James Stewart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 May 1908 · Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 2 July 1997
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.
Known for
Acting 187
- 2026The Fall: Part I as Self (archive footage)
- 2026The Fall: Part II as Self (archive footage)
- 2026Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies as Himself
- 2026Yukon Passage as Narrator
- 2026It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead as George Bailey
- 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025Manikin as George Bailey (Archival)
- 2024The Bloody Hundredth as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
- 2023James Stewart, l'ami américain
- 2022Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
- 2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2021I Am Alfred Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Black Baby as Rupert Cadell (archive footage)
- 2017This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self (archive footage)
- 2016My Scientology Movie as Self (archive photo)
- 2015Discovering Jean Harlow as archive footage
- 2014And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013John Ford & Monument Valley as Self (archive footage)
- 2010Casino Jack and the United States of Money as Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- 2009The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth as Self (archive footage)
- 2008Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You as Self (archive footage)
- 2008Warner at War as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films as Narrator (archive footage)
- 2002The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s as Self (archive footage)
- 2001'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic as Self (archive footage)
- 2001Rope Unleashed as Self (archive footage)
- 2000The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' as Self (archive footage)
- 2000John Wayne-A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as George Bailey (archive footage)
- 1997Obsessed with Vertigo as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1996No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1994100 Years at the Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1994A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993La Classe américaine as Jacques (archive footage)
- 1993Dark Galaxy as (archive footage)
- 1992Fonda on Fonda as Self
- 1991An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as Wylie Burp (voice)
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- 1990The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' as Self
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989Son of Dinosaurs as Self
- 1989I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self
- 1987A Beverly Hills Christmas as Self - Host
- 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self
- 1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self
- 1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special as Self
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985That's Dancing! as Self (archive footage)
- 1984All Star Party for Lucille Ball as Self
- 1984Olympic Gala
- 1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
- 1983Right of Way as Teddy Dwyer
- 1983George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business as Self
- 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1981All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
- 1980Mr. Krueger's Christmas as Mr. Krueger
- 1980A Tale of Africa as Old Man
- 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
- 1978Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978The Magic of Lassie as Clovis Mitchell
- 1978The Big Sleep as General Sternwood
- 1977The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? as Self
- 1977Airport '77 as Philip Stevens
- 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
- 1976The Shootist as Dr. Hostetler
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1976Sentimental Journey
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1974That's Entertainment! as Self - Host / Narrator
- 1972Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971The American West of John Ford as Self - Narrator
- 1971Directed by John Ford
- 1971Fools' Parade as Mattie Appleyard
- 1970The Cheyenne Social Club as John O'Hanlan
- 1968The Dean Martin Christmas Show
- 1968Bandolero! as Mace Bishop
- 1968Firecreek as Johnny Cobb
- 1967Mondo Hollywood
- 1966The Rare Breed as Sam Burnett
- 1965The Flight of the Phoenix as Frank Towns
- 1965Shenandoah as Charlie Anderson
- 1965Dear Brigitte as Professor Robert Leaf
- 1964Cheyenne Autumn as Wyatt Earp
- 1964Cheyenne Autumn Trail as Narrator
- 1963Take Her, She's Mine as Frank Michaelson
- 1962How the West Was Won as Linus Rawlings
- 1962Flashing Spikes as Slim Conway
- 1962Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation as Roger Hobbs
- 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Ransom Stoddard
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 7 episodes
- 1961X-15 as Himself / Narrator (voice)
- 1961Two Rode Together as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
- 1960The Mountain Road as Major Baldwin
- 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 1959The FBI Story as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
- 1959Anatomy of a Murder as Paul Biegler
- 1958Bell, Book and Candle as Shep Henderson
- 1958The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
- 1958Vertigo as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- 1957Night Passage as Grant McLaine
- 1957The Spirit of St. Louis as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
- 1956The Man Who Knew Too Much as Ben McKenna
- 1955The Man from Laramie as Will Lockhart
- 1955Strategic Air Command as Robert "Dutch" Holland
- 1954Jamboree as Self
- 1954Rear Window as L.B. Jefferies
- 1954The Far Country as Jeff Webster
- 1954The Glenn Miller Story as Glenn Miller
- 1954Tomorrow's Drivers as the story teller
- 1953Thunder Bay as Steve Martin
- 1953The Naked Spur as Howard Kemp
- 1952Carbine Williams as Marsh Williams
- 1952The Greatest Show on Earth as Buttons
- 1952Bend of the River as Glyn McLyntock
- 1951No Highway in the Sky as Theodore Honey
- 1950Harvey as Elwood P. Dowd
- 1950The Jackpot as Bill Lawrence
- 1950Broken Arrow as Tom Jeffords
- 1950Winchester '73 as Lin McAdam
- 1950And Then There Were Four as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1949Malaya as John Royer
- 1949The Stratton Story as Monty Stratton
- 1948You Gotta Stay Happy as Marvin Payne
- 194810,000 Kids and a Cop as Narrator
- 1948Call Northside 777 as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
- 1948On Our Merry Way as Slim
- 1948Rope as Rupert Cadell
- 1947Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
- 1947Magic Town as Rip Smith
- 1947Thunderbolt as Himself, Introduction
- 1946It's a Wonderful Life as George Bailey
- 1942Winning Your Wings as Self
- 1942Fellow Americans as Narrator (voice)
- 1941Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941Ziegfeld Girl as Gilbert Young
- 1941Pot o' Gold as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
- 1941Come Live with Me as Bill Smith
- 1940The Philadelphia Story as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
- 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940No Time for Comedy as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- 1940The Mortal Storm as Martin Breitner
- 1940Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 1940The Shop Around the Corner as Alfred Kralik
- 1939Destry Rides Again as Tom Destry Jr.
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Jefferson Smith
- 1939It's a Wonderful World as Guy Johnson
- 1939Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
- 1939Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as James Stewart (archive footage)
- 1939The Ice Follies of 1939 as Larry Hall
- 1939Made for Each Other as John Horace Mason
- 1938You Can't Take It with You as Tony Kirby
- 1938Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 as James Stewart
- 1938The Shopworn Angel as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
- 1938Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1938Vivacious Lady as Peter
- 1938Of Human Hearts as Jason Wilkins
- 1937Navy Blue and Gold as John 'Truck' Cross
- 1937The Last Gangster as Paul North Sr.
- 1937The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
- 1937Seventh Heaven as Chico
- 1936After the Thin Man as David Graham
- 1936Born to Dance as Ted Barker
- 1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1936The Gorgeous Hussy as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
- 1936Speed as Terry Martin
- 1936Small Town Girl as Elmer Clampett
- 1936Important News as Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
- 1936Wife vs. Secretary as Dave
- 1936Rose Marie as John Flower
- 1936Next Time We Love as Christopher Tyler
- 1935The Murder Man as Shorty
- 1934Art Trouble as Jack Burton