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James Stewart

James Stewart

Acting

Born May 20, 1908, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (94)
  • 2022Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
  • 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021I Am Alfred Hitchcock — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017This Is Bob Hope... — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016My Scientology Movie — Self (archive photo)
  • 2013John Ford & Monument Valley — Self (archive footage)
  • Talking Pictures — Self (archive footage)
  • 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008Warner at War — Self (archive footage)
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage), Self - Guest (archive footage)
  • 2002The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Rope Unleashed — Self (archive footage)
  • 2000John Wayne-A Life on Film — Self (archive footage)
  • 2000The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Frank Capra's American Dream — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Obsessed with Vertigo — Self (archive footage)
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
  • 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
  • 1992Fonda on Fonda — Self
  • Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... — Self
  • 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self
  • 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
  • 1990The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' — Self
  • 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989Son of Dinosaurs — Self
  • 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self
  • 1987A Beverly Hills Christmas — Self - Host
  • 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self
  • 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
  • 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self
  • 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood — Self
  • 1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special — Self
  • 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
  • 1985That's Dancing! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1984All Star Party for Lucille Ball — Self
  • 1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra — Self
  • 1983George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business — Self
  • 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
  • 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
  • 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1981All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds — Self
  • 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman — Self
  • 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
  • The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
  • Please Turn the Page — Self
  • 1977The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? — Self
  • 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years — Self
  • 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
  • People's Choice Awards — Self
  • Dinah! — Self
  • 1974That's Entertainment! — Self - Host / Narrator
  • The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
  • 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
  • The Julie Andrews Hour — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • Great Performances — Self
  • 1971The American West of John Ford — Self - Narrator
  • The Pet Set — Self
  • V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Guest, Self - Co-Host
  • 1961X-15 — Himself / Narrator (voice)
  • 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self
  • 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
  • Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
  • 1954Jamboree — Self
  • The George Gobel Show — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • 1950And Then There Were Four — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1947Blow-Ups of 1947 — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter / Nominee
  • 1942Winning Your Wings — Self
  • 1941Breakdowns of 1941 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound — Self
  • 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self
  • 1940Hollywood: Style Center of the World — Self
  • 1939Hollywood Hobbies — Self (uncredited)
  • 1938Hollywood Goes to Town — Self
  • 1937The Romance of Celluloid — Self (archive footage)
  • 1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) — Self
  • Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies — Himself
  • The Fall: Part I — Self (archive footage)
  • The Fall: Part II — Self (archive footage)
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