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James Stewart

Wednesday, 20th May 1908 - Wednesday, 2nd July 1997
Indiana, PA
USA


That distinctive drawl marks the cinema everyman actor of the 40s and 50s. Oodles of great performances in oodles of great films. Best when teamed with invisible rabbits.


This Side of Heaven
Hal
1934
Murder Man
"Shorty"
1935
Next Time We Love
Christopher Tyler
1935
Rose Marie
John Flower
1936
After the Thin Man
David Graham
1936
Born to Dance
Ted Barker
1936
Gorgeous Hussy
Rowdy "Roderick" Dow
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
Dave
1936
Small Town Girl
Elmer
1936
Speed
Terry Martin
1936
Seventh Heaven
Chico
1937
Navy Blue and Gold
John Carter - "Truck" Cross
1937
Last Gangster
Paul North Sr.
1937
Of Human Hearts
Jason Wilkins
1938
Shopworn Angel
Bill Pettigrew
1938
Vivacious Lady
Peter Morgan
1938
You Can't Take It With You
Tony Kirby
1938
Made For Each Other
John Mason
1939
Ice Follies of 1939
Larry Hall
1939
It's a Wonderful World
Guy Johnson
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Jefferson Smith
1939
Destry Rides Again
Tom Destry, Jr.
1939
Mortal Storm
Martin Breitner
1940
Philadelphia Story
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
1940
No Time for Comedy
Gaylord Esterbrook
1940
Shop Around The Corner
Alfred Kralik
1940
Ziegfeld Girl
Gilbert Young
1941
Pot O' Gold
James Hamilton Haskel
1941
Come Live With Me
Bill Smith
1941
Winning Your Wings
Himself (as Lieutenant James Stewart)
1942
It's A Wonderful Life
George Bailey
1946
Magic Town
Rip Smith
1947
On Our Merry Way
Slim
1948
Call Northside 777
P.J. McNeal
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
Marvin Payne
1948
Rope
Rupert Cadell
1948
Stratton Story
Monty Stratton
1949
Malaya
John Royer
1949
Jackpot
Bill Lawrence
1950
Harvey
Elwood P. Dowd
1950
Broken Arrow
Tom Jeffords
1950
Blood Brothers
1950
Winchester '73
Lin McAdam
1950
Bend of the River
Glyn McLyntock
1951
No Highway in the Sky
Theodore Honey
1951
Carbine Williams
Marsh Williams
1952
Greatest Show on Earth
Buttons the Clown
1952
Naked Spur
Howard Kemp
1953
Thunder Bay
Steve Martin
1953
Rear Window
Elby Jeffries
1954
Glenn Miller Story
Glenn Miller
1954
Far Country
Jeff Webster
1955
Man From Laramie
Will Lockhart
1955
Man Who Knew Too Much
Dr. Benjamin McKenna
1955
Strategic Air Command
Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland
1955
Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
1957
Night Passage
Grant McLaine
1957
Bell, Book and Candle
Shepherd Henderson
1958
Vertigo
John "Scotty" Ferguson
1958
Anatomy of a Murder
Paul Biegler
1959
FBI Story
Chip Hardesty
1959
Mountain Road
Major Baldwin
1960
Two Rode Together
Guthrie McCabe
1961
Flashing Spikes
Slim Conway
1962
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Roger Hobbs
1962
How The West Was Won
Linus Rawlings
1962
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Ransom Stoddard
1962
Take Her, She's Mine
Frank Michaelson
1963
Cheyenne Autumn
Wyatt Earp
1964
Flight Of The Phoenix
Frank Townes
1965
Dear Brigitte
Prof. Robert Leaf
1965
Shenandoah
Charlie Anderson
1965
Rare Breed
Sam Burnett
1966
Firecreek
Johnny Cobb
1968
Bandolero!
Mace Bishop
1968
Cheyenne Social Club
John O'Hanlan
1970
Fools' Parade
Mattie Appleyard
1971
Hawkins on Murder
Billy Jim Hawkins
1973
Die, Darling, Die
1973
Candidate for Murder
1974
That's Entertainment!
Narrator
1974
Hawkins: Murder on the 13th Floor
Billy Jim Hawkins
1974
Shootist
Dr. Hostetler
1976
Airport '77
Philip Stevens
1977
Big Sleep
General Sternwood
1978
Magic of Lassie
Clovis Mitchell
1978
Afurika Monogatari
old man
1981
Right of Way
1983
North and South Book 2
Miles Colbert
1986
Cinema Paradiso
George Bailey
1988
American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Wylie Burp
1991
'Rope' Unleashed
Himself (archive footage)
2001
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Dr. Ben McKenna
( The Man Who Knew Too Much / 1955 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Elby Jeffries
( Rear Window / 1954 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Dr. Ben McKenna
( The Man Who Knew Too Much / 1955 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Dr. Ben McKenna
( The Man Who Knew Too Much / 1955 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
John "Scotty" Ferguson
( Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Himself
( Promotional Photo with Kim Novak Vertigo / 1958 )
2015
78/52
Paul Biegler
( Archive footage from "Anatomy of a Murder" - 1959 )
2017
78/52
Elby Jeffries
( Archive footage from "Rear Window" - 1954 )
2017

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Oscars
30th Annual Academy Awards
Co-Host
Oscars
56th Annual Academy Awards
Presenter
Oscars
60th Annual Academy Awards
Presenter
Oscars
70th Annual Academy Awards
Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
03/23/1998
Oscars
Academy Awards
Co-Host
03/07/1946
Film Night
Episode dated 18 October 1970
Himself
10/18/1970
Jimmy Stewart Show
Another Day, Another Scholar
Prof. James K. Howard
10/17/1971
Hawkins
Death and the Maiden
Billy Jim Hawkins
03/13/1973
Parkinson
James Stewart
Guest
03/17/1973
Hawkins
Murder in Movieland
Billy Jim Hawkins
10/02/1973
Hawkins
Die, Darling, Die
Billy Jim Hawkins
10/23/1973
Hawkins
A Life for a Life
Billy Jim Hawkins
11/13/1973
Hawkins
Blood Feud
Billy Jim Hawkins
12/04/1973
Hawkins
Murder in the Slave Trade
Billy Jim Hawkins
01/22/1974
World at War
Whirlwind - Bombing Germany
01/23/1974
Hawkins
Murder on the Thirteenth Floor
Billy Jim Hawkins
02/05/1974
Hawkins
Candidate for Murder
Billy Jim Hawkins
03/05/1974
DVD Extras
That's Entertainment
Himself
05/29/1974
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson

Himself (as Jimmy Stewart)
02/08/1977
AFI Interview
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock
Himself
03/07/1979
Parkinson
Episode #11.36
Himself
02/17/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Episode
Himself
03/08/1982




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