James Stewart
Biography
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.
Acting (160 movies)
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Vertigo
1958
The Philadelphia Story
1940
The Mortal Storm
1940
Rear Window
1954
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Rope
1948
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
The Big Sleep
1978
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
Firecreek
1968
The Naked Spur
1953
Shenandoah
1965
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Harvey
1950
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
Airport '77
1977
How the West Was Won
1962
Night Passage
1957
Come Live with Me
1941
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
The Shootist
1976
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Two Rode Together
1961
Vivacious Lady
1938
Call Northside 777
1948
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
1964
The Murder Man
1935
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
The Last Gangster
1937
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
Bandolero!
1968
Winchester '73
1950
After the Thin Man
1936
Dear Brigitte
1965
Broken Arrow
1950
Thunder Bay
1953
The Stratton Story
1949
Destry Rides Again
1939
Born to Dance
1936
Strategic Air Command
1955
No Highway in the Sky
1951
Rose Marie
1936
Carbine Williams
1952
Malaya
1949
La Classe américaine
1993
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
Bend of the River
1952
The Rare Breed
1966
Directed by John Ford
1971
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Fools' Parade
1971
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Made for Each Other
1939
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
Pot o' Gold
1941
The Far Country
1954
The Man from Laramie
1955
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
1980
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
The FBI Story
1959
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Magic Town
1947
On Our Merry Way
1948
The Magic of Lassie
1978
The Mountain Road
1960
The Shopworn Angel
1938
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Next Time We Love
1936
Small Town Girl
1936
Of Human Hearts
1938
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Winning Your Wings
1942
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
The Jackpot
1950
Tomorrow's Drivers
1954
No Time for Comedy
1940
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Right of Way
1983
Seventh Heaven
1937
Speed
1936
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
2001
Rope Unleashed
2001
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