Person Details

Birthday: 1908-05-20 17:05:36

Death: 1997-07-02 17:05:36

Aliases: Jimmy Stewart , Джеймс Стюарт , James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 108

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
Average
7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
It's a Wonderful Life
Average
8

It's a Wonderful Life

(1946) George Bailey
How the West Was Won
Average
7

How the West Was Won

(1962) Linus Rawlings
Vertigo
Average
8

Vertigo

(1958) Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
North and South
Average
7

North and South

(1985) Miles Colbert
Rear Window
Average
8

Rear Window

(1954) L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Average
6

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

(1991) Wylie Burp (voice)
The Shootist
Average
7

The Shootist

(1976) Dr. Hostetler

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Himself (archival footage)
2022 James Stewart (Images d'archives)
2021 Self
2017 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2014 Self (archive footage)
2013 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2010 Jefferson Smith (archive footage)
2009 Self (archive footage)
Self (Archive)
2008 Self (archive footage)
N/A
2006 N/A
2005 N/A
2003 Narrator (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2000 Self (archive footage)
1999 Self (archive footage)
1997 George Bailey (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
1996 N/A
1995 Self
1993 Jacques (archive footage)
1992 Self
1991 Wylie Burp (voice)
Self
Self
Self
1990 Self (archival footage)
Lui-même
Self
1989 Himself
1988 Self
Self
1987 Self - Host
Self
Self
1985 Miles Colbert
Self
1984 Self
1983 Self
Teddy Dwyer
Self
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
1981 Self
1980 Mr. Krueger
Old Man
1978 Self
Clovis Mitchell
General Sternwood
1977 Guest Performer
Self
Philip Stevens
1976 Self
Dr. Hostetler
(archive footage)
N/A
1975 Self (archive footage)
1974 Self - Host / Narrator
1973 Self
Self
Billy Jim Hawkins
1972 Self
Elwood P. Dowd
Self (archive footage)
1971 Self - Narrator
Prof. James K. Howard
N/A
Mattie Appleyard
Self
Self
Self
1970 John O'Hanlan
1968 N/A
Mace Bishop
Johnny Cobb
1966 Sam Burnett
1965 Capt. Frank Towns
N/A
Charlie Anderson
Professor Robert Leaf
1964 Wyatt Earp
Narrator
1963 Frank Michaelson
1962 Linus Rawlings
Slim Conway
Self
Roger Hobbs
Ransom Stoddard
1961 Himself / Narrator (voice)
Self
Self - Co-Host
N/A
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
1960 James Stewart
Major Baldwin
Self
1959 N/A
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
Paul Biegler
1958 Shep Henderson
N/A
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
1957 Grant McLaine
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
1956 Dr. Ben McKenna
Self - Presenter
1955 Will Lockhart
Robert "Dutch" Holland
1954 Self
L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
Jeff Webster
Glenn Miller
the story teller
1953 Steve Martin
Self
Joe Newman
Bart
Britt Ponset
Howard Kemp
1952 Marsh Williams
Buttons
Glyn McLyntock
1951 Elwood P. Dowd
Narrator
Theodore Honey
1950 Narrator
Elwood P. Dowd
William J. 'Bill' Lawrence
Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
Self
Jimmy Stewart
Self
Tom Jeffords
Lin McAdam
Self - Mystery Guest
1949 John Royer
Monty Stratton
1948 Marvin Payne
Narrator
Self
Rupert Cadell
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Slim
1947 Self
Rip Smith
Himself
1946 George Bailey
1942 Self
Narrator (voice)
1941 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gilbert Young
James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
Bill Smith
1940 Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
Self
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Self
Martin Breitner
Self
Alfred Kralik
1939 Tom Destry Jr.
Jefferson Smith
Guy Johnson
N/A
James Stewart
Mort Hodges
John Horace Mason
1938 Tony Kirby
James Stewart
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Self
Peter Morgan Jr.
Jason Wilkins
1937 John 'Truck' Cross
Paul North Sr.
Self (archive footage)
Chico
1936 David Graham
Ted Barker
Self
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Terry Martin
Elmer Clampett
Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
Dave
John Flower
Christopher Tyler
1935 Shorty
1934 Jack Burton
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1953 Director
1951 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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