James Stewart
AKA: Jimmy Stewart
Birthday: 1908-05-20
Died: 1997-07-02
Birthplace: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Character: Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Character: Dr. Ben McKenna
Character: L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
Character: Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Character: Martin Breitner
Character: General Sternwood
Character: Shep Henderson
Character: Capt. Frank Towns
Character: Wylie Burp (voice)
Character: Jefferson Smith
Character: Charlie Anderson
Character: Philip Stevens
Character: Ransom Stoddard
Character: Elwood P. Dowd
Character: Linus Rawlings
Character: Marshal Guthrie McCabe
Character: P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Character: Peter Morgan Jr.
Character: Paul North Sr.
Character: Professor Robert Leaf
Character: Monty Stratton
Character: Tom Destry Jr.
Character: Theodore Honey
Character: Robert "Dutch" Holland
Character: Marsh Williams
Character: Jacques (archive footage)
Character: Frank Michaelson
Character: Glyn McLyntock
Character: Mattie Appleyard
Character: John Horace Mason
Character: James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
Character: Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
Character: John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Character: Clovis Mitchell
Character: Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Character: Elmer Clampett
Character: Christopher Tyler
Character: the story teller
Character: Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Character: Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Character: John 'Truck' Cross
Character: Narrator (archive footage)
Character: Himself / Narrator (voice)
Character: Elwood P. Dowd
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self - Host / Narrator
Character: Self - Narrator
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Narrator (voice)
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Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: James Stewart (archive footage)
Character: Self (archival footage)
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Character: Self (archive footage)
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Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: George Bailey (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (Archive)
Character: Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive Footage)- Glenn Miller