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