
James Stewart
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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.
Known For

Hallmark Hall of Fame

General Electric Theater

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

What's My Line?

Golden Globe Awards

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Tony Awards

The Colbert Report

My Three Sons

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Show

The George Gobel Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

Laugh-In

H2O: Just Add Water

The Jack Benny Program

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

The Oscars

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Jimmy Stewart Show

The Shootist

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Rope

The American West of John Ford

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

The Bloody Hundredth

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Anatomy of a Murder

Rear Window

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Startime

Strategic Air Command

It's a Wonderful Life

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Vertigo
Production Credits
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