James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Stewart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
Series | Hiding | Troy Quigg / Lincoln Swift | 2015-02-05 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage) | 2013-03-05 |
Movie | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | Jefferson Smith (archive footage) | 2010-05-09 |
Series | Packed to the Rafters | Jake Barton | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Voodoo Lagoon | Craig | 2007-06-07 |
Series | H2O: Just Add Water | Unknown | 2006-07-07 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films | Narrator (archive footage) | 2003-06-27 |
Movie | Rope Unleashed | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-06 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-04-01 |
Movie | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-23 |
Series | Breakers | 1998-02-02 | |
Movie | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece | Self (archive footage) | 1997-06-01 |
Movie | Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas | George Bailey (archive footage) | 1997-12-01 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
Movie | La Classe américaine | Jacques (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
Movie | Fonda on Fonda | Self | 1992-01-13 |
Movie | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Wylie Burp (voice) | 1991-11-21 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
Series | Home and Away | Justin Morgan | 1988-01-17 |
Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Himself | 1987-03-13 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Sans Soleil | Self / John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) | 1983-03-02 |
Movie | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self | 1983-12-11 |
Movie | Right of Way | Teddy Dwyer | 1983-11-21 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 1981-04-18 |
Movie | Green Horizons | Old Man | 1980-07-19 |
Movie | Mr. Krueger's Christmas | Mr. Krueger | 1980-12-21 |
Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
Movie | The Big Sleep | General Sternwood | 1978-03-13 |
Movie | The Magic of Lassie | Clovis Mitchell | 1978-08-02 |
Movie | Airport '77 | Philip Stevens | 1977-03-11 |
Movie | Sentimental Journey | 1976-01-01 | |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! | Self - Host / Narrator | 1974-06-21 |
Movie | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | 1972-03-20 |
Movie | Directed by John Ford | 1971-09-06 | |
Movie | Fools' Parade | Mattie Appleyard | 1971-08-18 |
Series | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Prof. James K. Howard | 1971-09-19 |
Movie | The American West of John Ford | Self - Narrator | 1971-12-05 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Social Club | John O'Hanlan | 1970-06-12 |
Movie | Firecreek | Johnny Cobb | 1968-01-24 |
Movie | Bandolero! | Mace Bishop | 1968-06-01 |
Movie | The Rare Breed | Sam Burnett | 1966-02-02 |
Movie | Dear Brigitte | Professor Robert Leaf | 1965-01-08 |
Movie | Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | 1965-06-03 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | The Flight of the Phoenix | Capt. Frank Towns | 1965-12-15 |
Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | Cheyenne Autumn | Wyatt Earp | 1964-10-15 |
Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Ransom Stoddard | 1962-04-13 |
Movie | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Roger Hobbs | 1962-06-15 |
Movie | How the West Was Won | Linus Rawlings | 1962-11-02 |
Movie | Flashing Spikes | Slim Conway | 1962-10-04 |
Movie | Two Rode Together | Marshal Guthrie McCabe | 1961-07-26 |
Series | Alcoa Premiere | Unknown | 1961-10-10 |
Movie | X-15 | Himself / Narrator (voice) | 1961-12-22 |
Movie | The Mountain Road | Major Baldwin | 1960-06-15 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | The FBI Story | John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty | 1959-10-01 |
Series | Startime | Azel Dorsey | 1959-10-06 |
Movie | The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh | 1957-04-01 |
Movie | Night Passage | Grant McLaine | 1957-07-24 |
Movie | Strategic Air Command | Robert "Dutch" Holland | 1955-07-12 |
Movie | The Man from Laramie | Will Lockhart | 1955-08-19 |
Movie | The Glenn Miller Story | Glenn Miller | 1954-01-04 |
Movie | Tomorrow's Drivers | the story teller | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | The Far Country | Jeff Webster | 1954-02-12 |
Movie | Rear Window | L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies | 1954-08-01 |
Movie | The Naked Spur | Howard Kemp | 1953-01-30 |
Movie | Thunder Bay | Steve Martin | 1953-05-21 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Bend of the River | Glyn McLyntock | 1952-01-23 |
Movie | Carbine Williams | Marsh Williams | 1952-05-01 |
Movie | The Greatest Show on Earth | Buttons | 1952-02-16 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Broken Arrow | Tom Jeffords | 1950-08-01 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | 1950-12-04 |
Movie | The Jackpot | William J. 'Bill' Lawrence | 1950-11-01 |
Movie | And Then There Were Four | Narrator | 1950-12-31 |
Movie | The Stratton Story | Monty Stratton | 1949-05-12 |
Movie | Malaya | John Royer | 1949-12-27 |
Movie | Call Northside 777 | P.J. 'Jim' McNeal | 1948-02-13 |
Movie | Rope | Rupert Cadell | 1948-03-11 |
Movie | On Our Merry Way | Slim | 1948-02-03 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | You Gotta Stay Happy | Marvin Payne | 1948-10-28 |
Movie | Magic Town | Rip Smith | 1947-10-07 |
Movie | Thunderbolt | Himself | 1947-07-26 |
Movie | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 1947-12-31 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | George Bailey | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Swooner Crooner | Bing Crosby Rooster (voice) | 1944-05-06 |
Movie | Winning Your Wings | Self | 1942-05-28 |
Movie | Come Live with Me | Bill Smith | 1941-01-31 |
Movie | Pot o' Gold | James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
Movie | Ziegfeld Girl | Gilbert Young | 1941-04-25 |
Movie | The Mortal Storm | Martin Breitner | 1940-06-20 |
Movie | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
Movie | The Shop Around the Corner | Alfred Kralik | 1940-01-12 |
Movie | No Time for Comedy | Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook | 1940-09-14 |
Movie | The Philadelphia Story | Macaulay 'Mike' Connor | 1940-12-05 |
Movie | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
Movie | The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mort Hodges | 1939-03-10 |
Movie | Made for Each Other | John Horace Mason | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Hobbies | 1939-05-03 | |
Movie | It's a Wonderful World | Guy Johnson | 1939-05-19 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jefferson Smith | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | Destry Rides Again | Tom Destry Jr. | 1939-11-30 |
Movie | Vivacious Lady | Peter Morgan Jr. | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | Of Human Hearts | Jason Wilkins | 1938-02-11 |
Movie | The Shopworn Angel | Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew | 1938-07-15 |
Movie | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Tony Kirby | 1938-09-01 |
Movie | Seventh Heaven | Chico | 1937-03-25 |
Movie | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Navy Blue and Gold | John 'Truck' Cross | 1937-11-19 |
Movie | The Last Gangster | Paul North Sr. | 1937-11-12 |
Movie | Rose Marie | John Flower | 1936-01-31 |
Movie | Next Time We Love | Christopher Tyler | 1936-01-30 |
Movie | Wife vs. Secretary | Dave | 1936-02-28 |
Movie | The Gorgeous Hussy | Roderick "Rowdy" Dow | 1936-08-28 |
Movie | Small Town Girl | Elmer Clampett | 1936-04-10 |
Movie | After the Thin Man | David Graham | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Speed | Terry Martin | 1936-05-08 |
Movie | The Murder Man | Shorty | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | Art Trouble | Jack Burton | 1934-06-23 |
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