
James Stewart
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.
210 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 210

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Great Performances
1971

Tony Awards
1956

My Three Sons
1960

What's My Line?
1950

The Oscars
1953

North and South
1985

People's Choice Awards
1975

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

Dinah!
1974

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Jack Benny Program
1950
Film '72
1971

Startime
1959

The Dean Martin Show
1965

Rear Window
1954

It's a Wonderful Life
1946

MGM Parade
1955

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

Alcoa Premiere
1961

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

Vertigo
1958

The Pet Set
1971

The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
The George Gobel Show
1954
Please Turn the Page
1977

Hawkins
1973

Talking Pictures
2013

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Jimmy Stewart Show
1971

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962

How the West Was Won
1962

Anatomy of a Murder
1959

The Bloody Hundredth
2024

General Electric Theater
1953

Airport '77
1977

Rope
1948

Broken Arrow
1950

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991

The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939

The Shop Around the Corner
1940

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Philadelphia Story
1940

The Shootist
1976

Harvey
1950

Shenandoah
1965

The Flight of the Phoenix
1965

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952

Winchester '73
1950

You Can't Take It with You
1938

Bandolero!
1968

Bend of the River
1952

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Cheyenne Autumn
1964

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

The Far Country
1954

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Lux Playhouse
1958

The Big Sleep
1978
Laugh-In
1977

The Rare Breed
1966

The Mortal Storm
1940

The Glenn Miller Story
1954

The Naked Spur
1953

Bell, Book and Candle
1958

Two Rode Together
1961

Firecreek
1968

Call Northside 777
1948

The Spirit of St. Louis
1957

Night Passage
1957

The Man from Laramie
1955

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022

Destry Rides Again
1939

After the Thin Man
1936

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

La Classe américaine
1993

Directed by John Ford
1971

Small Town Girl
1936

Thunder Bay
1953

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962

The FBI Story
1959

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

That's Entertainment!
1974

Rose Marie
1936

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Pot o' Gold
1941

Rat Pack
2022

Right of Way
1983

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991

It's a Wonderful World
1939

Mickey's 50
1978

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

Made for Each Other
1939

Vivacious Lady
1938

No Highway in the Sky
1951

The Cheyenne Social Club
1970

Magic Town
1947
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991

Wife vs. Secretary
1936

That's Dancing!
1985

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997

Come Live with Me
1941

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940

Hollywood Goes to Town
1938

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982

Of Human Hearts
1938

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021

The Ice Follies of 1939
1939

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976

Strategic Air Command
1955

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
2003

Born to Dance
1936

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960

Take Her, She's Mine
1963

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968

Carbine Williams
1952

You Gotta Stay Happy
1948

Mondo Hollywood
1967

Malaya
1949

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997

Fools' Parade
1971

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987

Dear Brigitte
1965

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983

X-15
1961

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936

Mr. Krueger's Christmas
1980

The Jackpot
1950

Harvey
1972

Thunderbolt
1947

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986

Showbiz Goes to War
1982

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009

Seventh Heaven
1937

The Stratton Story
1949

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936

A Tale of Africa
1980

Flashing Spikes
1962

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
2022

The Shopworn Angel
1938

The Murder Man
1935

No Time for Comedy
1940
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958

The Mountain Road
1960

Speed
1936

'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
2001

This Is Bob Hope...
2017

The Last Gangster
1937

The Magic of Lassie
1978

The Romance of Celluloid
1937

Hollywood Hobbies
1939

Rope Unleashed
2001

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

Important News
1936

On Our Merry Way
1948

A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026

Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Fellow Americans
1942

Fonda on Fonda
1992

Next Time We Love
1936

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938

Blow-Ups of 1947
1947

The American West of John Ford
1971

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009

Obsessed with Vertigo
1997

Warner at War
2008

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979

John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000

Winning Your Wings
1942

And Then There Were Four
1950

Discovering Jean Harlow
2015

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008

The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
2000

Son of Dinosaurs
1989

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977

John Ford & Monument Valley
2013

Art Trouble
1934

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996

The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981

Dark Galaxy
1993

10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948

Cheyenne Autumn Trail
1964
Sentimental Journey
1976

It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
2026

Jamboree
1954

Yukon Passage
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James Stewart, l'ami américain
2023

Tomorrow's Drivers
1954