James Stewart
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
206
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-05-20
Day of death
1997-07-02 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
James 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
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
My Three Sons
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program
The Colgate Comedy Hour
What's My Line?
Dinah!
The Ed Sullivan Show
North and South
The Oscars
How the West Was Won
Please Turn the Page
Vertigo
The Dean Martin Show
The Kennedy Center Honors
It's a Wonderful Life
The Bloody Hundredth
The Philadelphia Story
Rope
V.I.P. Schaukel
Rear Window
Startime
The George Gobel Show
Anatomy of a Murder
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Pet Set
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
The FBI Story
Alcoa Premiere
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Right of Way
The Flight of the Phoenix
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Mortal Storm
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
James Bond: The First 21 Years
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Airport '77
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Hawkins
The Mountain Road
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
The Glenn Miller Story
The Ice Follies of 1939
Blow-Ups of 1947
The Jimmy Stewart Show
The Jackpot
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Art Trouble
No Time for Comedy
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Of Human Hearts
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Winchester '73
Son of Dinosaurs
Call Northside 777
Harvey
Showbiz Goes to War
The Big Sleep
Talking Pictures
Dear Brigitte
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Broken Arrow
The Julie Andrews Hour
Carbine Williams
Film '72
The Murder Man
Rose Marie
A Tale of Africa
Night Passage
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Two Rode Together
The Greatest Show on Earth
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
The Cheyenne Social Club
Flashing Spikes
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
The Rare Breed
Frank Capra's American Dream
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Important News
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Hollywood Goes to Town
You Gotta Stay Happy
Thunder Bay
La Classe américaine
Night of 100 Stars III
Firecreek
Bend of the River
X-15
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Far Country
This Is Bob Hope...
Seventh Heaven
The Man from Laramie
The Stratton Story
Shenandoah
Mickey's 50
Pot o' Gold
Navy Blue and Gold
And Then There Were Four
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
The Magic of Lassie
Fools' Parade
Harvey
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
John Ford & Monument Valley
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Rat Pack
Winning Your Wings
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
The Naked Spur
Night of 100 Stars
No Highway in the Sky
You Can't Take It with You
Next Time We Love
The Shootist
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
It's a Wonderful World
Rope Unleashed
Bell, Book and Candle
Small Town Girl
Speed
Come Live with Me
The American West of John Ford
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
The Shop Around the Corner
Cheyenne Autumn
Destry Rides Again
Made for Each Other
Hollywood Hobbies
Lux Playhouse
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Malaya
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Directed by John Ford
Bandolero!
After the Thin Man
Breakdowns of 1941
That's Entertainment, Part II
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Obsessed with Vertigo
Magic Town
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Laugh-In
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Vivacious Lady
Thunderbolt
That's Entertainment!
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
The Gorgeous Hussy
Ziegfeld Girl
Wife vs. Secretary
The Last Gangster
Night of 100 Stars II
Fonda on Fonda
Strategic Air Command
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Warner at War
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Born to Dance
The Shopworn Angel
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
James Stewart, l'ami américain
Dark Galaxy
Take Her, She's Mine
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
On Our Merry Way
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The Romance of Celluloid
Manikin
Tomorrow's Drivers
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Sentimental Journey
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Fellow Americans
