James Stewart Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This James Stewart filmography covers 71 movie titles and 5 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

James Stewart movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• After the Thin Man (1936) as David Graham
• Born to Dance (1936) as Ted Barker
• Wife vs. Secretary (1936) as Dave
• The Last Gangster (1937) as Paul North Sr.
• Of Human Hearts (1938) as Jason Wilkins
• The Shopworn Angel (1938) as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
• Vivacious Lady (1938) as Peter
• You Can't Take It with You (1938) as Tony Kirby
• Destry Rides Again (1939) as Tom Destry Jr.
• It's a Wonderful World (1939) as Guy Johnson
• Made for Each Other (1939) as John Horace Mason
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Jefferson Smith
• The Mortal Storm (1940) as Martin Breitner
• The Philadelphia Story (1940) as Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940) as Alfred Kralik
• Come Live with Me (1941) as Bill Smith
• Pot o' Gold (1941) as James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
• Ziegfeld Girl (1941) as Gilbert Young
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as George Bailey
• Magic Town (1947) as Rip Smith
• Thunderbolt (1947) as Himself, Introduction
• Call Northside 777 (1948) as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
• Rope (1948) as Rupert Cadell
• The Stratton Story (1949) as Monty Stratton
• Broken Arrow (1950) as Tom Jeffords
• Harvey (1950) as Elwood P. Dowd
• The Jackpot (1950) as Bill Lawrence
• Winchester '73 (1950) as Lin McAdam
• No Highway in the Sky (1951) as Theodore Honey
• Bend of the River (1952) as Glyn McLyntock
• The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Buttons
• The Naked Spur (1953) as Howard Kemp
• Thunder Bay (1953) as Steve Martin
• Rear Window (1954) as L.B. Jefferies
• The Far Country (1954) as Jeff Webster
• The Glenn Miller Story (1954) as Glenn Miller
• Strategic Air Command (1955) as Robert "Dutch" Holland
• The Man from Laramie (1955) as Will Lockhart
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) as Ben McKenna
• Night Passage (1957) as Grant McLaine
• The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
• Bell, Book and Candle (1958) as Shep Henderson
• Vertigo (1958) as Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959) as Paul "Pauly" Biegler
• The FBI Story (1959) as John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
• Two Rode Together (1961) as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
• How the West Was Won (1962) as Linus Rawlings
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) as Roger Hobbs
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) as Ransom Stoddard
• Cheyenne Autumn (1964) as Wyatt Earp
• Dear Brigitte (1965) as Professor Robert Leaf
• Shenandoah (1965) as Charlie Anderson
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) as Frank Towns
• The Rare Breed (1966) as Sam Burnett
• Bandolero! (1968) as Mace Bishop
• Firecreek (1968) as Johnny Cobb
• The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) as John O'Hanlan
• Directed by John Ford (1971)
• Fools' Parade (1971) as Mattie Appleyard
• That's Entertainment! (1974) as Self - Host / Narrator
• That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
• The Shootist (1976) as Dr. Hostetler
• Airport '77 (1977) as Philip Stevens
• The Big Sleep (1978) as General Sternwood
• That's Dancing! (1985) as Self (archive footage)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) as Wylie Burp (voice)
• La Classe américaine (1993) as Jacques (archive footage)
• My Scientology Movie (2016) as Self (archive photo)
• I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021) as Self (archive footage)
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
• The Bloody Hundredth (2024) as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)

James Stewart television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for James Stewart; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• Great Performances as Self
• My Three Sons as James Stewart
• North and South as Miles Colbert
• The Oscars as Self
• What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of James Stewart's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.