James Cagney

★ Acting #1,550

1899 - 1986 (age 86) • Acting

Born: 7/17/1899 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 3/30/1986 (age 86)

Known for: Acting

James Cagney

★ Acting #1,550

James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time.

Known For

White Heat

76%

Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

1949

One, Two, Three

75%

C.R. MacNamara

1961

The Public Enemy

72%

Tom Powers

1931

Angels with Dirty Faces

75%

Rocky Sullivan

1938

The Roaring Twenties

75%

Eddie Bartlett

1939

Yankee Doodle Dandy

70%

George M. Cohan

1942

Ragtime

70%

New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

1981

Mister Roberts

70%

Captain Morton

1955

Becoming Marilyn

73%

(archive footage)

2022

Parkinson at 50

100%

Self (archive footage)

2021

This Is Bob Hope...

77%

Self (archive footage)

2017

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

75%

Self (archive footage)

2009

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Self (archive footage)

2009

Warner at War

70%

(archive footage)

2008

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

69%

Self (archive footage)

2008

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

85%

Self (archive footage)

2008

Legends

50%

Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

66%

Self (archive footage) (voice)

2006

White Heat: Top of the World

77%

Self (archive footage)

2005

Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

78%

Self (archive footage)

2005

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

85%

Self (archive footage)

2005

Remembering Ragtime

NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)

2004

Tupac: Resurrection

79%

Self (archival)

2003

Complicated Women

69%

Self (archive footage)

2003

Doris Day: It's Magic

Self

1998

Vaudeville

80%

Self (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage)

1997

James Cagney: Top of the World

85%

Self (Archive footage)

1992

Movie Tough Guys

100%

Self (archive footage)

1991

I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

Self (Archive Footage)

1989

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

60%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Routine Pleasures

68%

Ed "Eddie" Bailey (archive footage)

1986

That's Dancing!

69%

From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

20%

Self (archive footage)

1985

Terrible Joe Moran

70%

Joe Moran

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

90%

(archive footage)

1984