James Stewart
Born: 1908-05-20 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1997-07-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead as George Bailey
2024
- The Bloody Hundredth as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
2022
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin as Self (archive footage)
2021
- I Am Alfred Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
2017
- This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
- Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self (archive footage)
2016
- My Scientology Movie as Self (archive photo)
2015
- Discovering Jean Harlow as archive footage
2013
- Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- John Ford & Monument Valley as Self (archive footage)
2009
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You as Self (archive footage)
- Warner at War as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Parkinson as Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)
2003
- Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films as Narrator (archive footage)
2002
- The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s as Self (archive footage)
2001
- 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic as Self (archive footage)
- Rope Unleashed as Self (archive footage)
2000
- The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as George Bailey (archive footage)
- Obsessed with Vertigo as Self (archive footage)
1994
- A Century of Cinema as Self
1993
- La Classe américaine as Jacques (archive footage)
- Dark Galaxy as (archive footage)
1992
- Fonda on Fonda as Self
1991
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as Wylie Burp (voice)
- Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... as Self
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
1990
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' as Self
1989
- Son of Dinosaurs as Self
- I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self
- A Beverly Hills Christmas as Self - Host
1986
1985
- North and South as Miles Colbert
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- That's Dancing! as Self (archive footage)
1984
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business as Self
- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
- Right of Way as Teddy Dwyer
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1981
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
1980
- Mr. Krueger's Christmas as Mr. Krueger
- A Tale of Africa as Old Man
1979
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- The Big Sleep as General Sternwood
- The Magic of Lassie as Clovis Mitchell
- Mickey's 50 as Self
1977
- Please Turn the Page as Self
- Airport '77 as Philip Stevens
- Laugh-In as Guest Performer
- The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? as Self
1976
- The Shootist as Dr. Hostetler
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
- Sentimental Journey
1975
- People's Choice Awards as Self
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- That's Entertainment! as Self - Host / Narrator
1973
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Hawkins as Billy Jim Hawkins
1972
- The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Film '72 as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The Pet Set as Self
- The Jimmy Stewart Show as James Howard
- Directed by John Ford
- Fools' Parade as Mattie Appleyard
- The American West of John Ford as Self - Narrator
1970
- The Cheyenne Social Club as John O'Hanlan
1968
- Bandolero! as Mace Bishop
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show
- Firecreek as Johnny Cobb
1967
1966
- The Rare Breed as Sam Burnett
1965
- The Dean Martin Show
- The Flight of the Phoenix as Frank Towns
- Shenandoah as Charlie Anderson
- Dear Brigitte as Professor Robert Leaf
1964
- Cheyenne Autumn as Wyatt Earp
- Cheyenne Autumn Trail as Narrator
1963
- Take Her, She's Mine as Frank Michaelson
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Ransom Stoddard
- How the West Was Won as Linus Rawlings
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Roger Hobbs
- Flashing Spikes as Slim Conway
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Guest
- Alcoa Premiere
- Two Rode Together as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
- X-15 as Himself / Narrator (voice)
1960
- My Three Sons as James Stewart
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- The Mountain Road as Major Baldwin
1959
- Startime as Azel Dorsey
- Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler
- The FBI Story as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
1958
- Vertigo as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- Bell, Book and Candle as Shep Henderson
- Lux Playhouse
- The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
1957
- The Spirit of St. Louis as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
- Night Passage as Grant McLaine
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- The Man Who Knew Too Much as Ben McKenna
1955
- MGM Parade
- The Man from Laramie as Will Lockhart
- Strategic Air Command as Robert "Dutch" Holland
1954
- Rear Window as L.B. Jefferies
- The George Gobel Show as Self
- The Glenn Miller Story as Glenn Miller
- The Far Country as Jeff Webster
- Jamboree as Self
- Tomorrow's Drivers as the story teller
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- General Electric Theater as Joe Newman
- The Naked Spur as Howard Kemp
- Thunder Bay as Steve Martin
1952
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Buttons
- Bend of the River as Glyn McLyntock
- Carbine Williams as Marsh Williams
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Elwood P. Dowd
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Narrator
- No Highway in the Sky as Theodore Honey
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- The Jack Benny Program as Jimmy Stewart
- Broken Arrow as Tom Jeffords
- Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
- Winchester '73 as Lin McAdam
- And Then There Were Four as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Jackpot as Bill Lawrence
1949
- Malaya as John Royer
- The Stratton Story as Monty Stratton
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Rope as Rupert Cadell
- On Our Merry Way as Slim
- Call Northside 777 as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
- You Gotta Stay Happy as Marvin Payne
- 10,000 Kids and a Cop as Narrator
1947
- Magic Town as Rip Smith
- Thunderbolt as Himself, Introduction
- Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
1946
- It's a Wonderful Life as George Bailey
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter / Nominee
1942
- Fellow Americans as Narrator (voice)
- Winning Your Wings as Self
1941
- Ziegfeld Girl as Gilbert Young
- Come Live with Me as Bill Smith
- Pot o' Gold as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
- Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
- The Philadelphia Story as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
- The Shop Around the Corner as Alfred Kralik
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- The Mortal Storm as Martin Breitner
- No Time for Comedy as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Jefferson Smith
- Made for Each Other as John Horace Mason
- Destry Rides Again as Tom Destry Jr.
- It's a Wonderful World as Guy Johnson
- The Ice Follies of 1939 as Larry Hall
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as James Stewart (archive footage)
- Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Tony Kirby
- Vivacious Lady as Peter
- Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- The Shopworn Angel as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
- Of Human Hearts as Jason Wilkins
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 as James Stewart
1937
- Seventh Heaven as Chico
- Navy Blue and Gold as John 'Truck' Cross
- The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Gangster as Paul North Sr.
1936
- After the Thin Man as David Graham
- Wife vs. Secretary as Dave
- Rose Marie as John Flower
- Next Time We Love as Christopher Tyler
- Speed as Terry Martin
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- Born to Dance as Ted Barker
- The Gorgeous Hussy as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
- Small Town Girl as Elmer Clampett
- Important News as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
1935
- The Murder Man as Shorty
1934
- Art Trouble as Jack Burton