBI Story (1959)
as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as John 'Truck' Cross
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Dave
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Yukon Passage (—)
as Narrator
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self
Firecreek (1968)
as Johnny Cobb
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
as Self
Thunderbolt (1947)
as Himself, Introduction
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
as Martin Breitner
Dear Brigitte (1965)
as Professor Robert Leaf
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The American West of John Ford (1971)
as Self - Narrator
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)
as Self
Speed (1936)
as Terry Martin
Come Live with Me (1941)
as Bill Smith
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
as Self
Of Human Hearts (1938)
as Jason Wilkins
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' (1990)
as Self
The Magic of Lassie (1978)
as Clovis Mitchell
Strategic Air Command (1955)
as Robert "Dutch" Holland
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self
Rose Marie (1936)
as John Flower
Carbine Williams (1952)
as Marsh Williams
Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
as Self
All Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984)
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
as Self
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Seventh Heaven (1937)
as Chico
Son of Dinosaurs (1989)
as Self
The Last Gangster (1937)
as Paul North Sr.
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979)
as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
as Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983)
as Self
The Fall: Part II (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies (—)
as Himself
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
as Larry Hall
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
as George Bailey (archive footage)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Next Time We Love (1936)
as Christopher Tyler
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
Harvey (1972)
as Elwood P. Dowd
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981)
as Self
Right of Way (1983)
as Teddy Dwyer
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Marvin Payne
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
as Self (archive footage)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983)
as Self
Thunder Bay (1953)
as Steve Martin
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)
as Narrator (archive footage)
Dark Galaxy (1993)
as (archive footage)
Born to Dance (1936)
as Ted Barker
My Scientology Movie (2016)
as Self (archive photo)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Murder Man (1935)
as Shorty
Warner at War (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977)
as Self
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Winning Your Wings (1942)
as Self
Obsessed with Vertigo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
X-15 (1961)
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart, l'ami américain (2023)
Actor
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939)
as James Stewart (archive footage)
Sentimental Journey (1976)
Actor
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Elmer Clampett
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Self (uncredited)
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead (2026)
as George Bailey
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich (1996)
Actor
The Mountain Road (1960)
as Major Baldwin
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Beverly Hills Christmas (1987)
as Self - Host
Flashing Spikes (1962)
as Slim Conway
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (1938)
as James Stewart
Important News (1936)
as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
The Jackpot (1950)
as Bill Lawrence
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
Fonda on Fonda (1992)
as Self
The Stratton Story (1949)
as Monty Stratton
The Fall: Part I (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn Trail (1964)
as Narrator
Art Trouble (1934)
as Jack Burton
Discovering Jean Harlow (2015)
as archive footage
Tomorrow's Drivers (1954)
as the story teller
A Tale of Africa (1980)
as Old Man