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[h3]James Maitland Stewart served in the US Army Air Forces in World War II and was heavily decorated. His final mission was a bombing mission over Vietnam that he specifically requested as a close for his military career.[/h3]

After the war, he was an appropriate choice to play the title role in 'The [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1127:0/Glenn_Miller.htm]Glenn Miller [/urlnew]Story'. He also played another famous aviator, Charles Lindbergh. In an episode of 'The World at War' he is one of several former airmen interviewed about his World War II flying career.

Stewart spoke in a faltering style, which was sometimes hard on sound men, but came through as sincerity to his audience. His career was built around playing a clean-cut person with good values, and his hesitating acting style gave his characters a natural feel not seen in many movies of his time. His portrayal of the central character in 'It's a Wonderful Life' was a defining moment in his career.

He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 1940's 'The Philadelphia Story', which he starred in along with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/301:0/Cary_Grant.htm]Cary Grant[/urlnew] and [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/207:0/Katharine_Hepburn.htm]Katharine Hepburn[/urlnew]. In 1980 he was awarded an American Film Institute lifetime achievement award.

At the age of forty-one, Stewart married his wife Gloria, and was devoted to her until her death. She already had two children from a previous marriage, and they had two children together.

Later in his career, Stewart tried for a slight change of image. Although still the hero, he began to play more challenging parts with a harder edge to them. He starred in four [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/286:0/Alfred_Hitchcock.htm]Alfred Hitchcock[/urlnew] films: 'Rear Window', 'Rope', 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' and 'Vertigo'. He also starred in many classic westerns, and in 'Anatomy of a Murder', 'Harvey' and 'Mr Smith Goes to Washington'.

After a progression of lesser western films in the late '60s and early '70s, Stewart moved from cinema to television. He first starred in the The Jimmy Stewart Show, which featured Stewart as a college professor. He followed it with the CBS mystery Hawkins, in which he played a small town lawyer investigating his cases. The series earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Dramatic TV Series.

During this time, Stewart periodically appeared on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show, sharing poems he had written at different times in his life. His poems were later compiled into a short collection titled Jimmy Stewart and His Poems (1989).

Stewart finished the decade with a major role in [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1384:0/John_Wayne.htm]John Wayne's[/urlnew] final film, The Shootist (1976) where Stewart played a doctor giving Wayne's gunfighter a terminal cancer diagnosis. At one point, both Wayne and Stewart were fluffing their lines repeatedly and Stewart turned to director Don Siegel and said, "You'd better get two better actors."

Stewart also appeared in supporting roles in Airport '77, the 1978 remake of The Big Sleep with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/265:0/Robert_Mitchum.htm]Robert Mitchum[/urlnew], and The Magic of Lassie (1978).

He died in July 1997 from a pulmonary bloody clot following a long illness from respiratory problems. He had also suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
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- When he won his award for best actor in 1940, Jimmy sent the trophy to his father to place in his hardware store, where it remained for 25 years.

- Jimmy studied architecture at Princeton University.

- His step-son, Ronald, died while serving in the Vietnam War.

- More than 3,000 people attended Jimmy's funeral in 1997.


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American Tail: Fievel Goes West, An (1991)

North and South II (1986)

Right of Way (1983)

Afurika monogatari (1981)

Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980)

Magic of Lassie, The (1978)

Big Sleep, The (1978)

Airport '77 (1977)

Shootist, The (1976)

Hawkins (1973)

Hawkins on Murder (1973)

Harvey (1972)

Jimmy Stewart Show, The (1971)

Fools' Parade (1971)

Cheyenne Social Club, The (1970)

Bandolero! (1968)

Firecreek (1968)

Rare Breed, The (1966)

Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)

Shenandoah (1965)

Dear Brigitte (1965)

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Take Her, She's Mine (1963)

Flashing Spikes (1962)

How the West Was Won (1962)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)

X-15 (1961)

Two Rode Together (1961)

Mountain Road, The (1960)

FBI Story, The (1959)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Bell Book and Candle (1958)

Vertigo (1958)

Heart of Show Business, The (1957)

Night Passage (1957)

Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957)

Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)

Man from Laramie, The (1955)

Strategic Air Command (1955)

Tomorrow's Drivers (1954)

Far Country, The (1954)

Rear Window (1954)

Glenn Miller Story, The (1953)

Thunder Bay (1953)

Naked Spur, The (1953)

Carbine Williams (1952)

Bend of the River (1952)

Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)

No Highway (1951)

Jackpot, The (1950)

Harvey (1950)

Broken Arrow (1950)

Winchester '73 (1950)

Malaya (1949)

Stratton Story, The (1949)

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)

Rope (1948)

On Our Merry Way (1948)

Call Northside 777 (1948)

Magic Town (1947)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Pot o' Gold (1941)

Come Live with Me (1941)

Philadelphia Story, The (1940)

No Time for Comedy (1940)

Mortal Storm, The (1940)

Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)

Made for Each Other (1939)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Shopworn Angel, The (1938)

Vivacious Lady (1938)

Of Human Hearts (1938)

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)

Last Gangster, The (1937)

Seventh Heaven (1937)

After the Thin Man (1936)

Born to Dance (1936)

Gorgeous Hussy, The (1936)

Speed (1936)

Small Town Girl (1936)

Important News (1936)

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

Next Time We Love (1936)

Rose-Marie (1936)

Murder Man, The (1935)

Art Trouble (1934)
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