James Stewart
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
Credits
- 2024 · The Bloody Hundredth as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
- 2023 · James Stewart, l'ami américain as
- 2022 · Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
- 2022 · Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · I Am Alfred Hitchcock as Self
- 2017 · This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · John Ford & Monument Valley as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
- 2009 · 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth as Self (Archive)
- 2008 · Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Warner at War as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · H2O: Just Add Water as
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 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
- 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)
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as George Bailey (archive footage)
- 1997 · Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich as
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1993 · La Classe américaine as Jacques (archive footage)
- 1992 · Fonda on Fonda as Self
- 1991 · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as Wylie Burp (voice)
- 1991 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- 1991 · Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance as Self
- 1991 · Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... as Self
- 1990 · The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' as Self (archival footage)
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · Son of Dinosaurs as Himself
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self
- 1987 · A Beverly Hills Christmas as Self - Host
- 1987 · Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special as Self
- 1985 · North and South as Miles Colbert
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · All Star Party for Lucille Ball as Self
- 1983 · All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
- 1983 · Right of Way as Teddy Dwyer
- 1983 · George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business as Self
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 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 · All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
- 1980 · Mr. Krueger's Christmas as Mr. Krueger
- 1980 · A Tale of Africa as Old Man
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · The Magic of Lassie as Clovis Mitchell
- 1978 · The Big Sleep as General Sternwood
- 1977 · Laugh-In as Guest Performer
- 1977 · Bitte umblättern as Self
- 1977 · Airport '77 as Philip Stevens
- 1976 · CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
- 1976 · The Shootist as Dr. Hostetler
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1976 · Sentimental Journey as
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as Self - Host / Narrator
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · Hawkins as Billy Jim Hawkins
- 1972 · The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
- 1972 · Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · The American West of John Ford as Self - Narrator
- 1971 · The Jimmy Stewart Show as Prof. James K. Howard
- 1971 · Directed by John Ford as
- 1971 · Fools' Parade as Mattie Appleyard
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1970 · The Cheyenne Social Club as John O'Hanlan
- 1968 · The Dean Martin Christmas Show as
- 1968 · Bandolero! as Mace Bishop
- 1968 · Firecreek as Johnny Cobb
- 1966 · The Rare Breed as Sam Burnett
- 1965 · The Flight of the Phoenix as Capt. Frank Towns
- 1965 · The Dean Martin Show as
- 1965 · Shenandoah as Charlie Anderson
- 1965 · Dear Brigitte as Professor Robert Leaf
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn as Wyatt Earp
- 1964 · Cheyenne Autumn Trail as Narrator
- 1963 · Take Her, She's Mine as Frank Michaelson
- 1962 · How the West Was Won as Linus Rawlings
- 1962 · Flashing Spikes as Slim Conway
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Roger Hobbs
- 1962 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Ransom Stoddard
- 1961 · X-15 as Himself / Narrator (voice)
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · Alcoa Premiere as
- 1961 · Two Rode Together as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
- 1960 · My Three Sons as James Stewart
- 1960 · The Mountain Road as Major Baldwin
- 1960 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 1959 · Startime as
- 1959 · The FBI Story as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
- 1959 · Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler
- 1958 · Bell, Book and Candle as Shep Henderson
- 1958 · Lux Playhouse as
- 1958 · Vertigo as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- 1957 · Night Passage as Grant McLaine
- 1957 · The Spirit of St. Louis as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
- 1956 · The Man Who Knew Too Much as Dr. Ben McKenna
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · The Man from Laramie as Will Lockhart
- 1955 · Strategic Air Command as Robert "Dutch" Holland
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · Rear Window as L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
- 1954 · The Far Country as Jeff Webster
- 1954 · The Glenn Miller Story as Glenn Miller
- 1954 · Tomorrow's Drivers as the story teller
- 1953 · Thunder Bay as Steve Martin
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Joe Newman
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Britt Ponset
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Bart
- 1953 · The Naked Spur as Howard Kemp
- 1952 · Carbine Williams as Marsh Williams
- 1952 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Buttons
- 1952 · Bend of the River as Glyn McLyntock
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Elwood P. Dowd
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Narrator
- 1951 · No Highway in the Sky as Theodore Honey
- 1950 · Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
- 1950 · The Jackpot as Bill Lawrence
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Self
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Jimmy Stewart
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Broken Arrow as Tom Jeffords
- 1950 · Winchester '73 as Lin McAdam
- 1950 · And Then There Were Four as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Malaya as John Royer
- 1949 · The Stratton Story as Monty Stratton
- 1948 · You Gotta Stay Happy as Marvin Payne
- 1948 · 10,000 Kids and a Cop as Narrator
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Rope as Rupert Cadell
- 1948 · Call Northside 777 as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
- 1948 · On Our Merry Way as Slim
- 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
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter/Winner
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1942 · Winning Your Wings as Self
- 1942 · Fellow Americans as Narrator (voice)
- 1941 · Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 · Ziegfeld Girl as Gilbert Young
- 1941 · Pot o' Gold as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
- 1941 · Come Live with Me as Bill Smith
- 1940 · The Philadelphia Story as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
- 1940 · A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940 · No Time for Comedy as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- 1940 · The Mortal Storm as Martin Breitner
- 1940 · Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 1940 · The Shop Around the Corner as Alfred Kralik
- 1939 · Destry Rides Again as Tom Destry Jr.
- 1939 · Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Jefferson Smith
- 1939 · It's a Wonderful World as Guy Johnson
- 1939 · Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
- 1939 · Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as James Stewart (archive footage)
- 1939 · The Ice Follies of 1939 as Mort Hodges
- 1939 · Made for Each Other as John Horace Mason
- 1938 · You Can't Take It with You as Tony Kirby
- 1938 · Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 as James Stewart
- 1938 · The Shopworn Angel as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
- 1938 · Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1938 · Vivacious Lady as Peter
- 1938 · Of Human Hearts as Jason Wilkins
- 1937 · Navy Blue and Gold as John 'Truck' Cross
- 1937 · The Last Gangster as Paul North Sr.
- 1937 · The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
- 1937 · Seventh Heaven as Chico
- 1936 · After the Thin Man as David Graham
- 1936 · Born to Dance as Ted Barker
- 1936 · Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1936 · The Gorgeous Hussy as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
- 1936 · Speed as Terry Martin
- 1936 · Small Town Girl as Elmer Clampett
- 1936 · Important News as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
- 1936 · Wife vs. Secretary as Dave
- 1936 · Rose Marie as John Flower
- 1936 · Next Time We Love as Christopher Tyler
- 1935 · The Murder Man as Shorty
- 1934 · Art Trouble as Jack Burton