Actor
James Dean
Biography

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956). After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dea ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage)
2023 -- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Self (archive footage)
2015 -- Children of 'Giant' | Self (archive footage)
2015 -- Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- The Real James Dean | Archival Footage
2005 -- James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard |
2005 -- East of Eden: Art in Search of Life | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005 -- James Dean: Forever Young |
2005 -- James Dean: Sense Memories | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005 -- Året var 1955 | Self (archive footage)
2005 -- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents | Himself (uncredited)
2001 -- James Dean: Born Cool |
1996 -- Return to 'Giant' | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- The Celluloid Closet | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- Rediscovering a Rebel | Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
1995 -- James Dean and Me | Self (archive footage)
1992 -- Death Scenes 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990 -- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage)
1988 -- Hello Actors Studio | Self (archive footage)
1988 -- Forever James Dean | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987 -- Hollywood's Hidden Secrets | (archive footage)
1985 -- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage)
1983 -- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975 -- James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self (archive footage)
1974 -- Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974 -- James Dean Remembered | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957 -- The James Dean Story | Self (archive footage)
1956 -- Giant | Jett Rink
1955 -- Rebel Without a Cause | Jim Stark
1955 -- The Unlighted Road | Jeffrey Latham
1955 -- East of Eden | Cal Trask
1955 -- The Thief | Fernand Lagarde
1954 -- The Dark, Dark Hours | Bud
1954 -- Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool | The Boy
1954 -- Padlocks | The Man (Jack)
1954 -- A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self
1954 -- Run Like a Thief | Robbie
1953 -- Harvest | Paul Zalinka
1953 -- The Bells of Cockaigne | Joey
1953 -- A Long Time Till Dawn | Joe Harris
1953 -- Life Sentence | Hank Bradon
1953 -- Keep Our Honor Bright | Jim Cooper
1953 -- Rex Newman | Todd Ingalls
1953 -- Death Is My Neighbor | J.B.
1953 -- Sentence of Death | Joe Palica
1953 -- Something For An Empty Briefcase | Joe Adams
1953 -- The Evil Within | Ralph
1953 -- Trouble Along the Way | Football Spectator (uncredited)
1953 -- The Hound Of Heaven | The Messenger
1952 -- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
1952 -- Forgotten Children | Bradford
1952 -- Abraham Lincoln | William Scott
1952 -- The Foggy, Foggy Dew | Kyle McCallum
1952 -- Deadline - U.S.A. | Press Boy (uncredited)
1952 -- 10,000 Horses Singing | Hotel Bellboy
1952 -- Sailor Beware | Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
1951 -- Jackie Knows All | Randy
1951 -- Fixed Bayonets! | Doggie (uncredited)
1951 -- Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration | John
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