James Cagney
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Becoming Marilyn
2022
Warner at War
2008
Legends
2006
Remembering Ragtime
2004
That's Dancing!
1985
Terrible Joe Moran
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
1981
Ragtime
1981
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
Ballad of Smokey the Bear
1966
The Day of the Oath
1965
The Road to the Wall
1962
One, Two, Three
1961
The Gallant Hours
1960
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
Short Cut to Hell
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
These Wilder Years
1956
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
The Seven Little Foys
1955
Mister Roberts
1955
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
Run for Cover
1955
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
What Price Glory
1952
Starlift
1951
Come Fill the Cup
1951
The West Point Story
1950
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
White Heat
1949
The Time of Your Life
1948
13 Rue Madeleine
1947
Okay for Sound
1946
Blood on the Sun
1945
Johnny Come Lately
1943
You, John Jones!
1943
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Captains of the Clouds
1942
Calling All Girls
Calling All Girls
1942
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
City for Conquest
1940
Torrid Zone
1940
The Fighting 69th
1940
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Boy Meets Girl
1938
Something to Sing About
1937
Great Guy
1936
Ceiling Zero
1936
A Dream Comes True
1935
Frisco Kid
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
The Irish in Us
1935
'G' Men
1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935
The St. Louis Kid
1934
Here Comes the Navy
1934
He Was Her Man
1934
Jimmy the Gent
1934
Lady Killer
1933
Footlight Parade
1933
The Mayor of Hell
1933
Picture Snatcher
1933
Hard to Handle
1933
Winner Take All
1932
The Crowd Roars
1932
Taxi!
1932