James Stewart

Acting · 2.7 popularity

Age

118

Movies

179

Born: May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997
From: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Works

179 films

It's a Wonderful Life

19468.3

Rear Window

19548.3

Vertigo

19588.1

Rope

19487.9

The Bloody Hundredth

20247.2

The Man Who Knew Too Much

19567.4

How the West Was Won

19627.0

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

19627.8

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

19916.3

Airport '77

19775.6

Anatomy of a Murder

19597.8

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19397.8

Broken Arrow

19506.7

Bandolero!

19686.6

The Shootist

19767.1

The Flight of the Phoenix

19657.2

The Philadelphia Story

19407.5

The Shop Around the Corner

19408.1

The Greatest Show on Earth

19526.4

Winchester '73

19507.3

You Can't Take It with You

19387.5

Harvey

19507.7

Mickey's 50

19789.0

The Rare Breed

19666.2

The Man from Laramie

19557.2

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

20226.5

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

Directed by John Ford

19717.0

It's a Wonderful World

19396.6

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

19836.0

Cheyenne Autumn

19646.7

The Glenn Miller Story

19547.0

Shenandoah

19656.9

Bend of the River

19527.0

The Naked Spur

19537.0

The Far Country

19546.9

Night Passage

19576.5

Two Rode Together

19616.4

The Big Sleep

19785.9

Call Northside 777

19486.7

Bell, Book and Candle

19586.6

Magic Town

19476.7

Ziegfeld Girl

19416.7

The Cheyenne Social Club

19706.4

The Spirit of St. Louis

19576.7

Firecreek

19686.3

Vivacious Lady

19387.0

Night of 100 Stars

19825.8

Fools' Parade

19716.7

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

2002

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

19626.5

Destry Rides Again

19397.2

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

19918.0

Wife vs. Secretary

19366.7

La Classe américaine

19937.6

James Bond: The First 21 Years

19836.7

Frank Capra's American Dream

19976.3

Take Her, She's Mine

19635.6

My Scientology Movie

20166.6

After the Thin Man

19367.3

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

19876.5

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026

Harvey

19726.8

The Mortal Storm

19407.3

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Speed

19365.8

The FBI Story

19596.1

Fellow Americans

19427.0

No Highway in the Sky

19517.0

Malaya

19496.9

Jamboree

1954

Thunderbolt

19476.2

Night of 100 Stars III

19904.0

The Last Gangster

19376.4

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

19837.0

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

19816.0

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

19687.6

Breakdowns of 1941

19417.0

Rat Pack

20229.0

Strategic Air Command

19556.1

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

19406.3

Dear Brigitte

19656.4

Thunder Bay

19536.0

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

19846.0

The Romance of Celluloid

19377.0

Obsessed with Vertigo

19977.1

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Mr. Krueger's Christmas

19806.1

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

20217.3

Yukon Passage

2026

Sentimental Journey

19766.0

On Our Merry Way

19485.7

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

The Gorgeous Hussy

19365.5

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

19877.0

The Shopworn Angel

19386.8

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

19975.8

Rose Marie

19366.2

Pot o' Gold

19415.7

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

20097.5

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

19405.8

Made for Each Other

19396.1

Born to Dance

19366.1

The American West of John Ford

19716.4

The Magic of Lassie

19785.7

This Is Bob Hope...

20178.0

Carbine Williams

19526.6

James Stewart, l'ami américain

2023

Navy Blue and Gold

19375.8

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

19866.0

The All-Star Christmas Show

19586.0

Seventh Heaven

19376.4

The Murder Man

19357.1

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'

19906.3

Winning Your Wings

19426.0

The Ice Follies of 1939

19395.7

The Jackpot

19507.0

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

19606.0

Come Live with Me

19416.8

Hollywood Goes to Town

19387.0

Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies

2026

Of Human Hearts

19385.9

Son of Dinosaurs

19896.2

Warner at War

20087.0

Dark Galaxy

1993

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

19826.0

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

19394.0

Small Town Girl

19366.0

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

You Gotta Stay Happy

19486.8

Mondo Hollywood

19676.7

The Mountain Road

19606.6

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

1989

Right of Way

19837.5

X-15

19615.8

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

19366.0

Fonda on Fonda

19927.0

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

19997.8

No Time for Comedy

19405.3

The Stratton Story

19496.7

Cheyenne Autumn Trail

1964

10,000 Kids and a Cop

19487.0

John Ford & Monument Valley

20131.0

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

19838.0

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

19886.0

John Wayne-A Life on Film

2000

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

19767.3

Hollywood Hobbies

19395.6

It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead

2026

Next Time We Love

19366.5

The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

20006.9

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

19386.0

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

19966.0

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

19406.8

Art Trouble

19346.8

Discovering Jean Harlow

201510.0

The Fall: Part I

2026

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

20176.0

Flashing Spikes

19626.8

A Beverly Hills Christmas

19873.5

Blow-Ups of 1947

19476.3

The Fall: Part II

2026

Tomorrow's Drivers

19545.1

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

19776.5

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

1979

'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

20017.5

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

19869.0

And Then There Were Four

19505.0

Rope Unleashed

20017.3

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

20035.7

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You

2008

Important News

19366.6

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

2022

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

2009

A Tale of Africa

19806.5