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(205)
Self
1962
Self
1948
Self
1971
Self
1950
Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
1950
Jimmy Stewart
1950
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1950
1961
Self - Presenter/Winner
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self
1978
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
1953
Miles Colbert
1985
Self
1973
Self
1954
1965
Elwood P. Dowd
1951
James Stewart
1960
Self
1971
Prof. James K. Howard
1971
Billy Jim Hawkins
1973
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1973
Self
1977
Ransom Stoddard
1962
Self
1974
George Bailey
1946
L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
1954
1959
Self
1991
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
1958
Joe Newman
1953
Britt Ponset
1953
Bart
1953
Self
1971
Self (archive footage)
1975
Narrator
1951
1958
Self
1972
Johnny Cobb
1968
Rupert Cadell
1948
Linus Rawlings
1962
Capt. Frank Towns
1965
Paul Biegler
1959
Tom Jeffords
1950
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
2024
Philip Stevens
1977
Dr. Ben McKenna
1956
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
1940
Jefferson Smith
1939
Elwood P. Dowd
1950
Lin McAdam
1950
Wylie Burp (voice)
1991
Jeff Webster
1954
James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
1941
Alfred Kralik
1940
John Horace Mason
1939
Mace Bishop
1968
Will Lockhart
1955
Charlie Anderson
1965
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
1959
Buttons
1952
Guy Johnson
1939
Dr. Hostetler
1976
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
2022
Tony Kirby
1938
Shep Henderson
1958
David Graham
1936
Glyn McLyntock
1952
Wyatt Earp
1964
General Sternwood
1978
Self
1987
Howard Kemp
1953
Guest Performer
1977
Self (archive footage)
2014
Sam Burnett
1966
(archive footage)
1976
Self
1988
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
1948
Grant McLaine
1957
Self
1985
Glenn Miller
1954
Tom Destry Jr.
1939
Peter
1938
Slim
1948
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
1957
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
1961
Martin Breitner
1940
John O'Hanlan
1970
Robert "Dutch" Holland
1955
Bill Smith
1941
Roger Hobbs
1962
Gilbert Young
1941
Self
1982
Theodore Honey
1951
Steve Martin
1953
Mattie Appleyard
1971
Self
1990
Rip Smith
1947
Self
2021
Dave
1936
Jason Wilkins
1938
Himself, Introduction
1947
Self (archive footage)
2022
Bill Lawrence
1950
Self
1991
Monty Stratton
1949
Professor Robert Leaf
1965
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
1936
Self
1995
Elmer Clampett
1936
Major Baldwin
1960
Narrator (archive footage)
2003
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
1938
Teddy Dwyer
1983
Shorty
1935
Self (archive footage)
1982
Marsh Williams
1952
Self (archive footage)
1997
Jacques (archive footage)
1993
John Royer
1949
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
1983
Self
1984
Himself / Narrator (voice)
1961
Frank Michaelson
1963
Old Man
1980
Chico
1937
2002
Terry Martin
1936
John Flower
1936
Ted Barker
1936
(archive footage)
1982
Paul North Sr.
1937
Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
2010
Self
1987
1971
Self (archive footage)
1972
Self
1986
Marvin Payne
1948
Larry Hall
1939
Slim Conway
1962
Self (archive footage)
2022
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
1940
Self
1978
Self (uncredited)
1939
John 'Truck' Cross
1937
Self
1988
1968
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2009
Elwood P. Dowd
1972
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self
1992
Christopher Tyler
1936
Self (archive footage)
1937
Self
1940
George Bailey (archive footage)
1997
Self
1940
Self
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Self
1942
Clovis Mitchell
1978
Self
1936
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1960
Self (archive footage)
2001
(archive footage)
1993
Self
1938
Self
1976
Mr. Krueger
1980
Self
1940
James Stewart
1938
Himself
1989
Self - Narrator
1971
Self (archive footage)
1999
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self
1983
Narrator
1948
Self (archive footage)
2000
Jack Burton
1934
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
1950
Self
1981
James Stewart (archive footage)
1939
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self
1947
Self - Host
1987
George Bailey (Archival)
2025
Self
1990
Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
1936
1976
the story teller
1954
1996
Narrator
1964
Narrator (voice)
1942
2023