Known For
Acting
Born
May 20, 1908
Died
Jul 02, 1997
Place of Birth
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
214 titles
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
Filmography
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
George Bailey
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bloody Hundredth
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
James Stewart, l'ami américain
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Jean Harlow
archive footage
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
Self (archive footage)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Narrator (archive footage)
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
George Bailey (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
La Classe américaine
Jacques (archive footage)
Dark Galaxy
(archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
Self
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Wylie Burp (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Son of Dinosaurs
Self
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Self (Archive Footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Self - Host
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Self
North and South
Miles Colbert
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Self