James Stewart filmography
James Stewart was a prolific American actor who appeared in a plethora of film roles in Hollywood, primarily of The Golden Age of Hollywood in which in 1999, he was listed by the American Film Institute, as the third most popular male actor. From the beginning of his career in 1935 through his final theatrical project in 1991, Stewart appeared in more than 92 films, television programs, and shorts.
Stewart received several awards and nominations for his work.
Eleven 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, mHarvey 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. While he worked multiple times with directors such as Anthony Mann,Alfred Hitchcock
John Ford, Ernst Lubitsch, Billy Wilder, and Otto Preminger.
Actors
Actors with whom Stewart worked include Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lionel Barrymore, William Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, and Harry Morgan.His leading ladies include Margaret Sullavan, Katharine Hepburn, Paulette Goddard, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Joan Fontaine, Jean Arthur, Bette Davis, Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Maureen O'Hara, Donna Reed, Ginger Rogers, Natalie Wood, Eleanor Powell, Doris Day, June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Claudette Colbert and Rosalind Russell.
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
- 1941 - 13th
- 1948 - 25th
- 1949 – 11th
- 1950 – 5th, 7th
- 1951 – 16th, 2nd
- 1952 – 6th, 8th
- 1953 – 7th
- 1954 – 4th, 2nd
- 1955 – 1st, 2nd
- 1956 – 3rd, 2nd
- 1957 – 7th
- 1958 – 9th
- 1959 – 3rd
- 1960 – 18th
- 1961 – 22nd
- 1962 – 13th
- 1963 - 14th
- 1964 - 23rd
- 1965 - 8th
- 1966 - 16th
- 1970 - 17th
Television appearances
| Year | Show | Role | Run | Notes |
| 1959 | Lux Playhouse | Narrator | single episode | Narrator for the episode Cowboy Five Seven, which documented a Strategic Air Command crew at Westover Air Force Base |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | Slim Conway | single episode | Part of the Alcoa Premiere anthology series, directed by John Ford and featuring John Wayne |
| 1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Prof. James K. Howard | 1971–1972 | NBC Television series |
| 1972 | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | — | PBS Television film |
| 1973 | Hawkins | Billy Jim Hawkins | 1973–1974 | CBS Television series Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama |
| 1978 | The Carol Burnett Show | Himself | single episode | CBS Television series Series finale |
| 1980 | Mr. Krueger's Christmas | Mr. Krueger | — | NBC Television film |
| 1982 | The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra | Himself – Host | — | American Film Institute Television film |
| 1983 | Right of Way | Teddy Dwyer | — | HBO Television film Nominated—CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program |
| 1986 | North and South, Book II | Miles Colbert | — | ABC Miniseries |
Documentaries and short subject
Incomplete listing.| Year | Movie | Role | Director | Notes | - |
| 1934 | Art Trouble | Mr. Burton | Ralph Staub | Uncredited; Shemp Howard short | - |
| 1935 | Important News | Cornelius "Corn" Stevens | Edwin Lawrence | — | - |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Himself | — | - | |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | — | - | |
| 1942 | Fellow Americans | Narrator | for the USAAF | - | |
| 1942 | Winning Your Wings | Narrator | John Huston | for the USAAF | - |
| 1943 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood in Uniform | Himself | — | - | |
| 1946 | American Creed | Himself | — | - | |
| 1947 | Thunderbolt! | Narrator | John Sturges William Wyler | for the USAF | - |
| 1948 | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Narrator | Charles Barton | — | - |
| 1954 | Tomorrow's Drivers | Narrator | — | - | |
| 1956 | Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars | Himself | — | - | |
| 1957 | The Heart of Show Business | Narrator | — | - | |
| 1961 | X-15 | Narrator | for the United States Air Force USAF | ||
| 1962 | "The Convair B-58 Hustler Supersonic Bomber - Champion of Champions" | Narrator and USAF Reserve Brig. General | — | - | |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Himself | Peter Bogdanovich | — | - |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford | Himself | Denis Sanders | — | - |
| 1974 | The World at War | Himself | Thames Television ITV series | - | |
| 1974 | Just One More Time | Himself | — | - | |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | Himself and Archive Footage | Jack Haley, Jr. | — | - |
| 1976 | An All-Star Tribute to John Wayne | Himself | N/A | — | - |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Himself | N/A | — | - |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Himself and Archive Footage | David Heeley | — | - |
| 1993 | John Ford | Himself | N/A | — | - |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Himself and Archive Footage | Caroline Thomas | — | - |