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Acting

James Cagney

Career: Active from 1930 to 2004, with a break from 1985 to 2003, busiest in 1931 and 1933 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 61
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Angels with Dirty Faces
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Cagney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.8, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Scare
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 11
Historical Drama 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Fast-Paced 5
Character-Driven 4
Crime Drama 3
James Cagney Performance 3
Wholesome Entertainment 3
Historical Setting 3
Nostalgic Charm 3
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 71

Becoming Marilyn

71

as (archive footage)

2000s

3 titles

Warner at War

as (archive footage)

Legends

TV show · as Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Remembering Ragtime

as NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)

1980s

7 titles · average score 67

Routine Pleasures

58

as Ed "Eddie" Bailey (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

71

as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

Terrible Joe Moran

67

as Joe Moran

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

69

as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Ragtime

70

as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

1970s

3 titles · average score 70

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

as (archive footage)

1960s

6 titles · average score 61

Arizona Bushwhackers

38

as Narrator

Ballad of Smokey the Bear

as Narrator (voice)

The Day of the Oath

as Narrator

The Road to the Wall

as Narrator

One, Two, Three

80

as C.R. MacNamara

The Gallant Hours

66

as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

1950s

17 titles · average score 63

Shake Hands with the Devil

71

as Sean Lenihan

Man of a Thousand Faces

61

as Lon Chaney

Short Cut to Hell

59

Director

Tribute to a Bad Man

63

as Jeremy Rodack

These Wilder Years

61

as Steve Bradford

Mister Roberts

77

as Captain Morton

Love Me or Leave Me

73

as Martin Snyder

Run for Cover

67

as Matt Dow

A Lion Is in the Streets

51

as Hank Martin

What Price Glory

57

as Captain Flagg

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

69

as Ralph Cotter

The West Point Story

57

as Elwin Bixby

1940s

14 titles · average score 69

White Heat

87

as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

The Time of Your Life

58

as Joseph

13 Rue Madeleine

72

as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

Blood on the Sun

65

as Nick Condon

You, John Jones!

64

as John Jones

Yankee Doodle Dandy

81

as George M. Cohan

Captains of the Clouds

79

as Brian MacLean

The Bride Came C.O.D.

66

as Steve Collins

The Strawberry Blonde

73

as Biff Grimes

City for Conquest

75

as Danny Kenny

The Fighting 69th

65

as Jerry Plunkett

Torrid Zone

65

as Nick Butler

1930s

33 titles · average score 66

The Roaring Twenties

84

as Eddie Bartlett

Each Dawn I Die

60

as Frank Ross

The Oklahoma Kid

57

as Jim Kincaid

Angels with Dirty Faces

90

as Rocky Sullivan

'G' Men

68

as ‘Brick' Davis

Jimmy the Gent

64

as Jimmy Corrigan

Footlight Parade

81

as Chester Kent

Picture Snatcher

67

as Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean

The Mayor of Hell

65

as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

Lady Killer

70

as Dan

The Public Enemy

82

as Tom Powers

Blonde Crazy

71

as Albert 'Bert' Harris

1920s

1 title · average score 51

The Singing Fool

51

as Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)