James Stewart
Acting
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.
Media of
James Stewart
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Filmography of
James Stewart
George Bailey (Archival)
... 2025
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
... 2024
... 2023
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
... 2021
Self (archive footage)
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2017
Self (archive footage)
... 2013
Self (archive footage)
... 2009
Self (archive footage)
... 2009
Self (archive footage)
... 2008
Self (archive footage)
... 2008
Narrator (archive footage)
... 2003
Self (archive footage)
... 2001
Self (archive footage)
... 2001
Self (archive footage)
... 2000
Self (archive footage)
... 2000
Self (archive footage)
... 1999
George Bailey (archive footage)
... 1997
Self (archive footage)
... 1997
Self (archive footage)
... 1997
... 1996
... 1995
Jacques (archive footage)
... 1993
(archive footage)
... 1993
Self
... 1992
Wylie Burp (voice)
... 1991
... 1991
... 1990
... 1990
Himself
... 1989
Self - Host
... 1987
... 1987
... 1987
... 1987
... 1986
... 1986
... 1985
... 1984
... 1983
Teddy Dwyer
... 1983
... 1983
... 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1983
(archive footage)
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Self (archive footage)
... 1982
... 1981
Mr. Krueger
... 1980
Old Man
... 1980
... 1979
Self
... 1978
Clovis Mitchell
... 1978
General Sternwood
... 1978
Philip Stevens
... 1977
... 1976
Dr. Hostetler
... 1976
(archive footage)
... 1976
... 1976
Self (archive footage)
... 1975
Self - Host / Narrator
... 1974
Elwood P. Dowd
... 1972
Self (archive footage)
... 1972
Self - Narrator
... 1971
... 1971
Mattie Appleyard
... 1971
John O'Hanlan
... 1970
... 1968
Mace Bishop
... 1968
Johnny Cobb
... 1968
Sam Burnett
... 1966
Capt. Frank Towns
... 1965
Charlie Anderson
... 1965
Professor Robert Leaf
... 1965
Wyatt Earp
... 1964
Narrator
... 1964
Frank Michaelson
... 1963
Linus Rawlings
... 1962
Slim Conway
... 1962
Roger Hobbs
... 1962
Ransom Stoddard
... 1962
Himself / Narrator (voice)
... 1961
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
... 1961
Major Baldwin
... 1960
... 1960
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
... 1959
Paul Biegler
... 1959
Shep Henderson
... 1958
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
... 1958
Grant McLaine
... 1957
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
... 1957
Dr. Ben McKenna
... 1956
Will Lockhart
... 1955
Robert "Dutch" Holland
... 1955
L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
... 1954
Jeff Webster
... 1954
Glenn Miller
... 1954
the story teller
... 1954
Steve Martin
... 1953
Howard Kemp
... 1953
Marsh Williams
... 1952
Buttons
... 1952
Glyn McLyntock
... 1952
Theodore Honey
... 1951
Elwood P. Dowd
... 1950
Bill Lawrence
... 1950
Tom Jeffords
... 1950
Lin McAdam
... 1950
Self - Narrator (voice)
... 1950
John Royer
... 1949
Monty Stratton
... 1949
Marvin Payne
... 1948
Narrator
... 1948
Rupert Cadell
... 1948
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
... 1948
Slim
... 1948
Self
... 1947
Rip Smith
... 1947
Himself, Introduction
... 1947
George Bailey
... 1946
Self
... 1942
Narrator (voice)
... 1942
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1941
Gilbert Young
... 1941
James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
... 1941
Bill Smith
... 1941
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
... 1940
... 1940
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
... 1940
... 1940
Martin Breitner
... 1940
... 1940
Alfred Kralik
... 1940
Tom Destry Jr.
... 1939
Jefferson Smith
... 1939
Guy Johnson
... 1939
Self (uncredited)
... 1939
James Stewart (archive footage)
... 1939
Larry Hall
... 1939
John Horace Mason
... 1939
Tony Kirby
... 1938
James Stewart
... 1938
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
... 1938
... 1938
Peter
... 1938
Jason Wilkins
... 1938
John 'Truck' Cross
... 1937
Paul North Sr.
... 1937
Self (archive footage)
... 1937
Chico
... 1937
David Graham
... 1936
Ted Barker
... 1936
... 1936
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
... 1936
Terry Martin
... 1936
Elmer Clampett
... 1936
Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
... 1936
Dave
... 1936
John Flower
... 1936
Christopher Tyler
... 1936
Shorty
... 1935
Jack Burton
... 1934