James Stewart

★ Acting #246

1908 - 1997 (age 89) • Acting

Born: 5/20/1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 7/2/1997 (age 89)

Known for: Acting

James Stewart

★ Acting #246

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.

Known For

Rear Window

83%

L.B. Jefferies

1954

Vertigo

81%

Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson

1958

It's a Wonderful Life

83%

George Bailey

1946

Rope

79%

Rupert Cadell

1948

The Man Who Knew Too Much

74%

Ben McKenna

1956

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

78%

Ransom Stoddard

1962

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

78%

Jefferson Smith

1939

Anatomy of a Murder

78%

Paul "Pauly" Biegler

1959

The Bloody Hundredth

72%

Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)

2024

James Stewart, l'ami américain

2023

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

Self (archive footage)

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

67%

Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)

2022

Rat Pack

90%

Self (archive footage)

2022

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

73%

Self (archive footage)

2021

This Is Bob Hope...

77%

Self (archive footage)

2017

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

60%

Self (archive footage)

2017

My Scientology Movie

66%

Self (archive photo)

2016

Discovering Jean Harlow

100%

archive footage

2015

John Ford & Monument Valley

10%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Talking Pictures

62%

Self (archive footage)

2013

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

75%

Self (archive footage)

2009

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Self (archive footage)

2009

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

Self (archive footage)

2008

Warner at War

70%

Self (archive footage)

2008

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

57%

Narrator (archive footage)

2003

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

Self (archive footage)

2002

Rope Unleashed

73%

Self (archive footage)

2001

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

75%

Self (archive footage)

2001

The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'

69%

Self (archive footage)

2000

John Wayne-A Life on Film

Self (archive footage)

2000

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

78%

Self (archive footage)

1999

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

58%

George Bailey (archive footage)

1997

Obsessed with Vertigo

71%

Self (archive footage)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

63%

Self (archive footage)

1997

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

60%

1996

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

80%

Self

1995