James Stewart
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-05-20
Day of Death
1997-07-02 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Acting
(2025)
Manikin
as George Bailey (Archival)
(2024)
The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
(2023)
(2022)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self
(2017)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Warner at War
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
as Narrator (archive footage)
(2002)
(2001)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as George Bailey (archive footage)
(1996)
(1995)
(1993)
La Classe américaine
as Jacques (archive footage)
(1993)
Dark Galaxy
as (archive footage)
(1992)
Fonda on Fonda
as Self
(1991)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Wylie Burp (voice)
(1991)
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
(1989)
Son of Dinosaurs
as Himself
(1988)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
A Beverly Hills Christmas
as Self - Host
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
Right of Way
as Teddy Dwyer
(1983)
(1983)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1981)
(1980)
A Tale of Africa
as Old Man
(1980)
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
as Mr. Krueger
(1979)
(1978)
Mickey's 50
as Self
(1978)
The Big Sleep
as General Sternwood
(1978)
The Magic of Lassie
as Clovis Mitchell
(1977)
Airport '77
as Philip Stevens
(1976)
(1976)
The Shootist
as Dr. Hostetler
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1976)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as Self - Host / Narrator
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1972)
Harvey
as Elwood P. Dowd
(1971)
Fools' Parade
as Mattie Appleyard
(1971)
The American West of John Ford
as Self - Narrator
(1971)
(1970)
The Cheyenne Social Club
as John O'Hanlan
(1968)
(1968)
Bandolero!
as Mace Bishop
(1968)
Firecreek
as Johnny Cobb
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Sam Burnett
(1965)
Dear Brigitte
as Professor Robert Leaf
(1965)
Shenandoah
as Charlie Anderson
(1965)
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Capt. Frank Towns
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
as Narrator
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Wyatt Earp
(1963)
Take Her, She's Mine
as Frank Michaelson
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as Linus Rawlings
(1962)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Roger Hobbs
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Ransom Stoddard
(1962)
Flashing Spikes
as Slim Conway
(1961)
Two Rode Together
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
(1961)
X-15
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
(1960)
The Mountain Road
as Major Baldwin
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1959)
The FBI Story
as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
(1959)
Anatomy of a Murder
as Paul Biegler
(1958)
Vertigo
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
(1958)
Bell, Book and Candle
as Shep Henderson
(1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
(1957)
Night Passage
as Grant McLaine
(1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Dr. Ben McKenna
(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 Glenn Miller Story
as Glenn Miller
(1954)
The Far Country
as Jeff Webster
(1954)
Tomorrow's Drivers
as the story teller
(1953)
Thunder Bay
as Steve Martin
(1953)
The Naked Spur
as Howard Kemp
(1952)
Bend of the River
as Glyn McLyntock
(1952)
Carbine Williams
as Marsh Williams
(1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Buttons
(1951)
No Highway in the Sky
as Theodore Honey
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Bill Lawrence
(1950)
Harvey
as Elwood P. Dowd
(1950)
Broken Arrow
as Tom Jeffords
(1950)
Winchester '73
as Lin McAdam
(1950)
And Then There Were Four
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1949)
The Stratton Story
as Monty Stratton
(1949)
Malaya
as John Royer
(1948)
Rope
as Rupert Cadell
(1948)
On Our Merry Way
as Slim
(1948)
Call Northside 777
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
(1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Marvin Payne
(1948)
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Narrator
(1947)
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
(1947)
Magic Town
as Rip Smith
(1947)
Thunderbolt
as Himself, Introduction
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as George Bailey
(1942)
Winning Your Wings
as Self
(1942)
Fellow Americans
as Narrator (voice)
(1941)
Come Live with Me
as Bill Smith
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Gilbert Young
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940)
The Mortal Storm
as Martin Breitner
(1940)
The Philadelphia Story
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
(1940)
The Shop Around the Corner
as Alfred Kralik
(1940)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
(1940)
(1940)
(1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Larry Hall
(1939)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as James Stewart (archive footage)
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jefferson Smith
(1939)
Destry Rides Again
as Tom Destry Jr.
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Guy Johnson
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as John Horace Mason
(1939)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
(1938)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as James Stewart
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Jason Wilkins
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Tony Kirby
(1938)
Vivacious Lady
as Peter
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1938)
The Shopworn Angel
as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1937)
Seventh Heaven
as Chico
(1937)
Navy Blue and Gold
as John 'Truck' Cross
(1937)
The Last Gangster
as Paul North Sr.
(1936)
(1936)
Rose Marie
as John Flower
(1936)
Next Time We Love
as Christopher Tyler
(1936)
Speed
as Terry Martin
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Elmer Clampett
(1936)
Important News
as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as David Graham
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Dave
(1936)
Born to Dance
as Ted Barker
(1935)
The Murder Man
as Shorty
(1934)
Art Trouble
as Jack Burton