James Stewart
Acting • Born 1908-05-20 – Died 1997-07-02
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
211 credits
Anatomy of a Murder
Movie • 1959
Paul "Pauly" Biegler
Vertigo
Movie • 1958
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
The Philadelphia Story
Movie • 1940
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
The Mortal Storm
Movie • 1940
Martin Breitner
Rear Window
Movie • 1954
L.B. Jefferies
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie • 1956
Ben McKenna
Rope
Movie • 1948
Rupert Cadell
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
George Bailey
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Jefferson Smith
The Flight of the Phoenix
Movie • 1965
Frank Towns
The Big Sleep
Movie • 1978
General Sternwood
Bell, Book and Candle
Movie • 1958
Shep Henderson
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Movie • 1991
Wylie Burp (voice)
The Shop Around the Corner
Movie • 1940
Alfred Kralik
Firecreek
Movie • 1968
Johnny Cobb
The Naked Spur
Movie • 1953
Howard Kemp
Shenandoah
Movie • 1965
Charlie Anderson
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie • 1962
Ransom Stoddard
Harvey
Movie • 1950
Elwood P. Dowd
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Airport '77
Movie • 1977
Philip Stevens
How the West Was Won
Movie • 1962
Linus Rawlings
Night Passage
Movie • 1957
Grant McLaine
Come Live with Me
Movie • 1941
Bill Smith
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie • 1948
Marvin Payne
The Shootist
Movie • 1976
Dr. Hostetler
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie • 1941
Gilbert Young
Two Rode Together
Movie • 1961
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
Vivacious Lady
Movie • 1938
Peter
Call Northside 777
Movie • 1948
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Tony Kirby
The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie • 1952
Buttons
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
Movie • 1964
Narrator
The Murder Man
Movie • 1935
Shorty
The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie • 1970
John O'Hanlan
The Last Gangster
Movie • 1937
Paul North Sr.
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie • 1964
Wyatt Earp
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1962
Roger Hobbs
Bandolero!
Movie • 1968
Mace Bishop
Winchester '73
Movie • 1950
Lin McAdam
After the Thin Man
Movie • 1936
David Graham
Dear Brigitte
Movie • 1965
Professor Robert Leaf
Broken Arrow
Movie • 1950
Tom Jeffords
Thunder Bay
Movie • 1953
Steve Martin
The Stratton Story
Movie • 1949
Monty Stratton
Destry Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Tom Destry Jr.
Born to Dance
Movie • 1936
Ted Barker
Strategic Air Command
Movie • 1955
Robert "Dutch" Holland
No Highway in the Sky
Movie • 1951
Theodore Honey
Rose Marie
Movie • 1936
John Flower
Carbine Williams
Movie • 1952
Marsh Williams
Malaya
Movie • 1949
John Royer
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
Jacques (archive footage)
Take Her, She's Mine
Movie • 1963
Frank Michaelson
Wife vs. Secretary
Movie • 1936
Dave
Bend of the River
Movie • 1952
Glyn McLyntock
The Rare Breed
Movie • 1966
Sam Burnett
Directed by John Ford
Movie • 1971
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie • 1968
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie • 1939
Self (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Movie • 1939
Guy Johnson
Fools' Parade
Movie • 1971
Mattie Appleyard
The Glenn Miller Story
Movie • 1954
Glenn Miller
Made for Each Other
Movie • 1939
John Horace Mason
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Movie • 1997
George Bailey (archive footage)
Pot o' Gold
Movie • 1941
James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
The Far Country
Movie • 1954
Jeff Webster
The Man from Laramie
Movie • 1955
Will Lockhart
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie • 1957
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
Movie • 1980
Mr. Krueger
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie • 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The FBI Story
Movie • 1959
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Magic Town
Movie • 1947
Rip Smith
On Our Merry Way
Movie • 1948
Slim
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Movie • 1984
Self
The Magic of Lassie
Movie • 1978
Clovis Mitchell
The Mountain Road
Movie • 1960
Major Baldwin
The Shopworn Angel
Movie • 1938
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Next Time We Love
Movie • 1936
Christopher Tyler
Small Town Girl
Movie • 1936
Elmer Clampett
Of Human Hearts
Movie • 1938
Jason Wilkins
The Gorgeous Hussy
Movie • 1936
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Winning Your Wings
Movie • 1942
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self
The Jackpot
Movie • 1950
Bill Lawrence
Tomorrow's Drivers
Movie • 1954
the story teller
No Time for Comedy
Movie • 1940
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
John 'Truck' Cross
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Movie • 1938
James Stewart
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Right of Way
Movie • 1983
Teddy Dwyer
Seventh Heaven
Movie • 1937
Chico
Speed
Movie • 1936
Terry Martin
The Ice Follies of 1939
Movie • 1939
Larry Hall
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie • 1995
Self
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Sentimental Journey
Movie • 1976
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Movie • 1987
Self - Host
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Movie • 2003
Narrator (archive footage)
X-15
Movie • 1961
Himself / Narrator (voice)
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
A Tale of Africa
Movie • 1980
Old Man
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Harvey
Movie • 1972
Elwood P. Dowd
Son of Dinosaurs
Movie • 1989
Self
John Ford & Monument Valley
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
Self - Host / Narrator
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie • 1983
Self
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie • 1987
Self
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
The American West of John Ford
Movie • 1971
Self - Narrator
The Bloody Hundredth
Movie • 2024
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie • 2022
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Flashing Spikes
Movie • 1962
Slim Conway
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Movie • 1960
Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Movie • 1986
Self
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Movie • 1948
Narrator
James Stewart, l'ami américain
Movie • 2023
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Movie • 1983
Self
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie • 1947
Self
Art Trouble
Movie • 1934
Jack Burton
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Movie • 1996
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Thunderbolt
Movie • 1947
Himself, Introduction
Important News
Movie • 1936
Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
And Then There Were Four
Movie • 1950
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie • 1940
Self
Fellow Americans
Movie • 1942
Narrator (voice)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie • 1940
Self
The Romance of Celluloid
Movie • 1937
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie • 1936
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Movie • 1939
James Stewart (archive footage)
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Movie • 1981
Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Movie • 1990
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
Fonda on Fonda
Movie • 1992
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Mickey's 50
Movie • 1978
Self
Dark Galaxy
Movie • 1993
(archive footage)
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie • 1979
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Movie • 1986
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Movie • 1977
Self
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
Movie • 1967
Lynch/Oz
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
James Stewart
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Joe Newman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Elwood P. Dowd
Hawkins
TV • 1973
Billy Jim Hawkins
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Narrator
The Jimmy Stewart Show
TV • 1971
Prof. James K. Howard
The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Alcoa Premiere
TV • 1961
Lux Playhouse
TV • 1958
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
North and South
TV • 1985
Miles Colbert
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
Talking Pictures
TV • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Startime
TV • 1959
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Britt Ponset
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Bart
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
TV • 1991
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
Laugh-In
TV • 1977
Guest Performer
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Jimmy Stewart
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV • 1972
Self
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
Please Turn the Page
TV • 1977
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter / Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Film '72
TV • 1971
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self