James Stewart

James Stewart Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 20/05/1908 (116 years old)
  • Place of birth: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.91 m
  • Net worth: $30,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
The Bloody Hundredth
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 69%
role:
Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
2024

Documentary

History

War & Politics

7.5
69%
And the Oscar Goes To...
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Self (archive footage)
Not available
2014

Documentary

TV Movie

7.1
70%
Not available
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 73%
role:
Not available
2009

Documentary

TV Movie

7.8
73%
Not available
La Classe américaine
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 77%
role:
Jacques (archive footage)
Not available
1993

Comedy

TV Movie

7.9
77%
Not available
1991

Adventure

Animation

Family

Western

6.5
63%
Airport '77
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
Philip Stevens
1977

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

5.8
55%
The Shootist
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 71%
role:
Dr. Hostetler
1976

Action

Adventure

Drama

Western

7.6
71%
Bandolero!
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 66%
role:
Mace Bishop
1968

Romance

Western

6.5
66%
The Flight of the Phoenix
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Capt. Frank Towns
1965

Adventure

7.5
72%
Shenandoah
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Charlie Anderson
1965

Western

War & Politics

7.3
69%
Cheyenne Autumn
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Wyatt Earp
1964

Western

6.7
66%
How the West Was Won
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Linus Rawlings
1962

Western

7.1
71%
1962

Western

8.1
78%
Two Rode Together
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Marshal Guthrie McCabe
1961

Western

6.7
64%
Anatomy of a Murder
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 79%
role:
Paul Biegler
1959

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

8.0
79%
Bell, Book and Candle
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Shep Henderson
1958

Comedy

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
65%
Vertigo
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 82%
role:
Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
1958

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

8.3
82%
The Spirit of St. Louis
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
1957

Action

Drama

History

7.1
68%
The Man Who Knew Too Much
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 75%
role:
Dr. Ben McKenna
1956

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.4
75%
The Man From Laramie
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Will Lockhart
1955

Drama

Western

7.3
72%
Rear Window
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 84%
role:
L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
1954

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

8.5
84%
The Glenn Miller Story
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Glenn Miller
1954

Drama

Music

Romance

7.3
69%
The Naked Spur
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Howard Kemp
1953

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

Western

7.3
69%
1952

Drama

Family

Romance

6.5
64%
Bend of the River
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Glyn McLyntock
1952

Western

7.2
69%
Harvey
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 77%
role:
Elwood P. Dowd
1950

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
77%
Broken Arrow
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Tom Jeffords
1950

Western

7.1
67%
Winchester '73
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 74%
role:
Lin McAdam
1950

Action

Drama

Western

7.6
74%
Rope
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 80%
role:
Rupert Cadell
1948

Crime

Thriller

7.9
80%
Call Northside 777
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 66%
role:
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
1948

Crime

Drama

7.4
66%
It's a Wonderful Life
IMDB 8.6
TMDB 83%
role:
George Bailey
1946

Drama

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.6
83%
The Philadelphia Story
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 77%
role:
Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
1940

Comedy

Romance

7.8
77%
1940

Comedy

Drama

Romance

8.0
84%
Destry Rides Again
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 71%
role:
Tom Destry Jr.
1939

Action

Comedy

Western

7.6
71%
1939

Comedy

Drama

8.1
79%
1938

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.8
75%
After the Thin Man
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
David Graham
1936

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

7.6
73%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving James Stewart are, for example, The Bloody Hundredth, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and Airport '77.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Rear Window (8.5), It's a Wonderful Life (8.5) and Vertigo (8.3).