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.
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Movies (47)
The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
2024
James Stewart, l'ami américain
2023
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
2021
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self (archive footage)
2017
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
2013
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Warner at War
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
as Narrator (archive footage)
2003
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
as Self (archive footage)
2002
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Rope Unleashed
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
John Wayne-A Life on Film
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as George Bailey (archive footage)
1997
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
La Classe américaine
as Jacques (archive footage)
1993
Dark Galaxy
as (archive footage)
1993
Fonda on Fonda
as Self
1992
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Wylie Burp (voice)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self
1991
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Son of Dinosaurs
as Self
1989
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1988
A Beverly Hills Christmas
as Self - Host
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
1987
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
1985
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
as Self
1984
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
1983
Right of Way
as Teddy Dwyer
1983
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
