Actor
James Stewart
181 movies as actor
Born May 20, 1908 – Jul 2, 1997 (aged 89)From Indiana, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart, James Maitland 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…
Known for
Rear Window
1954 · Thriller, Mystery
Vertigo
1958 · Mystery, Romance
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Drama, Family
Rope
1948 · Thriller, Crime
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Thriller, Mystery
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Western
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Comedy, Drama
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Crime, Drama
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Comedy, Romance
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Comedy, Drama
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Animation, Family
Harvey
1950 · Comedy, Fantasy
James Stewart movies
Yukon Passage
Narrator
The Fall: Part I
The Fall: Part I
Self (archive footage)
The Fall: Part II
The Fall: Part II
Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies
Self
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
2026 · George Bailey
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bloody Hundredth
2024 · Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
James Stewart, l'ami américain
2023
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021 · Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017 · Self (archive footage)
My Scientology Movie
2016 · Self (archive photo)
Discovering Jean Harlow
2015 · archive footage
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013 · Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
2003 · Narrator (archive footage)
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002 · Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000 · Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Holly
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997 · George Bailey (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self (archive footage)
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
A Century of Cinema
1994 · Self
La Classe américaine
1993 · Jacques (archive footage)
Dark Galaxy
1993 · (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
1992 · Self
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Wylie Burp (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990 · Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Son of Dinosaurs
1989 · Self
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989 · Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987 · Self - Host
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986 · Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986 · Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
That's Dancing!
1985 · Self (archive footage)
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984 · Self
Olympic Gala
Olympic Gala
1984
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983 · Self
Right of Way
1983 · Teddy Dwyer
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983 · Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981 · Self
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
1980 · Mr. Krueger
A Tale of Africa
1980 · Old Man
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979 · Self
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
The Magic of Lassie
1978 · Clovis Mitchell
The Big Sleep
1978 · General Sternwood
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977 · Self
Airport '77
1977 · Philip Stevens
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976 · Self
The Shootist
1976 · Dr. Hostetler
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
Sentimental Journey
Sentimental Journey
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Self - Host / Narrator
Harvey
1972 · Elwood P. Dowd
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
The American West of John Ford
1971 · Self - Narrator
Directed by John Ford
1971
Fools' Parade
1971 · Mattie Appleyard
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970 · John O'Hanlan
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Bandolero!
1968 · Mace Bishop
Firecreek
1968 · Johnny Cobb
Mondo Hollywood
1967
The Rare Breed
1966 · Sam Burnett
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Frank Towns
Shenandoah
1965 · Charlie Anderson
Dear Brigitte
1965 · Professor Robert Leaf
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Wyatt Earp
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
1964 · Narrator
Take Her, She's Mine
1963 · Frank Michaelson
How the West Was Won
1962 · Linus Rawlings
Flashing Spikes
1962 · Slim Conway
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · Roger Hobbs
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Ransom Stoddard
X-15
1961 · Himself / Narrator (voice)
Two Rode Together
1961 · Marshal Guthrie McCabe
The Mountain Road
1960 · Major Baldwin
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960 · Self
The FBI Story
1959 · John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Paul Biegler
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Shep Henderson
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
Vertigo
1958 · Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Night Passage
1957 · Grant McLaine
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Ben McKenna
The Man from Laramie
1955 · Will Lockhart
Strategic Air Command
1955 · Robert "Dutch" Holland
Jamboree
1954 · Self
Rear Window
1954 · L.B. Jefferies
The Far Country
1954 · Jeff Webster
The Glenn Miller Story
1954 · Glenn Miller
Tomorrow's Drivers
1954 · the story teller
Thunder Bay
1953 · Steve Martin
The Naked Spur
1953 · Howard Kemp
Carbine Williams
1952 · Marsh Williams
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Buttons
Bend of the River
1952 · Glyn McLyntock
No Highway in the Sky
1951 · Theodore Honey
Harvey
1950 · Elwood P. Dowd
The Jackpot
1950 · Bill Lawrence
Broken Arrow
1950 · Tom Jeffords
Winchester '73
1950 · Lin McAdam
And Then There Were Four
1950 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Malaya
1949 · John Royer
The Stratton Story
1949 · Monty Stratton
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Marvin Payne
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948 · Narrator
Call Northside 777
1948 · P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
On Our Merry Way
1948 · Slim
Rope
1948 · Rupert Cadell
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947 · Self
Magic Town
1947 · Rip Smith
Thunderbolt
1947 · Himself, Introduction
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · George Bailey
Winning Your Wings
1942 · Self
Fellow Americans
Fellow Americans
1942 · Narrator (voice)
Breakdowns of 1941
1941 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Gilbert Young
Pot o' Gold
1941 · James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
Come Live with Me
1941 · Bill Smith
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
The Mortal Storm
1940 · Martin Breitner
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 · Alfred Kralik
Destry Rides Again
1939 · Tom Destry Jr.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Jefferson Smith
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Guy Johnson
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · James Stewart (archive footage)
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939 · Larry Hall
Made for Each Other
1939 · John Horace Mason
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Tony Kirby
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938 · James Stewart
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Peter
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Jason Wilkins
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · John 'Truck' Cross
The Last Gangster
1937 · Paul North Sr.
The Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self (archive footage)
Seventh Heaven
1937 · Chico
After the Thin Man
1936 · David Graham
Born to Dance
1936 · Ted Barker
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Speed
1936 · Terry Martin
Small Town Girl
1936 · Elmer Clampett
Important News
1936 · Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
Wife vs. Secretary
1936 · Dave
Rose Marie
1936 · John Flower
Next Time We Love
1936 · Christopher Tyler
The Murder Man
1935 · Shorty
Art Trouble
1934 · Jack Burton
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