credits of
James Cagney
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. In his first performing role, Cagney danced dressed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a hoofer and comedian until his first major acting role in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good reviews before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews for his acting, Warners signed him for an initial $500 a week, three-week contract to reprise his role; this was quickly extended to a seven year contract. Cagney's seventh film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for its famous grapefruit scene, the film thrust Cagney into the spotlight, making him one of Warners' and Hollywood's biggest stars. In 1938, he received his first Academy Award Best Actor nomination for Angels with Dirty Faces, before winning in 1942 for his portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was nominated a third time in 1955 for Love Me or Leave Me. Cagney retired for 20 years in 1961, spending time on his farm before returning for a part in Ragtime mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke. Cagney walked out on Warners several times over his career, each time coming back on improved personal and artistic terms. In 1935, he sued Warners for breach of contract and won; this marked one of the first times an actor had beaten a studio over a contract issue. He worked for an independent film company for a year while the suit was settled, and also established his own production company, Cagney Productions, in 1942 before returning to Warners again four years later. Jack Warner called him "The Professional Againster", in reference to Cagney’s refusal to be pushed around. Cagney also made numerous morale-boosting troop tours before and during World War II, and was President of the Screen Actors Guild for two years.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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July 7th, 2022 | Becoming Marilyn | TBD | 7.6 | |
August 28th, 2021 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
December 29th, 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
July 2nd, 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
November 11th, 2008 | Warner at War | (archive footage) | 7 | |
October 21st, 2008 | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
May 15th, 2008 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self (archive footage) | 8.5 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? | Self (archive footage) | 8.5 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 | |
January 1st, 2005 | White Heat: Top of the World | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
November 16th, 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage) | TBD | |
July 28th, 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage) | 7.6 | |
November 14th, 2003 | Tupac: Resurrection | Self (archival) | 7.9 | |
May 6th, 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
October 18th, 1998 | Doris Day: It's Magic | Self | TBD | |
November 27th, 1997 | Vaudeville | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
January 5th, 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
July 5th, 1992 | James Cagney: Top of the World | Self (Archive footage) | 8.5 | |
January 1st, 1991 | Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
May 16th, 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
January 18th, 1985 | That's Dancing! | From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
January 1st, 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
March 26th, 1984 | Terrible Joe Moran | Joe Moran | 7 | |
January 1st, 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 9 | |
February 25th, 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
December 31st, 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 10 | |
May 21st, 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "White Heat") (archive footage) | 6.7 | |
May 5th, 1982 | Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
March 8th, 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 6.8 | |
December 1st, 1981 | James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | TBD | 10 | |
November 20th, 1981 | Ragtime | New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo | 7 | |
December 13th, 1979 | Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self | TBD | |
October 29th, 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
May 16th, 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 7 | |
March 31st, 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
October 24th, 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | (archive footage) | TBD | |
August 6th, 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 6.3 | |
January 20th, 1971 | Dynamite Chicken | Self (archive footage) | 5.5 | |
March 1st, 1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers | Narrator | 4.3 | |
November 24th, 1966 | Ballad of Smokey the Bear | Narrator (voice) | 4.2 | |
January 1st, 1965 | The Day of the Oath | Narrator | TBD | |
January 1st, 1962 | The Road to the Wall | Narrator | 5.6 | |
December 15th, 1961 | One, Two, Three | C.R. MacNamara | 7.5 | |
June 13th, 1960 | The Gallant Hours | Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey | 6.7 | |
June 24th, 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Sean Lenihan | 6.5 | |
February 11th, 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | Jake MacIllaney | 8.2 | |
September 1st, 1957 | Short Cut to Hell | Himself (prologue) | 5.8 | |
August 15th, 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Lon Chaney | 6.8 | |
October 21st, 1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Himself | TBD | |
August 17th, 1956 | These Wilder Years | Steve Bradford | 6.5 | |
March 30th, 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man | Jeremy Rodack | 7 | |
September 30th, 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | George M. Cohan | 6.2 | |
July 10th, 1955 | Mister Roberts | Captain Morton | 7.1 | |
May 26th, 1955 | Love Me or Leave Me | Martin Snyder | 6.9 | |
April 29th, 1955 | Run for Cover | Matt Dow | 6.8 | |
September 23rd, 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Hank Martin | 5.3 | |
August 22nd, 1952 | What Price Glory | Captain Flagg | 5.7 | |
December 14th, 1951 | Starlift | James Cagney | 6.8 | |
October 24th, 1951 | Come Fill the Cup | Lew Marsh | 7 | |
November 25th, 1950 | The West Point Story | Elwin Bixby | 5.8 | |
August 19th, 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Ralph Cotter | 6.9 | |
September 2nd, 1949 | White Heat | Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett | 7.7 | |
September 3rd, 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Joseph | 6 | |
December 31st, 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 6.3 | |
January 15th, 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey | 6.1 | |
September 7th, 1946 | Okay for Sound | Tommy Powers (archive footage) | 7 | |
April 26th, 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Nick Condon | 5.9 | |
October 16th, 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | 5.8 | |
September 3rd, 1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Tom Richards | 7 | |
May 21st, 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | 7 | |
January 14th, 1943 | You, John Jones! | John Jones | 6.3 | |
May 29th, 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | George M. Cohan | 7 | |
February 12th, 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Brian MacLean | 6.6 | |
January 24th, 1942 | Calling All Girls | Himself (archive footage) | 7 | |
November 14th, 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
July 12th, 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Steve Collins | 7 | |
February 21st, 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Biff Grimes | 7 | |
December 31st, 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 4 | |
September 21st, 1940 | City for Conquest | Danny Kenny | 6.9 | |
May 18th, 1940 | Torrid Zone | Nick Butler | 7 | |
January 27th, 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Jerry Plunkett | 5.8 | |
December 31st, 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 7 | |
October 28th, 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Eddie Bartlett | 7.5 | |
August 19th, 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Frank Ross | 6.8 | |
May 3rd, 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | 5.6 | |
March 11th, 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Jim Kincaid | 6 | |
November 26th, 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | Rocky Sullivan | 7.5 | |
August 27th, 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | Robert Law | 6.9 | |
September 30th, 1937 | Something to Sing About | Terrence 'Terry' Rooney | 6.2 | |
December 30th, 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | TBD | |
December 1st, 1936 | Great Guy | Johnny 'Red' Cave | 6.3 | |
January 16th, 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Dizzy Davies | 5.9 | |
December 31st, 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
December 1st, 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 5 | |
November 30th, 1935 | Frisco Kid | Bat Morgan | 7.1 | |
November 22nd, 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | (uncredited) | 7.4 | |
October 9th, 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom | 6.4 | |
July 31st, 1935 | The Irish in Us | Danny O'Hara | 7.5 | |
May 4th, 1935 | 'G' Men | ‘Brick' Davis | 6.6 | |
April 12th, 1935 | Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | TBD | TBD | |
February 9th, 1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air | Tommy O'Toole | 6.8 | |
February 2nd, 1935 | A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | Himself (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
November 10th, 1934 | The St. Louis Kid | Eddie Kennedy | 6.3 | |
October 4th, 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 6 | |
July 21st, 1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Chesty O'Conner | 6 | |
June 16th, 1934 | He Was Her Man | Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen | 6.5 | |
March 9th, 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Jimmy Corrigan | 6.4 | |
January 1st, 1934 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself | TBD | |
December 9th, 1933 | Lady Killer | Dan | 6.9 | |
October 21st, 1933 | Footlight Parade | Chester Kent | 6.8 | |
June 24th, 1933 | The Mayor of Hell | Richard 'Patsy' Gargan | 7.2 | |
May 6th, 1933 | Picture Snatcher | Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean | 6.8 | |
January 28th, 1933 | Hard to Handle | Lefty Merrill | 6.9 | |
July 16th, 1932 | Winner Take All | Jim 'Jimmy' Kane | 5.4 | |
April 16th, 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Joe Greer | 6.1 | |
January 23rd, 1932 | Taxi! | Matt Nolan | 6.8 | |
October 24th, 1931 | Intimate Interviews: James Cagney | Himself | TBD | |
September 16th, 1931 | Blonde Crazy | Albert 'Bert' Harris | 7 | |
June 11th, 1931 | Smart Money | Jack | 6.8 | |
May 1st, 1931 | The Millionaire | Schofield | 7.9 | |
April 23rd, 1931 | The Public Enemy | Tom Powers | 7.3 | |
April 15th, 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' | Himself | 7.3 | |
January 17th, 1931 | Other Men's Women | Ed 'Eddie' Bailey | 5.7 | |
October 18th, 1930 | The Doorway to Hell | Steve Mileaway | 6.5 | |
October 11th, 1930 | Sinners' Holiday | Harry Delano | 6.1 | |
September 29th, 1928 | The Singing Fool | Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) | 5 |