James Stewart
Acting
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.
The Bloody Hundredth
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
Lynch/Oz
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart, l'ami américain
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
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This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
Self (archive footage)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Narrator (archive footage)
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
Self (archive footage)
Rope Unleashed
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'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
George Bailey (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
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La Classe américaine
Jacques (archive footage)
Dark Galaxy
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Fonda on Fonda
Self
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Wylie Burp (voice)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
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Night of 100 Stars III
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Son of Dinosaurs
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
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A Beverly Hills Christmas
Self - Host
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
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Night of 100 Stars II
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That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
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All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
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Right of Way
Teddy Dwyer
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
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Night of 100 Stars
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Self
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
Mr. Krueger
A Tale of Africa
Old Man
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
Mickey's 50
Self
The Magic of Lassie
Clovis Mitchell
The Big Sleep
General Sternwood
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
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Airport '77
Philip Stevens
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
The Shootist
Dr. Hostetler
That's Entertainment, Part II
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Sentimental Journey
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Self - Host / Narrator
Harvey
Elwood P. Dowd
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
The American West of John Ford
Self - Narrator
Directed by John Ford
Fools' Parade
Mattie Appleyard
The Cheyenne Social Club
John O'Hanlan
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Bandolero!
Mace Bishop
Firecreek
Johnny Cobb
Mondo Hollywood
The Rare Breed
Sam Burnett
The Flight of the Phoenix
Frank Towns
Shenandoah
Charlie Anderson
Dear Brigitte
Professor Robert Leaf
Cheyenne Autumn
Wyatt Earp
Cheyenne Autumn Trail
Narrator
Take Her, She's Mine
Frank Michaelson
How the West Was Won
Linus Rawlings
Flashing Spikes
Slim Conway
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Roger Hobbs
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Ransom Stoddard
X-15
Himself / Narrator (voice)
Two Rode Together
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
The Mountain Road
Major Baldwin
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
The FBI Story
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Anatomy of a Murder
Paul "Pauly" Biegler
Bell, Book and Candle
Shep Henderson
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Vertigo
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Night Passage
Grant McLaine
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Ben McKenna
The Man from Laramie
Will Lockhart
Strategic Air Command
Robert "Dutch" Holland
Rear Window
L.B. Jefferies
The Far Country
Jeff Webster
The Glenn Miller Story
Glenn Miller
Tomorrow's Drivers
the story teller
Thunder Bay
Steve Martin
The Naked Spur
Howard Kemp
Carbine Williams
Marsh Williams
The Greatest Show on Earth
Buttons
Bend of the River
Glyn McLyntock
No Highway in the Sky
Theodore Honey
Harvey
Elwood P. Dowd
The Jackpot
Bill Lawrence
Broken Arrow
Tom Jeffords
Winchester '73
Lin McAdam
And Then There Were Four
Self - Narrator (voice)
Malaya
John Royer
The Stratton Story
Monty Stratton
You Gotta Stay Happy
Marvin Payne
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Narrator
Call Northside 777
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
On Our Merry Way
Slim
Rope
Rupert Cadell
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
Magic Town
Rip Smith
Thunderbolt
Himself, Introduction
It's a Wonderful Life
George Bailey
Winning Your Wings
Self
Fellow Americans
Narrator (voice)
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
Gilbert Young
Pot o' Gold
James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
Come Live with Me
Bill Smith
The Philadelphia Story
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
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No Time for Comedy
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
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The Mortal Storm
Martin Breitner
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
The Shop Around the Corner
Alfred Kralik
Destry Rides Again
Tom Destry Jr.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Jefferson Smith
It's a Wonderful World
Guy Johnson
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
James Stewart (archive footage)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Larry Hall
Made for Each Other
John Horace Mason
You Can't Take It with You
Tony Kirby
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
James Stewart
The Shopworn Angel
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Vivacious Lady
Peter
Of Human Hearts
Jason Wilkins
Navy Blue and Gold
John 'Truck' Cross
The Last Gangster
Paul North Sr.
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
Seventh Heaven
Chico
After the Thin Man
David Graham
Born to Dance
Ted Barker
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
The Gorgeous Hussy
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Speed
Terry Martin
Small Town Girl
Elmer Clampett
Important News
Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
Wife vs. Secretary
Dave
Rose Marie
John Flower
Next Time We Love
Christopher Tyler
The Murder Man
Shorty
Art Trouble
Jack Burton