9.0
9.0
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
as Self
James Stewart
Also known as: Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart
Acting
Born:May 20, 1908
Died:July 2, 1997(aged 89)
Birthplace:Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'3" (191 cm)
Education:Princeton University School of Architecture, Mercersburg Academy
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
It's a Wonderful LifeVertigoRear WindowRopeYou Can't Take It With YouMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonThe Philadelphia StoryThe Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceWinchester '73HarveyAnatomy of a MurderHow the West Was WonThe Naked SpurThe ShootistThe Man Who Knew Too MuchDestry Rides AgainBroken ArrowBend of the RiverTwo Rode TogetherThe Man from LaramieThe Glenn Miller StoryThe Shop Around the CornerShenandoahMr. Hobbs Takes a VacationThe Far CountryThe Rare Breed
Filmography (139 movies)
8.3
8.3
Rear Window
1954
as L.B. Jefferies
8.3
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as George Bailey
8.1
8.1
Vertigo
1958
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
8.1
8.1
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Alfred Kralik
8.0
8.0
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
as Self
7.9
7.9
Rope
1948
as Rupert Cadell
7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Jefferson Smith
7.8
7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Paul Biegler
7.8
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Ransom Stoddard
7.7
7.7
Harvey
1950
as Elwood P. Dowd
7.6
7.6
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
The Philadelphia Story
1940
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
7.5
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Tony Kirby
7.5
7.5
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Dr. Ben McKenna
7.4
7.4
Right of Way
1983
as Teddy Dwyer
7.3
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
as David Graham
7.3
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
7.3
7.3
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
2001
as Self (archive footage)
7.3
7.3
Winchester '73
1950
as Lin McAdam
7.3
7.3
That's Entertainment!
1974
as Self - Host / Narrator
7.3
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Martin Breitner
7.2
7.2
The Bloody Hundredth
2024
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Capt. Frank Towns
7.2
7.2
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self
7.2
7.2
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Will Lockhart
7.2
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Tom Destry Jr.
7.0
7.0
The Shootist
1976
as Dr. Hostetler
7.0
7.0
Warner at War
2008
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
7.0
7.0
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
as Linus Rawlings
7.0
7.0
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Peter
6.9
6.9
Bend of the River
1952
as Glyn McLyntock
6.9
6.9
The Naked Spur
1953
as Howard Kemp
6.9
6.9
Shenandoah
1965
as Charlie Anderson
6.9
6.9
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
as Glenn Miller
6.9
6.9
The Murder Man
1935
as Shorty
6.9
6.9
The Jackpot
1950
as Bill Lawrence
6.9
6.9
No Highway in the Sky
1951
as Theodore Honey
6.9
6.9
Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
Directed by John Ford
1971
6.9
6.9
The Far Country
1954
as Jeff Webster
6.8
6.8
Harvey
1972
as Elwood P. Dowd
6.8
6.8
Come Live with Me
1941
as Bill Smith
6.7
6.7
Broken Arrow
1950
as Tom Jeffords
6.7
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Wyatt Earp
6.7
6.7
Magic Town
1947
as Rip Smith
6.7
6.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Dave
6.7
6.7
Call Northside 777
1948
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
6.7
6.7
The Mountain Road
1960
as Major Baldwin
6.7
6.7
The Shopworn Angel
1938
as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
6.6
6.6
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
6.5
6.5
Fools' Parade
1971
as Mattie Appleyard
6.5
6.5
The Stratton Story
1949
as Monty Stratton
6.5
6.5
Bandolero!
1968
as Mace Bishop
6.5
6.5
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self
6.5
6.5
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
Malaya
1949
as John Royer
6.5
6.5
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
as Shep Henderson
6.4
6.4
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Marvin Payne
6.4
6.4
Dear Brigitte
1965
as Professor Robert Leaf
6.4
6.4
Carbine Williams
1952
as Marsh Williams
6.4
6.4
Night Passage
1957
as Grant McLaine
6.4
6.4
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
as Roger Hobbs
6.4
6.4
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Gilbert Young
6.3
6.3
Next Time We Love
1936
as Christopher Tyler
6.3
6.3
Two Rode Together
1961
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
6.3
6.3
Firecreek
1968
as Johnny Cobb
6.3
6.3
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Guy Johnson
6.3
6.3
Seventh Heaven
1937
as Chico
6.3
6.3
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Buttons
6.3
6.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
as Wylie Burp (voice)
6.3
6.3
Art Trouble
1934
as Jack Burton
6.3
6.3
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
6.3
6.3
The Last Gangster
1937
as Paul North Sr.
6.3
6.3
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as John O'Hanlan
6.2
6.2
Rose Marie
1936
as John Flower
6.2
6.2
The American West of John Ford
1971
as Self - Narrator
6.2
6.2
Son of Dinosaurs
1989
as Himself
6.1
6.1
Thunder Bay
1953
as Steve Martin
6.1
6.1
Strategic Air Command
1955
as Robert "Dutch" Holland
6.1
6.1
Thunderbolt
1947
as Himself, Introduction
6.1
6.1
Made for Each Other
1939
as John Horace Mason
6.0
6.0
The Rare Breed
1966
as Sam Burnett
6.0
6.0
The FBI Story
1959
as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
6.0
6.0
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
as Self
6.0
6.0
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
1980
as Mr. Krueger
6.0
6.0
Sentimental Journey
1976
6.0
6.0
Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self
6.0
6.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self
6.0
6.0
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
6.0
6.0
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self
6.0
6.0
Important News
1936
as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
6.0
6.0
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977
as Self
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
as James Stewart
6.0
6.0
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
as Self
6.0
6.0
Fellow Americans
1942
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
6.0
6.0
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
5.9
5.9
Born to Dance
1936
as Ted Barker
5.9
5.9
X-15
1961
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
5.9
5.9
Small Town Girl
1936
as Elmer Clampett
5.9
5.9
The Big Sleep
1978
as General Sternwood
5.8
5.8
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Jason Wilkins
5.8
5.8
Winning Your Wings
1942
as Self
5.7
5.7
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
5.6
5.6
Airport '77
1977
as Philip Stevens
5.6
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
as Larry Hall
5.5
5.5
Pot o' Gold
1941
as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
5.5
5.5
Speed
1936
as Terry Martin
5.5
5.5
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Slim
5.4
5.4
The Magic of Lassie
1978
as Clovis Mitchell
5.3
5.3
Take Her, She's Mine
1963
as Frank Michaelson
5.3
5.3
Flashing Spikes
1962
as Slim Conway
5.3
5.3
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
5.3
5.3
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
2003
as Narrator (archive footage)
5.3
5.3
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as John 'Truck' Cross
5.2
5.2
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997
as George Bailey (archive footage)
5.0
5.0
And Then There Were Four
1950
as Self - Narrator (voice)
5.0
5.0
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
5.0
5.0
A Tale of Africa
1980
as Old Man
5.0
5.0
Tomorrow's Drivers
1954
as the story teller
5.0
5.0
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
4.0
4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as James Stewart (archive footage)
3.5
3.5
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987
as Self - Host
1.0
1.0
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart, l'ami américain
2023
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
1964
as Narrator
Dark Galaxy
1993
as (archive footage)
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
as Self (archive footage)
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