James Stewart
Known for Acting · 211 credits
- Born
- 1908-05-20
- Died
- 1997-07-02
- Place of birth
- Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Jimmy Stewart · James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart · James Maitland Stewart · James 'Jimmy' Stewart
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Guest / Self - Co-Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Great Performances
1971
as Self
My Three Sons
1960
as James Stewart
TV Shows (36)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Guest / Self - Co-Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Great Performances
1971
as Self
My Three Sons
1960
as James Stewart
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
North and South
1985
as Miles Colbert
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Jimmy Stewart
MGM Parade
1955
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Startime
1959
as Azel Dorsey
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Pet Set
1971
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Hawkins
1973
as Billy Jim Hawkins
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Elwood P. Dowd
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1971
as James Howard
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Narrator
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joe Newman / Britt Ponset / Bart
Lux Playhouse
1958
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
as Self
Movies (175)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as George Bailey
Rear Window
1954
as L.B. Jefferies
Vertigo
1958
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
The Bloody Hundredth
2024
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Ransom Stoddard
Rope
1948
as Rupert Cadell
How the West Was Won
1962
as Linus Rawlings
Broken Arrow
1950
as Tom Jeffords
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
as Wylie Burp (voice)
Bandolero!
1968
as Mace Bishop
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Ben McKenna
The Philadelphia Story
1940
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Jefferson Smith
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Alfred Kralik
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Paul "Pauly" Biegler
Directed by John Ford
1971
Yukon Passage
as Narrator
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Frank Towns
Magic Town
1947
as Rip Smith
Airport '77
1977
as Philip Stevens
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Will Lockhart
Fools' Parade
1971
as Mattie Appleyard
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
Sentimental Journey
1976
Fellow Americans
1942
as Narrator (voice)
Winchester '73
1950
as Lin McAdam
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Thunderbolt
1947
as Himself, Introduction
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Peter
Speed
1936
as Terry Martin
After the Thin Man
1936
as David Graham
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Tony Kirby
The Shootist
1976
as Dr. Hostetler
Jamboree
1954
as Self
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Buttons
Bend of the River
1952
as Glyn McLyntock
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Dave
Two Rode Together
1961
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
La Classe américaine
1993
as Jacques (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Wyatt Earp
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Naked Spur
1953
as Howard Kemp
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Guy Johnson
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Gangster
1937
as Paul North Sr.
Harvey
1972
as Elwood P. Dowd
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Harvey
1950
as Elwood P. Dowd
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Gilbert Young
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
as Shep Henderson
Strategic Air Command
1955
as Robert "Dutch" Holland
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
as Glenn Miller
The Rare Breed
1966
as Sam Burnett
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Winning Your Wings
1942
as Self
Night Passage
1957
as Grant McLaine
The Big Sleep
1978
as General Sternwood
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
1980
as Mr. Krueger
Warner at War
2008
as Self (archive footage)
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
2026
as George Bailey
Firecreek
1968
as Johnny Cobb
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Slim
No Highway in the Sky
1951
as Theodore Honey
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
The Far Country
1954
as Jeff Webster
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
1989
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Mountain Road
1960
as Major Baldwin
Call Northside 777
1948
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Narrator
The FBI Story
1959
as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Shenandoah
1965
as Charlie Anderson
The Shopworn Angel
1938
as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Malaya
1949
as John Royer
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977
as Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
as Roger Hobbs
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Martin Breitner
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Tom Destry Jr.
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as John O'Hanlan
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
as Frank Michaelson
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Come Live with Me
1941
as Bill Smith
The Magic of Lassie
1978
as Clovis Mitchell
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Jason Wilkins
Made for Each Other
1939
as John Horace Mason
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
1964
as Narrator
Small Town Girl
1936
as Elmer Clampett
The Jackpot
1950
as Bill Lawrence
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
Dark Galaxy
1993
as (archive footage)
Seventh Heaven
1937
as Chico
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Marvin Payne
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Born to Dance
1936
as Ted Barker
Tomorrow's Drivers
1954
as the story teller
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
And Then There Were Four
1950
as Self - Narrator (voice)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
as Larry Hall
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self
X-15
1961
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
James Stewart, l'ami américain
2023
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
About 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 de… With 211 credits spanning from 1934 to 2026, James Stewart has appeared in 175 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Stewart Movies
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — as George Bailey
- Rear Window (1954) — as L.B. Jefferies
- Vertigo (1958) — as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- The Bloody Hundredth (2024) — as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Ransom Stoddard
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