James Stewart
Birthday: 1908-05-20 | Place of Birth: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USAJames 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (archive footage)
as Wylie Burp (voice)
as Himself
as Mr. Krueger
as Clovis Mitchell
as General Sternwood
as Dr. Hostetler
as Self - Host / Narrator
as Billy Jim Hawkins
as Mattie Appleyard
as Prof. James K. Howard
as Self - Narrator
as John O'Hanlan
as Johnny Cobb
as Mace Bishop
as Sam Burnett
as Capt. Frank Towns
as Charlie Anderson
as Frank Michaelson
as Linus Rawlings
as Ransom Stoddard
as Roger Hobbs
as Himself / Narrator (voice)
as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
as Major Baldwin
as Paul Biegler
as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
