Acting
James Cagney
- Titles
- 127movies10TV shows
- Career
Active from 1930 to 2004, with a break from 1985 to 2003, busiest in 1931 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 61top three billing
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Angels with Dirty Faces90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.2average 3.6
- Crime5.0average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Politics3.6average 2.6
- Physical Comedy3.2average 2.5
- Wholesome3.9average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.4, average 5.2
- Uncanny1.1, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.8
- Scare1.4, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 12
- Fast-Paced 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Nostalgic 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Crime Drama 3
- Wholesome Entertainment 3
- Historical Setting 3
- 1930s Crime Drama 2
- Character Study 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Frank McHughActorFootlight Parade, The Roaring Twenties, A Lion Is in the Streets, City for Conquest, The Irish in Us, +5 more
Pat O'BrienActorAngels with Dirty Faces, Ragtime, The Irish in Us, The Fighting 69th, Torrid Zone, +4 more
Lloyd BaconDirectorFootlight Parade, The Oklahoma Kid, Picture Snatcher, He Was Her Man, The Irish in Us, +4 more
Joan BlondellActorThe Public Enemy, Footlight Parade, Other Men's Women, He Was Her Man, Blonde Crazy, +2 more
Max SteinerComposerWhite Heat, Angels with Dirty Faces, Each Dawn I Die, The Bride Came C.O.D., The Oklahoma Kid, +2 more- GGeorge AmyEditorFootlight Parade, Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Lion Is in the Streets, Captains of the Clouds, He Was Her Man, +2 more
- SSol PolitoCinematographerAngels with Dirty Faces, 'G' Men, Captains of the Clouds, Picture Snatcher, City for Conquest, +2 more
George TobiasActorYankee Doodle Dandy, The Bride Came C.O.D., Captains of the Clouds, City for Conquest, The Strawberry Blonde, +1 more
Robert BarratActorThe Mayor of Hell, Picture Snatcher, The St. Louis Kid, Here Comes the Navy, Devil Dogs of the Air, +1 more- WWilliam HolmesEditorPicture Snatcher, City for Conquest, The Strawberry Blonde, Ceiling Zero, Boy Meets Girl, +1 more
William KeighleyDirectorEach Dawn I Die, 'G' Men, The Bride Came C.O.D., Picture Snatcher, The Fighting 69th, +1 more
James Wong HoweCinematographerYankee Doodle Dandy, The Oklahoma Kid, City for Conquest, The Strawberry Blonde, Torrid Zone, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
822000s
2 titles
TV show · as Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)
as NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)
1980s
6 titles · average score 69
71
as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
64
as Joe Moran
as (archive footage)
71
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
70
as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
1970s
2 titles · average score 70
70
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
1960s
7 titles · average score 58
33
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as (archive footage)
as Narrator
75
as C.R. MacNamara
66
as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
1950s
17 titles · average score 63
69
as Sean Lenihan
61
as Lon Chaney
59
Director
61
as Jeremy Rodack
70
as Captain Morton
71
as Martin Snyder
75
as Matt Dow
50
as Hank Martin
57
as Captain Flagg
66
as Lew Marsh
70
as Ralph Cotter
58
as Elwin Bixby
1940s
14 titles · average score 69
87
as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
58
as Joseph
72
as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey
59
as Nick Condon
67
as Tom Richards
82
as George M. Cohan
79
as Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
66
as Steve Collins
66
as Biff Grimes
75
as Danny Kenny
65
as Jerry Plunkett
63
as Nick Butler
1930s
33 titles · average score 67
84
as Eddie Bartlett
60
as Frank Ross
62
as Jim Kincaid
90
as Rocky Sullivan
68
as ‘Brick' Davis
64
as Jimmy Corrigan
81
as Chester Kent
65
as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
67
as Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean
76
as Tom Powers
68
as Jack
71
as Albert 'Bert' Harris
1920s
1 title · average score 51
51
as Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)