James Stewart filmography
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James Stewart was an American actor, World War II and Vietnam War veteran, and Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve who appeared in multiple film roles. From the beginning of his career in 1935 through his final theatrical project in 1991, Stewart appeared in 92 films, television programs, and shorts.
Stewart has received several awards and nominations for his work. Ten of his films have been preserved in the United States National Film Registry. His roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey and Anatomy of a Murder earned him Academy Award nominations (he won for The Philadelphia Story). He also won a Golden Globe Award for his role in the television series Hawkins.
Stewart made his mark in screwball comedies, suspense thrillers, westerns and family comedies.[1] While he worked multiple times with directors such as Anthony Mann, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Cheyenne Autumn), and Frank Capra, he also worked with Frank Borzage (The Mortal Storm), Billy Wilder (The Spirit of St. Louis), and Otto Preminger (Anatomy of a Murder).[1]
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[edit] Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | The Murder Man | Shorty | Tim Whelan | — |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | John Flower | W. S. Van Dyke | — |
| Next Time We Love | Christopher Tyler | Edward H. Griffith | — | |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Dave | Clarence Brown | — | |
| Small Town Girl | Elmer | William A. Wellman | — | |
| Speed | Terry Martin | Edwin L. Marin | — | |
| The Gorgeous Hussy | Roderick "Rowdy" Dow | Clarence Brown | — | |
| Born to Dance | Ted Barker | Roy Del Ruth | — | |
| After the Thin Man | David Graham | W. S. Van Dyke | — | |
| 1937 | Seventh Heaven | Chico | Henry King | — |
| The Last Gangster | Paul North Sr. | Edward Ludwig | — | |
| Navy Blue and Gold | John "Truck Cross/John Cross Carter | Sam Wood | — | |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Jason Wilkins | Clarence Brown | — |
| Vivacious Lady | Prof. Peter Morgan Jr. | George Stevens | — | |
| The Shopworn Angel | Pvt. William "Texas" Pettigrew | H. C. Potter | — | |
| You Can't Take It With You | Tony Kirby | Frank Capra | — | |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | John Horace "Johnny" Mason | John Cromwell | — |
| The Ice Follies of 1939 | Larry Hall | Reinhold Schünzel | — | |
| It's a Wonderful World | Guy Johnson | W. S. Van Dyke | — | |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington[I] | Jefferson Smith | Frank Capra | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| Destry Rides Again[I] | Thomas Jefferson Destry Jr. | George Marshall | — | |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner[I] | Alfred Kralik | Ernst Lubitsch | — |
| The Mortal Storm | Martin Breitner | Frank Borzage | — | |
| No Time for Comedy | Gaylord "Gay" Esterbrook | William Keighley | — | |
| The Philadelphia Story[I] | Macaulay "Mike" Connor | George Cukor | Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me | Bill Smith | Clarence Brown | — |
| Pot o' Gold | James Hamilton "Jimmy" Haskel | George Marshall | — | |
| Ziegfeld Girl | Gilbert "Gil" Young | Robert Z. Leonard | — | |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life[I] | George Bailey | Frank Capra | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Lawrence "Rip" Smith | William A. Wellman | — |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | P.J. McNeal | Henry Hathaway | — |
| On Our Merry Way | Slim | King Vidor Leslie Fenton John Huston George Stevens |
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| Rope | Rupert Cadell | Alfred Hitchcock | — | |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Marvin Payne | H.C. Potter | — | |
| 1949 | The Stratton Story | Monty Stratton | Sam Wood | — |
| Malaya | John Royer | Richard Thorpe | — | |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 | Lin McAdam | Anthony Mann | — |
| Broken Arrow | Tom Jeffords | Delmer Daves | — | |
| Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | Henry Koster | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
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| The Jackpot | Bill Lawrence | Walter Lang | — | |
| 1951 | No Highway in the Sky | Theodore Honey | Henry Koster | — |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Buttons | Cecil B. DeMille | — |
| Bend of the River | Glyn McLyntock | Anthony Mann | — | |
| Carbine Williams | David Marshall "Marsh" Williams | Richard Thorpe | — | |
| 1953 | The Naked Spur[I] | Howard Kemp | Anthony Mann | — |
| Thunder Bay | Steve Martin | Anthony Mann | — | |
| The Glenn Miller Story | Glenn Miller | Anthony Mann | — | |
| 1954 | Rear Window[I] | L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries | Alfred Hitchcock | — |
| The Far Country | Jeff Webster | Anthony Mann | — | |
| 1955 | Strategic Air Command | Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland | Anthony Mann | — |
| The Man from Laramie | Will Lockhart | Anthony Mann | — | |
| Artists and Models | Man on balcony | Frank Tashlin | Cameo | |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Ben McKenna | Alfred Hitchcock | — |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Augustus "Slim" Lindbergh | Billy Wilder | — |
| Night Passage | Grant McLaine | James Neilson | — | |
| 1958 | Vertigo[I] | Det. John "Scottie" Ferguson | Alfred Hitchcock | — |
| Bell, Book and Candle | Shepherd "Shep" Henderson | Richard Quine | — | |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Paul Biegler | Otto Preminger | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor |
| The FBI Story | John Michael "Chip" Hardesty | Mervyn LeRoy | — | |
| 1960 | The Mountain Road | Major Baldwin | Daniel Mann | — |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Marshal Guthrie McCabe | John Ford | — |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance[I] | Ransom Stoddard | John Ford | — |
| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Roger Hobbs | Henry Koster | Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
| How the West Was Won[I] | Linus Rawlings | Henry Hathaway | — | |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine | Frank Michaelson | Henry Koster | — |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Wyatt Earp | John Ford | — |
| 1965 | Dear Brigitte | Prof. Robert Leaf | Henry Koster | — |
| Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | Andrew McLaglen | — | |
| The Flight of the Phoenix | Capt. Frank Towns | Robert Aldrich | — | |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Sam Burnett | Andrew McLaglen | — |
| 1968 | Firecreek | Johnny Cobb | Vincent McEveety | — |
| Bandolero! | Mace Bishop | Andrew McLaglen | — | |
| 1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club | John O'Hanlan | Gene Kelly | — |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade | Mattie Appleyard | Andrew McLaglen | — |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Dr. E.W. Hostetler | Don Siegel | — |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Philip Stevens | Jerry Jameson | — |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | General Sternwood | Michael Winner | — |
| The Magic of Lassie | Clovis Mitchell | Don Chaffey | — | |
| 1981 | Afurika Monogatari (A Tale of Africa, released in the U. S. as The Green Horizon) | Old Man | Susumu Hani | — |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Wylie Burp | Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells |
Voice only |
| ^ I denotes film preservation in the United States National Film Registry. | ||||
[edit] Television appearances
Stewart had made guest appearances on television, The Jack Benny Program, in the 1950s, but first starred in Flashing Spikes, an hour-long episode of Alcoa Premiere directed by John Ford. In the early 1970s, he transitioned his career from cinema to television. For the series Hawkins, Stewart received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. In 1972, Stewart reprised his role from the film Harvey in a television film of the same name.
| Year | Show | Role | Run | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Lux Playhouse | Narrator | single episode | Narrator for the episode Cowboy Five Seven, which documented a Strategic Air Command crew at Westover Air Force Base |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | Slim Conway | single episode | part of the Alcoa Premiere anthology series |
| 1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Prof. James K. Howard | 1971–1972 | NBC Television series |
| 1972 | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | — | PBS Television film |
| 1973 | Hawkins | Billy Jim Hawkins | 1973–1974 | CBS Television series |
| 1980 | Mr. Krueger's Christmas | Mr. Krueger | — | Television film |
| 1982 | The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra | Himself – Host | — | American Film Institute Television film |
| 1983 | Right of Way | Teddy Dwyer | — | HBO Television film |
| 1986 | North and South, Book II | Miles Colbert | — | ABC Miniseries |
[edit] Documentaries and short subject
Incomplete listing.
| Year | Movie | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Art Trouble | Mr. Burton | uncredited | |
| 1936 | Important News | Cornelius "Corn" Stevens | — | |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Himself | — | |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | — | |
| 1942 | Fellow Americans | Narrator | for the USAAF | |
| Winning Your Wings | Narrator | John Huston | for the USAAF | |
| 1943 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood in Uniform | Himself | — | |
| 1946 | American Creed | Himself | — | |
| 1947 | Thunderbolt! | Narrator | John Sturges William Wyler |
for the USAF |
| 1948 | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Narrator | Charles Barton | — |
| 1954 | Tomorrow's Drivers | Narrator | — | |
| 1956 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars | Himself | — | |
| 1957 | The Heart of Show Business | Narrator | — | |
| 1961 | X-15 | Narrator | USAF | |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Himself | Peter Bogdanovich | — |
| 1974 | The World at War | Himself | Thames Television ITV series | |
| Just One More Time | Himself | — | ||
| That's Entertainment! | Himself and Archive Footage | Jack Haley, Jr. | — | |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Himself and Archive Footage | Caroline Thomas | — |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- General
- "James Stewart Filmography". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/james-stewart-68236/filmography. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- "James Stewart Filmography". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1207652/James-Stewart/filmography. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- "James Stewart Filmography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800014025/filmography. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- Specific
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "James Stewart Biography". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/james-stewart-68236/bio. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
