Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- The Bloody Hundredth | Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
2023 -- James Stewart, l'ami américain |
2022 -- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
2022 -- Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin | Self (archive footage)
2022 -- Rat Pack | Self (archive footage)
2021 -- I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self
2020 -- Rifftrax: It's a Wonderful Life | George Bailey
2017 -- This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America | Self (archive footage)
2014 -- And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage)
2013 -- John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage)
2010 -- Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
2009 -- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth | Self (Archive)
2008 -- Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You | Self (archive footage)
2008 -- Warner at War | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films | Narrator (archive footage)
2002 -- The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s |
2001 -- Rope Unleashed | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic | Self (archive footage)
2000 -- The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' | Self (archive footage)
2000 -- John Wayne-A Life on Film | Self (archive footage)
1999 -- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage)
1997 -- Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | George Bailey (archive footage)
1997 -- Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece | Self (archive footage)
1997 -- Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage)
1996 -- No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich |
1995 -- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self
1993 -- La Classe américaine | Jacques (archive footage)
1992 -- Fonda on Fonda | Self
1991 -- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Wylie Burp (voice)
1991 -- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self
1991 -- Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance | Self
1990 -- The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' | Self
1990 -- Night of 100 Stars III | Self
1989 -- Son of Dinosaurs | Himself
1988 -- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self
1988 -- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self
1987 -- A Beverly Hills Christmas | Self - Host
1987 -- Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self
1987 -- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self
1986 -- Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self
1985 -- Night of 100 Stars II | Self
1984 -- All Star Party for Lucille Ball | Self
1983 -- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self
1983 -- Right of Way | Teddy Dwyer
1983 -- George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business | Self
1983 -- James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self
1983 -- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 -- Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage)
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1982 -- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage)
1981 -- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | Self
1980 -- Mr. Krueger's Christmas | Mr. Krueger
1980 -- A Tale of Africa | Old Man
1978 -- The Magic of Lassie | Clovis Mitchell
1978 -- The Big Sleep | General Sternwood
1977 -- Airport '77 | Philip Stevens
1976 -- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self
1976 -- The Shootist | Dr. Hostetler
1976 -- That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage)
1976 -- Sentimental Journey |
1975 -- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage)
1974 -- That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator
1972 -- Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd
1972 -- Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage)
1971 -- The American West of John Ford | Self - Narrator
1971 -- Directed by John Ford |
1971 -- Fools' Parade | Mattie Appleyard
1970 -- The Cheyenne Social Club | John O'Hanlan
1968 -- The Dean Martin Christmas Show |
1968 -- Bandolero! | Mace Bishop
1968 -- Firecreek | Johnny Cobb
1966 -- The Rare Breed | Sam Burnett
1965 -- The Flight of the Phoenix | Capt. Frank Towns
1965 -- Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson
1965 -- Dear Brigitte | Professor Robert Leaf
1964 -- Cheyenne Autumn | Wyatt Earp
1964 -- Cheyenne Autumn Trail | Narrator
1963 -- Take Her, She's Mine | Frank Michaelson
1962 -- How the West Was Won | Linus Rawlings
1962 -- Flashing Spikes | Slim Conway
1962 -- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Roger Hobbs
1962 -- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Ransom Stoddard
1961 -- X-15 | Himself / Narrator (voice)
1961 -- Two Rode Together | Marshal Guthrie McCabe
1960 -- The Mountain Road | Major Baldwin
1960 -- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self
1959 -- The FBI Story | John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
1959 -- Anatomy of a Murder | Paul Biegler
1958 -- Bell, Book and Candle | Shep Henderson
1958 -- Vertigo | Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
1957 -- Night Passage | Grant McLaine
1957 -- The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
1956 -- The Man Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Ben McKenna
1955 -- The Man from Laramie | Will Lockhart
1955 -- Strategic Air Command | Robert "Dutch" Holland
1954 -- Rear Window | L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
1954 -- The Far Country | Jeff Webster
1954 -- The Glenn Miller Story | Glenn Miller
1954 -- Tomorrow's Drivers | the story teller
1953 -- Thunder Bay | Steve Martin
1953 -- The Naked Spur | Howard Kemp
1952 -- Carbine Williams | Marsh Williams
1952 -- The Greatest Show on Earth | Buttons
1952 -- Bend of the River | Glyn McLyntock
1951 -- No Highway in the Sky | Theodore Honey
1950 -- Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd
1950 -- The Jackpot | Bill Lawrence
1950 -- Broken Arrow | Tom Jeffords
1950 -- Winchester '73 | Lin McAdam
1950 -- And Then There Were Four | Self - Narrator (voice)
1949 -- Malaya | John Royer
1949 -- The Stratton Story | Monty Stratton
1948 -- You Gotta Stay Happy | Marvin Payne
1948 -- 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Narrator
1948 -- Rope | Rupert Cadell
1948 -- Call Northside 777 | P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
1948 -- On Our Merry Way | Slim
1947 -- Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self
1947 -- Magic Town | Rip Smith
1947 -- Thunderbolt | Himself, Introduction
1946 -- It's a Wonderful Life | George Bailey
1942 -- Winning Your Wings | Self
1942 -- Fellow Americans | Narrator (voice)
1941 -- Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941 -- Ziegfeld Girl | Gilbert Young
1941 -- Pot o' Gold | James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
1941 -- Come Live with Me | Bill Smith
1940 -- The Philadelphia Story | Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
1940 -- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self
1940 -- No Time for Comedy | Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
1940 -- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self
1940 -- The Mortal Storm | Martin Breitner
1940 -- Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self
1940 -- The Shop Around the Corner | Alfred Kralik
1939 -- Destry Rides Again | Tom Destry Jr.
1939 -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jefferson Smith
1939 -- It's a Wonderful World | Guy Johnson
1939 -- Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited)
1939 -- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | James Stewart (archive footage)
1939 -- The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mort Hodges
1939 -- Made for Each Other | John Horace Mason
1938 -- You Can't Take It with You | Tony Kirby
1938 -- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 | James Stewart
1938 -- The Shopworn Angel | Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
1938 -- Hollywood Goes to Town | Self
1938 -- Vivacious Lady | Peter
1938 -- Of Human Hearts | Jason Wilkins
1937 -- Navy Blue and Gold | John 'Truck' Cross
1937 -- The Last Gangster | Paul North Sr.
1937 -- The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage)
1937 -- Seventh Heaven | Chico
1936 -- After the Thin Man | David Graham
1936 -- Born to Dance | Ted Barker
1936 -- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self
1936 -- The Gorgeous Hussy | Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
1936 -- Speed | Terry Martin
1936 -- Small Town Girl | Elmer Clampett
1936 -- Important News | Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
1936 -- Wife vs. Secretary | Dave
1936 -- Rose Marie | John Flower
1936 -- Next Time We Love | Christopher Tyler
1935 -- The Murder Man | Shorty
1934 -- Art Trouble | Jack Burton
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