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Aliases: Jimmy Stewart , James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart , 제임스 스튜어트 , James Maitland Stewart , James 'Jimmy' Stewart
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 112
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
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) SelfTony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterNorth and South
(1985) Miles ColbertThe Oscars
(1953) SelfHallmark Hall of Fame
(1951) Elwood P. DowdRope
(1948) Rupert CadellIt's a Wonderful Life
(1946) George BaileyRear Window
(1954) L.B. 'Jeff' JefferiesActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage) | |
2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
N/A | ||
2022 | Self (archive Footage)- Glenn Miller | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
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) | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
2006 | N/A | |
2005 | N/A | |
2003 | Narrator (archive footage) | |
2002 | N/A | |
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) | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self | ||
1989 | Himself | |
1988 | Self | |
Self | ||
1987 | Self - Host | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
1986 | 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 | ||
Britt Ponset | ||
Bart | ||
Howard Kemp | ||
1952 | Marsh Williams | |
Buttons | ||
Glyn McLyntock | ||
1951 | Elwood P. Dowd | |
Narrator | ||
Theodore Honey | ||
1950 | Elwood P. Dowd | |
Bill Lawrence | ||
Jimmy Stewart (uncredited) | ||
Self | ||
Jimmy Stewart | ||
Self | ||
Tom Jeffords | ||
Lin McAdam | ||
Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
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, Introduction | ||
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 (archive footage) | ||
Mort Hodges | ||
John Horace Mason | ||
1938 | Tony Kirby | |
James Stewart | ||
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew | ||
Self | ||
Peter | ||
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
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1953 | Director | |
1951 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |