Actor
James Cagney
Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. In his first performing role, Cagney danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 -- Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive)
2008 -- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage)
2008 -- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self (archive footage)
2005 -- Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? | Self (archive footage)
2005 -- White Heat: Top of the World | Self (archive footage)
2005 -- Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- Remembering Ragtime | NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)
2004 -- Los Angeles Plays Itself | Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
2003 -- Complicated Women | Self (archive footage)
2002 -- The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage)
1998 -- Doris Day: It's Magic | Self
1997 -- Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage)
1993 -- Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell | Self (archive footage)
1992 -- James Cagney: Top of the World | Self (Archive footage)
1991 -- Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage)
1988 -- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage)
1985 -- That's Dancing! | From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
1985 -- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage)
1984 -- Terrible Joe Moran | Joe Moran
1984 -- Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage)
1983 -- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 -- Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage)
1982 -- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1981 -- James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy |
1981 -- Ragtime | New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
1979 -- Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self
1976 -- That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage)
1976 -- It's Showtime | Self (archive footage)
1975 -- Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | (archive footage)
1975 -- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage)
1968 -- Arizona Bushwhackers | Narrator
1966 -- Ballad of Smokey the Bear | Narrator (voice)
1964 -- Hollywood and the Stars | (archive footage)
1962 -- The Road to the Wall | Narrator
1961 -- One, Two, Three | C.R. MacNamara
1960 -- The Gallant Hours | Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
1959 -- Shake Hands with the Devil | Sean Lenihan
1959 -- Never Steal Anything Small | Jake MacIllaney
1957 -- Short Cut to Hell | Himself (prologue)
1957 -- Man of a Thousand Faces | Lon Chaney
1956 -- The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Himself
1956 -- These Wilder Years | Steve Bradford
1956 -- Tribute to a Bad Man | Jeremy Rodack
1955 -- The Seven Little Foys | George M. Cohan
1955 -- Mister Roberts | Captain Morton
1955 -- Love Me or Leave Me | Martin Snyder
1955 -- Run for Cover | Matt Dow
1953 -- A Lion Is in the Streets | Hank Martin
1952 -- What Price Glory | Captain Flagg
1951 -- Starlift | James Cagney
1951 -- Come Fill the Cup | Lew Marsh
1950 -- The West Point Story | Elwin Bixby
1950 -- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Ralph Cotter
1949 -- White Heat | Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
1948 -- The Time of Your Life | Joseph
1947 -- Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self
1947 -- 13 Rue Madeleine | Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey
1946 -- Okay for Sound | Tommy Powers (archive footage)
1945 -- Blood on the Sun | Nick Condon
1943 -- The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
1943 -- Johnny Come Lately | Tom Richards
1943 -- Show-Business at War | Self
1943 -- You, John Jones! | John Jones
1942 -- Yankee Doodle Dandy | George M. Cohan
1942 -- Captains of the Clouds | Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
1942 -- Calling All Girls | Himself (archive footage)
1941 -- Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941 -- The Bride Came C.O.D. | Steve Collins
1941 -- The Strawberry Blonde | Biff Grimes
1940 -- Breakdowns of 1940 | Self
1940 -- City for Conquest | Danny Kenny
1940 -- Torrid Zone | Nick Butler
1940 -- The Fighting 69th | Jerry Plunkett
1939 -- Breakdowns of 1939 | Self
1939 -- The Roaring Twenties | Eddie Bartlett
1939 -- Each Dawn I Die | Frank Ross
1939 -- Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited)
1939 -- The Oklahoma Kid | Jim Kincaid
1938 -- Angels with Dirty Faces | Rocky Sullivan
1938 -- Boy Meets Girl | Robert Law
1937 -- Something to Sing About | Terrence 'Terry' Rooney
1936 -- Breakdowns of 1936 | Self
1936 -- Great Guy | Johnny 'Red' Cave
1936 -- Ceiling Zero | Dizzy Davies
1935 -- A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited)
1935 -- Things You Never See on the Screen | Self
1935 -- Frisco Kid | Bat Morgan
1935 -- Mutiny on the Bounty | (uncredited)
1935 -- A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom
1935 -- The Irish in Us | Danny O'Hara
1935 -- 'G' Men | ‘Brick' Davis
1935 -- Devil Dogs of the Air | Tommy O'Toole
1935 -- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | Himself (uncredited)
1934 -- The St. Louis Kid | Eddie Kennedy
1934 -- The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited)
1934 -- Here Comes the Navy | Chesty O'Conner
1934 -- He Was Her Man | Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen
1934 -- Jimmy the Gent | Jimmy Corrigan
1934 -- Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself
1933 -- Lady Killer | Dan Quigley
1933 -- Footlight Parade | Chester Kent
1933 -- The Mayor of Hell | Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
1933 -- Picture Snatcher | Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean
1933 -- Hard to Handle | Lefty Merrill
1932 -- Winner Take All | Jim 'Jimmy' Kane
1932 -- The Crowd Roars | Joe Greer
1931 -- Taxi! | Matt Nolan
1931 -- Intimate Interviews: James Cagney | Himself
1931 -- Blonde Crazy | Albert 'Bert' Harris
1931 -- Smart Money | Jack
1931 -- The Millionaire | Schofield
1931 -- The Public Enemy | Tom Powers
1931 -- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' | Himself
1931 -- Other Men's Women | Ed 'Eddie' Bailey
1930 -- The Doorway to Hell | Steve Mileaway
1930 -- Sinners' Holiday | Harry Delano
1928 -- The Singing Fool | Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
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