James Cagney
Acting
🎂 1899-07-17
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. In his first performing role, Cagney danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a hoofer and comedian until his first major acting role in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good reviews before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews for his acting, Warners signed him for an initial $500 a week, three-week contract to reprise his role; this was quickly extended to a seven year contract. Cagney's seventh film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for its famous grapefruit scene, the film thrust Cagney into the spotlight, making him one of Warners' and Hollywood's biggest stars. In 1938, he received his first Academy Award Best Actor nomination for Angels with Dirty Faces, before winning in 1942 for his portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was nominated a third time in 1955 for Love Me or Leave Me. Cagney retired for 20 years in 1961, spending time on his farm before returning for a part in Ragtime mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke. Cagney walked out on Warners several times over his career, each time coming back on improved personal and artistic terms. In 1935, he sued Warners for breach of contract and won; this marked one of the first times an actor had beaten a studio over a contract issue. He worked for an independent film company for a year while the suit was settled, and also established his own production company, Cagney Productions, in 1942 before returning to Warners again four years later. Jack Warner called him "The Professional Againster", in reference to Cagney’s refusal to be pushed around. Cagney also made numerous morale-boosting troop tours before and during World War II, and was President of the Screen Actors Guild for two years. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Cagney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(134)
George Bridgeman
1950
Self
1961
Self
1948
Self (uncredited)
1948
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1978
Self
1953
Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Self
1973
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
1981
(uncredited)
1935
Nick Condon
1945
Tom Powers
1931
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Self
1940
Self (archive footage)
1975
Eddie Bartlett
1939
Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
1949
C.R. MacNamara
1961
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
1982
Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)
2004
Martin Snyder
1955
Johnny 'Red' Cave
1936
Self (archive footage)
2014
Captain Morton
1955
Ralph Cotter
1950
‘Brick' Davis
1935
George M. Cohan
1942
(archive footage)
1976
Rocky Sullivan
1938
Narrator (voice)
1966
Chester Kent
1933
Self (archive footage)
2002
Biff Grimes
1941
Jim Kincaid
1939
Matt Dow
1955
Self
1982
Terrence 'Terry' Rooney
1937
Captain Flagg
1952
Self (archive footage)
2008
Bottom
1935
Self (archive footage)
1985
Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
1960
Nick Butler
1940
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Frank Ross
1939
Jerry Plunkett
1940
Lon Chaney
1957
Self (archive footage)
2003
Steve Collins
1941
Sean Lenihan
1959
Dan Quigley
1933
Self (archival)
2003
Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
1942
Jeremy Rodack
1956
Tommy O'Toole
1935
Albert 'Bert' Harris
1931
Danny Kenny
1940
Jack
1931
Joseph
1948
Elwin Bixby
1950
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey
1947
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Self (archive footage)
1988
(archive footage)
1982
Joe Greer
1932
Jimmy Corrigan
1934
James Cagney
1951
Matt Nolan
1931
Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
1933
Self (uncredited)
1939
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
1976
Self (archive footage)
1976
Ed 'Eddie' Bailey
1931
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Himself (prologue)
1957
From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
1985
Robert Law
1938
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Tommy Powers (archive footage)
1946
Chesty O'Conner
1934
Self (archive footage)
2008
Bat Morgan
1935
(archive footage)
1984
Self
1943
George M. Cohan
1955
Self (archive footage)
1997
Narrator
1968
Lefty Merrill
1933
Self (archive footage)
2021
Tom Richards
1943
1981
Dizzy Davies
1936
Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean
1933
Self
1998
Steve Bradford
1956
Eddie Kennedy
1934
Joe Moran
1984
Self
1939
NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)
2004
Hank Martin
1953
Lew Marsh
1951
Steve Mileaway
1930
Harry Delano
1930
Self
1936
Self
1947
Self (archive)
2009
Himself
1931
Jake MacIllaney
1959
Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen
1934
Himself
1934
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self (uncredited)
1934
Self
1935
Schofield
1931
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
1943
Self (archive footage)
1993
Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
1928
Self (archive footage)
1991
Himself (archive footage)
1942
Self (Archive footage)
1992
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self
1979
Danny O'Hara
1935
(archive footage)
1975
Himself
1956
Jim 'Jimmy' Kane
1932
Self (archive footage)
2005
Narrator
1962
Himself
1931
1935
John Jones
1943