Actor james stewart early films

List of films 1934–1991

James Stewart (1908 – 1997) was a prolific Americanactor who appeared in a variety of film roles in Hollywood, primarily of the Golden Age of Hollywood. From the beginning of his film career in 1934 through his final theatrical project in 1991, Stewart appeared in more than 92 films, television programs, and short subjects.

Stewart received several awards and nominations for his work. In 1999, he was ranked third by the American Film Institute on its "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars" list.

Twelve of his films have been preserved in the United States National Film Registry. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story whilst roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, Harvey and Anatomy of a Murder earned him Academy Award nominations. He also won a Golden Globe Award for his role in the television series Hawkins.

Film career

Directors

Stewart made his mark in screwball comedies, suspense thrillers, westerns and family comedies.^[1] He worked multiple times with directors, such as Anthony Mann (Winchester '73, Bend of the River, Thunder Bay, The Naked Spur, The Glenn Miller Story, The Far Country, The Man from Laramie and Strategic Air Command), Alfred Hitchcock (Rope, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Vertigo), John Ford (Two Rode Together, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Cheyenne Autumn) and Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and You Can't Take It with You).

Directors with whom he also worked include Henry Hathaway (Call Northside 777 and How the West Was Won), Frank Borzage (The Mortal Storm), Ernst Lubitsch (The Shop Around the Corner), Billy Wilder (The Spirit of St. Louis) and Otto Preminger (Anatomy of a Murder).

Actors

Actors with whom Stewart worked include Lionel Barrymore, Ward Bond, Walter Brennan, Raymond Burr, Harry Carey, John Dall, Charles Drake, Dan Duryea, Frank Faylen, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Ben Gazzara, Farley Granger, Cary Grant, Tom Helmore, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Todd Karns, Arthur Kennedy, Karl Malden, Lee Marvin, Bernard Miles, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Mitchum, Frank Morgan, Harry Morgan, Arthur O'Connell, William Powell, Claude Rains, Oliver Reed, Edward G. Robinson, Mickey Rooney, Robert Ryan, George C. Scott, Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Henry Travers, John Wayne, Richard Widmark and Cornel Wilde.

Actresses with whom Stewart worked include June Allyson, Eve Arden, Jean Arthur, Carroll Baker, Joan Chandler, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Marlene Dietrich, Peggy Dow, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Bel Geddes, Paulette Goddard, Gloria Grahame, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Hull, Betty Hutton, Grace Kelly, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, Agnes Moorehead, Kim Novak, Cathy O'Donnell, Maureen O'Hara, Eleanor Powell, Donna Reed, Lee Remick, Debbie Reynolds, Thelma Ritter, Ginger Rogers, Rosalind Russell, Margaret Sullavan, Shelley Winters and Natalie Wood.

Feature films

Box office ranking

For a number of years exhibitors voted James Stewart as among the most popular stars in the country:

• 1940 - 11th (US)
• 1941 - 13th (US)
• 1948 - 25th (US)
• 1949 – 11th (US)^[2]
• 1950 – 5th (US), 7th (UK)
• 1951 – 16th (US), 2nd (UK)
• 1952 – 6th (US), 8th (UK)
• 1953 – 7th (US)
• 1954 – 4th (US), 2nd (UK)
• 1955 – 1st (US), 2nd (UK)
• 1956 – 3rd (US), 2nd (UK)
• 1957 – 7th (US)
• 1958 – 9th (US)
• 1959 – 3rd (US)
• 1960 – 18th (US)
• 1961 – 22nd (US)
• 1962 – 13th (US)
• 1963 - 14th (US)
• 1964 - 23rd (US)
• 1965 - 8th (US)
• 1966 - 16th (US)
• 1970 - 17th (US)

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.

Documentaries and short subjects

Incomplete listing.

See also

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