James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Stewart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
Movie | I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2021-05-02 |
Movie | Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America | Self (archive footage) | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
Series | Tomorrow When the War Began | Colonel | 2016-04-23 |
Series | Hiding | Troy Quigg / Lincoln Swift | 2015-02-05 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | Talking Pictures | Himself - Archive footage | 2013-01-05 |
Movie | John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage) | 2013-03-05 |
Movie | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Jefferson Smith (archive footage) | 2010-05-09 |
Movie | Subdivision | Brett | 2009-08-20 |
Movie | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
Series | Packed to the Rafters | Jake Barton | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Voodoo Lagoon | Craig | 2007-06-07 |
Series | H2O: Just Add Water | Unknown | 2006-07-07 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films | Narrator (archive footage) | 2003-06-27 |
Movie | 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | Rope Unleashed | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-04-01 |
Movie | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-23 |
Series | Breakers | 1998-02-02 | |
Movie | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece | Self (archive footage) | 1997-06-01 |
Movie | No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich | 1996-07-24 | |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | Jacques (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | Fonda on Fonda | Self | 1992-01-13 |
Movie | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | 1991-10-28 |
Movie | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Wylie Burp (voice) | 1991-11-21 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
Movie | Son of Dinosaurs | Himself | 1989-11-29 |
Series | Home and Away | Justin Morgan | 1988-01-17 |
Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self | 1987-06-08 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | Sans Soleil | Self / John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) | 1983-03-02 |
Movie | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Right of Way | Teddy Dwyer | 1983-11-21 |
Movie | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self | 1983-12-11 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Movie | Green Horizons | Old Man | 1980-07-19 |
Movie | Mr. Krueger's Christmas | Mr. Krueger | 1980-12-21 |
Movie | The Big Sleep | General Sternwood | 1978-03-13 |
Movie | The Magic of Lassie | Clovis Mitchell | 1978-08-02 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | Airport '77 | Philip Stevens | 1977-03-11 |
Movie | Sentimental Journey | 1976-01-01 | |
Movie | The Shootist | Dr. Hostetler | 1976-07-21 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | 1974-06-21 |
Series | Hawkins | Billy Jim Hawkins | 1973-03-13 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Series | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Himself | 1973-09-14 |
Movie | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
Movie | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | 1972-03-20 |
Movie | Fools' Parade | Mattie Appleyard | 1971-08-18 |
Movie | Directed by John Ford | 1971-09-06 | |
Series | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Prof. James K. Howard | 1971-09-19 |
Movie | The American West of John Ford | Self - Narrator | 1971-12-05 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Social Club | John O'Hanlan | 1970-06-12 |
Movie | Firecreek | Johnny Cobb | 1968-01-24 |
Movie | Bandolero! | Mace Bishop | 1968-06-01 |
Movie | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | 1968-12-19 | |
Movie | The Rare Breed | Sam Burnett | 1966-02-02 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | Dear Brigitte | Professor Robert Leaf | 1965-01-08 |
Movie | Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | 1965-06-03 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | The Flight of the Phoenix | Capt. Frank Towns | 1965-12-15 |
Movie | Cheyenne Autumn | Wyatt Earp | 1964-10-15 |
Movie | Take Her, She's Mine | Frank Michaelson | 1963-11-13 |
Movie | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Roger Hobbs | 1962-06-15 |
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Ransom Stoddard | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | Flashing Spikes | Slim Conway | 1962-10-04 |
Movie | How the West Was Won | Linus Rawlings | 1962-11-02 |
Movie | Two Rode Together | Marshal Guthrie McCabe | 1961-07-26 |
Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1961-10-10 |
Movie | X-15 | Himself / Narrator (voice) | 1961-12-22 |
Movie | The Mountain Road | Major Baldwin | 1960-06-15 |
Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | Anatomy of a Murder | Paul Biegler | 1959-07-01 |
Movie | The FBI Story | John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty | 1959-10-01 |
Series | Startime | Azel Dorsey | 1959-10-06 |
Movie | Vertigo | Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson | 1958-05-28 |
Series | Lux Playhouse | 1958-10-03 | |
Movie | Bell, Book and Candle | Shep Henderson | 1958-12-25 |
Movie | The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh | 1957-04-01 |
Movie | Night Passage | Grant McLaine | 1957-07-24 |
Movie | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Ben McKenna | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | Strategic Air Command | Robert "Dutch" Holland | 1955-07-12 |
Movie | The Man from Laramie | Will Lockhart | 1955-08-19 |
Movie | Rear Window | L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies | 1954-08-01 |
Movie | Tomorrow's Drivers | the story teller | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | The Glenn Miller Story | Glenn Miller | 1954-01-04 |
Movie | The Far Country | Jeff Webster | 1954-02-12 |
Movie | The Naked Spur | Howard Kemp | 1953-01-30 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Thunder Bay | Steve Martin | 1953-05-21 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Bend of the River | Glyn McLyntock | 1952-01-23 |
Movie | Carbine Williams | Marsh Williams | 1952-05-01 |
Movie | The Greatest Show on Earth | Buttons | 1952-02-16 |
Movie | No Highway | Theodore Honey | 1951-06-28 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Broken Arrow | Tom Jeffords | 1950-08-01 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | Winchester '73 | Lin McAdam | 1950-07-12 |
Movie | The Jackpot | William J. 'Bill' Lawrence | 1950-11-01 |
Movie | And Then There Were Four | Narrator | 1950-12-31 |
Movie | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | 1950-12-04 |
Movie | The Stratton Story | Monty Stratton | 1949-05-12 |
Movie | Malaya | John Royer | 1949-12-27 |
Movie | Call Northside 777 | P.J. 'Jim' McNeal | 1948-02-13 |
Movie | On Our Merry Way | Slim | 1948-02-03 |
Movie | Rope | Rupert Cadell | 1948-03-11 |
Movie | You Gotta Stay Happy | Marvin Payne | 1948-10-28 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Narrator | 1948-10-01 |
Movie | Magic Town | Rip Smith | 1947-10-07 |
Movie | Thunderbolt | Himself | 1947-07-26 |
Movie | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 1947-12-31 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | George Bailey | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Swooner Crooner | Bing Crosby Rooster (voice) | 1944-05-06 |
Movie | Fellow Americans | Narrator (voice) | 1942-03-27 |
Movie | Winning Your Wings | Self | 1942-05-28 |
Movie | Come Live with Me | Bill Smith | 1941-01-31 |
Movie | Pot o' Gold | James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
Movie | Ziegfeld Girl | Gilbert Young | 1941-04-25 |
Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
Movie | The Mortal Storm | Martin Breitner | 1940-06-20 |
Movie | The Shop Around the Corner | Alfred Kralik | 1940-01-12 |
Movie | The Philadelphia Story | Macaulay 'Mike' Connor | 1940-12-05 |
Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
Movie | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
Movie | No Time for Comedy | Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook | 1940-09-14 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | James Stewart | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | Made for Each Other | John Horace Mason | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Hobbies | 1939-05-03 | |
Movie | The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mort Hodges | 1939-03-10 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful World | Guy Johnson | 1939-05-19 |
Movie | Destry Rides Again | Tom Destry Jr. | 1939-11-30 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jefferson Smith | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | Of Human Hearts | Jason Wilkins | 1938-02-11 |
Movie | Vivacious Lady | Peter Morgan Jr. | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | The Shopworn Angel | Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew | 1938-07-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Tony Kirby | 1938-09-01 |
Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Seventh Heaven | Chico | 1937-03-25 |
Movie | The Last Gangster | Paul North Sr. | 1937-11-12 |
Movie | Navy Blue and Gold | John 'Truck' Cross | 1937-11-19 |
Movie | Important News | Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens | 1936-02-29 |
Movie | Wife vs. Secretary | Dave | 1936-02-28 |
Movie | Next Time We Love | Christopher Tyler | 1936-01-30 |
Movie | Rose Marie | John Flower | 1936-01-31 |
Movie | Small Town Girl | Elmer Clampett | 1936-04-10 |
Movie | After the Thin Man | David Graham | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Speed | Terry Martin | 1936-05-08 |
Movie | Born to Dance | Ted Barker | 1936-11-27 |
Movie | The Gorgeous Hussy | Roderick "Rowdy" Dow | 1936-08-28 |
Movie | The Murder Man | Shorty | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | Art Trouble | Jack Burton | 1934-06-23 |