James Stewart

1908-1997

Biography: life and films

James Stewart was an American actor. He was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA on 20th May 1908 and died in Beverly Hills, California, USA on 2nd July 1997, aged 89.

His best films as an actor include Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Robert Z. Leonard's Ziegfeld Girl (1941), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Henry Hathaway's crime-thriller Call Northside 777 (1948) and Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954), and whose best work as a musician include D.C. Osman's thriller Consumption (2010) and Hanneke Schutte's comedy Jimmy in Pink (2013).

James Stewart appeared in 88 films and supplied the music for 2 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Anthony Mann (8 films), Henry Koster (5), John Ford (4), Clarence Brown (4), Andrew V. McLaglen (4), Alfred Hitchcock (4), W.S. Van Dyke (3), Frank Capra (3), William A. Wellman (2), Sam Wood (2), Richard Thorpe (2), H.C. Potter (2) and George Marshall (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (40 films), romance (21), Western (20), comedy (18), comedy-romance (16), Thriller (15), comedy-drama (10), crime-thriller (8), Documentary (7), Biography (7), War (5), history (4) and Fantasy (3).

Our average rating for James Stewart over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: a = actor; m = musician

The Murder Man (1935) [a]

After the Thin Man (1936) [a]

Born to Dance (1936) [a]

Next Time We Love (1936) [a]

Rose-Marie (1936) [a]

Small Town Girl (1936) [a]

Speed (1936) [a]

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) [a]

Wife vs. Secretary (1936) [a]

Navy Blue and Gold (1937) [a]

Seventh Heaven (1937) [a]

The Last Gangster (1937) [a]

Of Human Hearts (1938) [a]

The Shopworn Angel (1938) [a]

Vivacious Lady (1938) [a]

You Can't Take It with You (1938) [a]

Destry Rides Again (1939) [a]

It's a Wonderful World (1939) [a]

Made for Each Other (1939) [a]

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) [a]

The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) [a]

No Time for Comedy (1940) [a]

The Mortal Storm (1940) [a]

The Philadelphia Story (1940) [a]

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) [a]

Come Live with Me (1941) [a]

Pot o' Gold (1941) [a]

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) [a]

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) [a]

Magic Town (1947) [a]

Call Northside 777 (1948) [a]

On Our Merry Way (1948) [a]

Rope (1948) [a]

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) [a]

Malaya (1949) [a]

The Stratton Story (1949) [a]

Broken Arrow (1950) [a]

Harvey (1950) [a]

The Jackpot (1950) [a]

Winchester '73 (1950) [a]

No Highway (1951) [a]

Bend of the River (1952) [a]

Carbine Williams (1952) [a]

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) [a]

The Naked Spur (1953) [a]

Thunder Bay (1953) [a]

Rear Window (1954) [a]

The Far Country (1954) [a]

The Glenn Miller Story (1954) [a]

Strategic Air Command (1955) [a]

The Man from Laramie (1955) [a]

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) [a]

Night Passage (1957) [a]

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) [a]

Bell Book and Candle (1958) [a]

Vertigo (1958) [a]

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) [a]

The FBI Story (1959) [a]

The Mountain Road (1960) [a]

Two Rode Together (1961) [a]

X-15 (1961) [a]

How the West Was Won (1962) [a]

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) [a]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) [a]

Take Her, She's Mine (1963) [a]

Cheyenne Autumn (1964) [a]

Dear Brigitte (1965) [a]

Shenandoah (1965) [a]

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) [a]

The Rare Breed (1966) [a]

Bandolero! (1968) [a]

Firecreek (1968) [a]

The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) [a]

Directed by John Ford (1971) [a]

Fools' Parade (1971) [a]

That's Entertainment! (1974) [a]

The Shootist (1976) [a]

Airport '77 (1977) [a]

The Big Sleep (1978) [a]

The Magic of Lassie (1978) [a]

Sans soleil (1983) [a]

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989) [a]

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) [a]

Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) [a]

The Condemned (2007) [a]

Subdivision (2009) [a]

Consumption (2010) [m]

Bastille Day (2016) [a]



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