James Stewart
| First Name | James |
| Middle Name | Maitland |
| Last Name | Stewart |
| Full Name at Birth | James Maitland Stewart |
| Other Names | `The Ordinary Hero`Lieutenant James StewartJimmyJimmy Stewart |
| Age | 89 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | May 20, 1908 |
| Birthplace | Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| Date of Death | July 2, 1997 |
| Location of Death | Beverly Hills, California |
| Cause of Death | Pulmonary embolism |
| Height | 6' 3" (190 cm) |
| Build | Slim |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Hair Color | Brown - Dark |
| Distinctive Features | Soft-spoken, extremely polite and shy mannered.Often played honest, average middle class individuals.Roles in westerns.After 1950 he often played tough, cynical and frequently ruthless characters. |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| High School | Mercerburg Academy |
| University | Princeton University (1932) |
| Occupation Category | Actor |
| Claim to Fame | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Father | Alexander Stewart |
| Mother | Bessie Stewart |
| Friends | Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper (Accepted his friend Gary Cooper's honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1961, because Cooper was dying of cancer), Richard Nixon, Dean Martin, Burgess Meredith, Frank Capra, June Allyson, Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Charles Feldman, Jean Howard, Danny Kaye, Bette Davis, Ben Blue, Victor Fleming, Myron McCormick, Bob Hope, Nancy Davis, Lew Wasserman, Robert Stack, Esther Williams, Carol Burnett, Leland Hayward, Jack Benny, Rosalind Russell, David Chasen, Bill Brady Jr, Franchot Tone, David Niven, Andy Devine, Ann Coyle, Cecelia Drapper, Connie Cerrito, Bill Frye, Henry Nicklas (Barber), Major Andy Low, General Jimmy Doolittle, Robert Riskin |
| Pets | Bello (Dog - Gloria's German Shepherd when Jimmy met her and they married)Simba (Dog - Golden Retriever)Beau (Dog - A Golden Retriever they got to be pals with Simba)Bounce (Dog - Jimmy's boyhood first dog, followed him home from school and his father said he could keep him when no one claimed him) |
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) 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.
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Filmography
Selected James Stewart film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
1983
Right of Way
Teddy Dwyer
1980
Afurika monogatari
Old Man
1980
Mr. Krueger's Christmas
Mr. Krueger
1978
General Electric's All-Star Anniversary
Mark Twain
1973
Hawkins
Billy Jim Hawkins
1972
Harvey
Elwood P. Dowd
1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show
Prof. James K. Howard, Josiah Kessel
1961
Alcoa Premiere
Slim Conway
1959
Startime
Azel Dorsey
1958
Lux Playhouse
Narrator
1954
Tomorrow's Drivers
The Story Teller
1936
Important News
Cornelius Stevens
1934
Art Trouble
Burton
Director Credits
1958
Lux Playhouse
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Soundtrack Credits
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