James Stewart

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1908-05-20

Deathday 1997-07-02 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart, 제임스 스튜어트, James Maitland Stewart, James 'Jimmy' Stewart

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
The Bloody Hundredth

as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)

2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2017
This Is Bob Hope...

as Self (archive footage)

2017
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2013
John Ford & Monument Valley

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Casino Jack and the United States of Money

as Jefferson Smith (archive footage)

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Warner at War

as Self (archive footage)

2001
Rope Unleashed

as Self (archive footage)

2000
2000
John Wayne-A Life on Film

as Self (archive footage)

1999
1998
Parkinson

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as George Bailey (archive footage)

1997
Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

1993
La Classe américaine

as Jacques (archive footage)

1992
1991
1990
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

as Self (archival footage)

1990
Star Life

as Self (archive footage)

1989
Son of Dinosaurs

as Himself

1987
1985
North and South

as Miles Colbert

1983
Right of Way

as Teddy Dwyer

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982
Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1982
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1980
1980
A Tale of Africa

as Old Man

1978
The Magic of Lassie

as Clovis Mitchell

1978
The Big Sleep

as General Sternwood

1977
Airport '77

as Philip Stevens

1977
Laugh-In

as Guest Performer

1977
1976
The Shootist

as Dr. Hostetler

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment!

as Self - Host / Narrator

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1973
Hawkins

as Billy Jim Hawkins

1972
Harvey

as Elwood P. Dowd

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971
1971
Fools' Parade

as Mattie Appleyard

1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show

as Prof. James K. Howard

1971
1971
1971
The Pet Set

as Self

1970
The Cheyenne Social Club

as John O'Hanlan

1968
Bandolero!

as Mace Bishop

1968
Firecreek

as Johnny Cobb

1966
The Rare Breed

as Sam Burnett

1965
The Flight of the Phoenix

as Capt. Frank Towns

1965
Shenandoah

as Charlie Anderson

1965
Dear Brigitte

as Professor Robert Leaf

1964
Cheyenne Autumn

as Wyatt Earp

1964
1963
Take Her, She's Mine

as Frank Michaelson

1962
How the West Was Won

as Linus Rawlings

1962
Flashing Spikes

as Slim Conway

1962
1962
1961
X-15

as Himself / Narrator (voice)

1961
Two Rode Together

as Marshal Guthrie McCabe

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1960
The Mountain Road

as Major Baldwin

1960
My Three Sons

as James Stewart

1959
The FBI Story

as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty

1959
Anatomy of a Murder

as Paul Biegler

1958
Bell, Book and Candle

as Shep Henderson

1958
Vertigo

as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson

1957
Night Passage

as Grant McLaine

1957
The Spirit of St. Louis

as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh

1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Dr. Ben McKenna

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
The Man from Laramie

as Will Lockhart

1955
Strategic Air Command

as Robert "Dutch" Holland

1954
Rear Window

as L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies

1954
The Far Country

as Jeff Webster

1954
The Glenn Miller Story

as Glenn Miller

1954
Tomorrow's Drivers

as the story teller

1953
Thunder Bay

as Steve Martin

1953
The Naked Spur

as Howard Kemp

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Britt Ponset

1952
Carbine Williams

as Marsh Williams

1952
Bend of the River

as Glyn McLyntock

1951
No Highway in the Sky

as Theodore Honey

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Elwood P. Dowd

1950
Harvey

as Elwood P. Dowd

1950
The Jackpot

as Bill Lawrence

1950
Broken Arrow

as Tom Jeffords

1950
Winchester '73

as Lin McAdam

1950
And Then There Were Four

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)

1950
The Jack Benny Program

as Jimmy Stewart

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Malaya

as John Royer

1949
The Stratton Story

as Monty Stratton

1948
You Gotta Stay Happy

as Marvin Payne

1948
1948
Rope

as Rupert Cadell

1948
Call Northside 777

as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal

1948
1947
1947
Magic Town

as Rip Smith

1947
Thunderbolt

as Himself, Introduction

1946
It's a Wonderful Life

as George Bailey

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter/Winner

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1942
1942
Fellow Americans

as Narrator (voice)

1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Ziegfeld Girl

as Gilbert Young

1941
Pot o' Gold

as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell

1941
Come Live with Me

as Bill Smith

1940
The Philadelphia Story

as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor

1940
No Time for Comedy

as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook

1940
The Mortal Storm

as Martin Breitner

1940
1939
Destry Rides Again

as Tom Destry Jr.

1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Jefferson Smith

1939
It's a Wonderful World

as Guy Johnson

1939
Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

as James Stewart (archive footage)

1939
1939
Made for Each Other

as John Horace Mason

1938
1938
The Shopworn Angel

as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew

1938
1938
Of Human Hearts

as Jason Wilkins

1937
Navy Blue and Gold

as John 'Truck' Cross

1937
The Last Gangster

as Paul North Sr.

1937
The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)

1937
1936
After the Thin Man

as David Graham

1936
Born to Dance

as Ted Barker

1936
The Gorgeous Hussy

as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow

1936
Speed

as Terry Martin

1936
Small Town Girl

as Elmer Clampett

1936
Important News

as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens

1936
1936
Rose Marie

as John Flower

1936
Next Time We Love

as Christopher Tyler

1935
The Murder Man

as Shorty

1934
Art Trouble

as Jack Burton

Director