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The Stewart family in 1918 Stewart (right) outside his family's hardware store, 1930 With Joshua Logan (c.), 1930. James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, [2] the eldest child and only son born to Elizabeth Ruth (née Jackson; 1875–1953) and Alexander Maitland Stewart (1872–1962). [3]
James Stewart (1908 – 1997) was a prolific American actor who appeared in a variety of film roles in Hollywood, primarily of the Golden Age of Hollywood.From the beginning of his film career in 1934 through his final theatrical project in 1991, Stewart appeared in more than 92 films, television programs, and short subjects.
In 1998, a year after Stewart's death, a monument was erected in his memory in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, where he hosted his annual "The Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon Race". The monument consists of a 25-foot flagpole, atop a rock pedestal, with a plaque praising the actor.
Jimmy Dykes as Himself; Mervyn "Merv" Shea as Himself; Agnes Moorehead, who played the role of Monty Stratton's mother, was only seven years James Stewart's senior. Warner Bros. contract player Ronald Reagan sought the title role, but the studio refused to lend him to MGM because it believed that the film would be a failure. [4]
Airport '77 is a 1977 American air disaster film, the third installment of the Airport film series. The film stars an ensemble cast of veteran actors including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, and Brenda Vaccaro as well as the return of George Kennedy from the two previous Airport films.
James Stewart Jr. was born on December 21, 1985, in Bartow, Florida, [8] and began racing motocross under the guidance of his father at the age of four. During his amateur career, Stewart achieved significant success, securing 84 race victories and 11 Loretta Lynn's Amateur National Championship titles between 1990 and 2001.
Firecreek is a 1968 American Western film [2] directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda, the latter in his first of two roles that year as a villain (the second being Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West).
Bandolero! is a 1968 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen [3] and starring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Andrew Prine, Will Geer, and Clint Ritchie. The story centers on two brothers on the run from a posse, led by a local sheriff who wants to arrest the runaways and free a hostage whom they took ...