James Stewart
Acting
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.
Born: May 20, 1908
Place of Birth: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Filmography
as George Bailey (Archival)
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
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as Narrator (archive footage)
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as George Bailey (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
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as Jacques (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Wylie Burp (voice)
as Self
as Himself
as Self - Host
as Miles Colbert
as Self
as Teddy Dwyer
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
as Self
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as Mr. Krueger
as Old Man
as Self
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as Clovis Mitchell
as General Sternwood
as Philip Stevens
as Dr. Hostetler
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Host / Narrator
as Billy Jim Hawkins
as Self
as Elwood P. Dowd
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Narrator
as Self
as Prof. James K. Howard
as Mattie Appleyard
as Self
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as John O'Hanlan
as Mace Bishop
as Johnny Cobb
as Sam Burnett
as Capt. Frank Towns
as Charlie Anderson
as Professor Robert Leaf
as Wyatt Earp
as Narrator
as Frank Michaelson
as Linus Rawlings
as Slim Conway
as Roger Hobbs
as Ransom Stoddard
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
as James Stewart
as Major Baldwin
as Self
as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
as Paul Biegler
as Shep Henderson
as Self
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
as Grant McLaine
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
as Dr. Ben McKenna
as Self - Presenter
as Will Lockhart
as Robert "Dutch" Holland
as L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
as Jeff Webster
as Glenn Miller
as the story teller
as Steve Martin
as Self
as Joe Newman
as Britt Ponset
as Bart
as Howard Kemp
as Marsh Williams
as Buttons
as Glyn McLyntock
as Elwood P. Dowd
as Narrator
as Theodore Honey
as Elwood P. Dowd
as Bill Lawrence
as Self
as Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
as Jimmy Stewart
as Self
as Tom Jeffords
as Lin McAdam
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Mystery Guest
as John Royer
as Monty Stratton
as Marvin Payne
as Self
as Rupert Cadell
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
as Slim
as Self
as Rip Smith
as Himself, Introduction
as George Bailey
as Self - Presenter / Nominee
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Gilbert Young
as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
as Bill Smith
as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
as Martin Breitner
as Alfred Kralik
as Tom Destry Jr.
as Jefferson Smith
as Guy Johnson
as Self (uncredited)
as James Stewart (archive footage)
as Larry Hall
as John Horace Mason
as Tony Kirby
as James Stewart
as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
as Self
as Peter
as Jason Wilkins
as John 'Truck' Cross
as Paul North Sr.
as Self (archive footage)
as Chico
as David Graham
as Ted Barker
as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
as Terry Martin
as Elmer Clampett
as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
as Dave
as John Flower
as Christopher Tyler
as Shorty
as Jack Burton