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Acting

James Stewart

Career: Active from 1934 to 2026, with a break from 1998 to 2025, busiest in 1936 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 81
top three billing

Average score: 69/100

Highest rated: Rear Window
93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Stewart Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Scare
1.2, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Violence
3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 9
Social Commentary 9
Character-Driven 8
Classic Western 7
Western 7
Nostalgic 6
Historical Setting 6
Moral Ambiguity 6
Romantic Comedy 5
Heartwarming 5
Moral Dilemma 4
Situational Humor 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Yukon Passage

as Narrator

2020s

2 titles

It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead

as George Bailey

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010s

1 title

Discovering Jean Harlow

as archive footage

2000s

1 title · average score 70

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

70

as Narrator (archive footage)

1990s

4 titles · average score 69

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as George Bailey (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

76

as Jacques (archive footage)

Dark Galaxy

as (archive footage)

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

61

as Wylie Burp (voice)

1980s

5 titles · average score 74

North and South

80

TV show · as Miles Colbert

Right of Way

73

as Teddy Dwyer

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Mr. Krueger's Christmas

70

as Mr. Krueger

A Tale of Africa

as Old Man

1970s

10 titles · average score 65

The Magic of Lassie

57

as Clovis Mitchell

The Big Sleep

52

as General Sternwood

Airport '77

48

as Philip Stevens

The Shootist

77

as Dr. Hostetler

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

Hawkins

76

TV show · as Billy Jim Hawkins

Harvey

71

as Elwood P. Dowd

Fools' Parade

62

as Mattie Appleyard

The Jimmy Stewart Show

71

TV show · as James Howard

The Cheyenne Social Club

66

as John O'Hanlan

1960s

18 titles · average score 67

Bandolero!

40

as Mace Bishop

Firecreek

55

as Johnny Cobb

The Rare Breed

45

as Sam Burnett

The Flight of the Phoenix

80

as Frank Towns

Shenandoah

74

as Charlie Anderson

Dear Brigitte

60

as Professor Robert Leaf

Take Her, She's Mine

62

as Frank Michaelson

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

89

as Ransom Stoddard

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

73

as Roger Hobbs

Flashing Spikes

as Slim Conway

Two Rode Together

73

as Marshal Guthrie McCabe

The Mountain Road

64

as Major Baldwin

1950s

30 titles · average score 73

Anatomy of a Murder

90

as Paul Biegler

Vertigo

91

as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson

Bell, Book and Candle

74

as Shep Henderson

The Spirit of St. Louis

77

as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh

The Man Who Knew Too Much

79

as Ben McKenna

The Man from Laramie

83

as Will Lockhart

Rear Window

93

as L.B. Jefferies

The Glenn Miller Story

81

as Glenn Miller

The Naked Spur

86

as Howard Kemp

Harvey

82

as Elwood P. Dowd

Broken Arrow

80

as Tom Jeffords

Winchester '73

84

as Lin McAdam

1940s

17 titles · average score 70

Malaya

60

as John Royer

The Stratton Story

80

as Monty Stratton

Rope

82

as Rupert Cadell

Call Northside 777

76

as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal

Magic Town

54

as Rip Smith

It's a Wonderful Life

89

as George Bailey

Ziegfeld Girl

69

as Gilbert Young

Come Live with Me

69

as Bill Smith

Pot o' Gold

56

as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell

The Philadelphia Story

88

as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor

The Shop Around the Corner

90

as Alfred Kralik

The Mortal Storm

89

as Martin Breitner

1930s

25 titles · average score 67

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

83

as Jefferson Smith

It's a Wonderful World

65

as Guy Johnson

Destry Rides Again

81

as Tom Destry Jr.

Made for Each Other

59

as John Horace Mason

Vivacious Lady

87

as Peter

You Can't Take It with You

86

as Tony Kirby

The Shopworn Angel

71

as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew

The Last Gangster

63

as Paul North Sr.

Seventh Heaven

63

as Chico

After the Thin Man

81

as David Graham

Speed

47

as Terry Martin

Born to Dance

59

as Ted Barker