James Stewart
Acting
🎂 1908-05-20
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.
Cast credits(206)
Self
1962
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Presenter / Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
James Stewart
1960
Self
1971
Miles Colbert
1985
Self
1948
Self
1950
Self
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
George Bailey
1946
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
1958
L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
1954
Self
1974
1965
Self
1950
Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
1950
Jimmy Stewart
1950
Self
1978
Self
1973
Mattie Appleyard
1971
Shep Henderson
1958
Ransom Stoddard
1962
Rupert Cadell
1948
Tom Jeffords
1950
Linus Rawlings
1962
1959
Dr. Ben McKenna
1956
Self
1979
Self (archive footage)
2013
Narrator (archive footage)
2003
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
2024
Self
1971
Wylie Burp (voice)
1991
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
1940
Billy Jim Hawkins
1973
Jefferson Smith
1939
Elwood P. Dowd
1950
Philip Stevens
1977
Paul Biegler
1959
Howard Kemp
1953
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Capt. Frank Towns
1965
1961
Self (archive footage)
2014
(archive footage)
1976
2002
Self
1987
Self
1954
Self
1992
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
1961
Wyatt Earp
1964
Gilbert Young
1941
Self
1983
Self
1977
Mace Bishop
1968
John O'Hanlan
1970
Glenn Miller
1954
Grant McLaine
1957
Self
1973
Tony Kirby
1938
Self
1982
Alfred Kralik
1940
Self
1938
1971
Sam Burnett
1966
Charlie Anderson
1965
General Sternwood
1978
Will Lockhart
1955
Johnny Cobb
1968
Lin McAdam
1950
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
1959
Self
1972
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
1972
Clovis Mitchell
1978
Self - Narrator
1971
Glyn McLyntock
1952
Self
1988
Self
1987
Self
1981
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1991
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
1936
Self (archive footage)
1982
Dr. Hostetler
1976
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
1968
Self (archive footage)
1997
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
1957
Self (archive footage)
2000
Slim
1948
Bill Smith
1941
Self
1984
Self
1986
John Horace Mason
1939
Self
1983
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
1948
Roger Hobbs
1962
Self (archive footage)
2008
Elwood P. Dowd
1951
John Royer
1949
Guy Johnson
1939
Self (archive footage)
1975
Jeff Webster
1954
Self
1940
Self
1971
Rip Smith
1947
Ted Barker
1936
Self (archive footage)
2009
Marvin Payne
1948
Himself / Narrator (voice)
1961
Self
1960
Buttons
1952
Steve Martin
1953
Slim Conway
1962
Robert "Dutch" Holland
1955
Bill Lawrence
1950
Martin Breitner
1940
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
2022
Self (archive footage)
2001
Marsh Williams
1952
Self (uncredited)
1939
Self (archive footage)
2017
Monty Stratton
1949
(archive footage)
1982
Jason Wilkins
1938
John 'Truck' Cross
1937
Self
1947
Self (archive footage)
1999
Joe Newman
1953
Britt Ponset
1953
Bart
1953
Self
1987
Jacques (archive footage)
1993
Self
1936
Self
1978
Self
1940
Tom Destry Jr.
1939
Self
1942
Peter
1938
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
George Bailey (archive footage)
1997
David Graham
1936
Self
1983
Self
1976
Larry Hall
1939
Narrator
1951
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
1937
Old Man
1980
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
1940
John Flower
1936
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2022
Narrator
1948
Professor Robert Leaf
1965
James Stewart (archive footage)
1939
Prof. James K. Howard
1971
James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
1941
Self
1991
Chico
1937
Major Baldwin
1960
1996
Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
2010
Elmer Clampett
1936
Elwood P. Dowd
1972
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
1995
Frank Michaelson
1963
1958
Self
1940
Shorty
1935
Self
2021
Guest Performer
1977
(archive footage)
1993
Dave
1936
Self (archive footage)
2009
Paul North Sr.
1937
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
1938
Christopher Tyler
1936
Himself, Introduction
1947
Self (archive footage)
2013
Jack Burton
1934
Teddy Dwyer
1983
James Stewart
1938
Self - Narrator (voice)
1950
Theodore Honey
1951
Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
1936
Terry Martin
1936
Mr. Krueger
1980
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self - Host
1987
1976
George Bailey (Archival)
2025
Narrator
1964
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
2008
Himself
1989
the story teller
1954
Narrator (voice)
1942
2023