James Cagney

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-07-17 (87 years old)

Deathday

1986-03-30

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

James Cagney

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 ...

Acting

1961

One, Two, Three

as C.R. MacNamara

1991

Movie Tough Guys

as Self (archive footage)

1985

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy

as George M. Cohan

2005

Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

as Self (archive footage)

2005

White Heat: Top of the World

as Self (archive footage)

1940

City for Conquest

as Danny Kenny

1931

Other Men's Women

as Ed 'Eddie' Bailey

1981

Ragtime

as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

1955

The Seven Little Foys

as George M. Cohan

1942

Captains of the Clouds

as Brian MacLean (bush pilot)

1930

The Doorway to Hell

as Steve Mileaway

1935

'G' Men

as ‘Brick' Davis

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces

as Rocky Sullivan

1933

Footlight Parade

as Chester Kent

1955

Love Me or Leave Me

as Martin Snyder

1939

Each Dawn I Die

as Frank Ross

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

as (uncredited)

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Steve Collins

1931

Blonde Crazy

as Albert 'Bert' Harris

1957

1933

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Eddie Bartlett

1955

Mister Roberts

as Captain Morton

1949

White Heat

as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

1956

These Wilder Years

as Steve Bradford

1936

Great Guy

as Johnny 'Red' Cave

1931

1931

The Public Enemy

as Tom Powers

1933

Picture Snatcher

as Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean

1939

The Oklahoma Kid

as Jim Kincaid

1947

13 Rue Madeleine

as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

1950

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Ralph Cotter

1957

Short Cut to Hell

as Himself (prologue)

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

1934

Jimmy the Gent

as Jimmy Corrigan

1950

The West Point Story

as Elwin Bixby

1932

Winner Take All

as Jim 'Jimmy' Kane

1931

Taxi!

as Matt Nolan

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1952

What Price Glory

as Captain Flagg

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Jerry Plunkett

1956

Tribute to a Bad Man

as Jeremy Rodack

1934

Here Comes the Navy

as Chesty O'Conner

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Dizzy Davies

1945

Blood on the Sun

as Nick Condon

1937

Something to Sing About

as Terrence 'Terry' Rooney

1941

The Strawberry Blonde

as Biff Grimes

1940

Torrid Zone

as Nick Butler

1955

Run for Cover

as Matt Dow

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1933

The Mayor of Hell

as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

1960

The Gallant Hours

as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Joe Greer

1953

1951

Come Fill the Cup

as Lew Marsh

1938

Boy Meets Girl

as Robert Law

1943

Johnny Come Lately

as Tom Richards

1935

Frisco Kid

as Bat Morgan

1933

Hard to Handle

as Lefty Merrill

2004

Remembering Ragtime

as NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)

1930

Sinners' Holiday

as Harry Delano

2021

Parkinson at 50

as Self (archive footage)

1934

He Was Her Man

as Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen

1951

Starlift

as James Cagney

1934

The St. Louis Kid

as Eddie Kennedy

1935

The Irish in Us

as Danny O'Hara

1931

The Millionaire

as Schofield

1943

You, John Jones!

as John Jones

1959

Never Steal Anything Small

as Jake MacIllaney

1962

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1959

1928

The Singing Fool

as Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

2023

Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935

Devil Dogs of the Air

as Tommy O'Toole

1984

Terrible Joe Moran

as Joe Moran

1992

James Cagney: Top of the World

as Self (Archive footage)

1942

Calling All Girls

as Himself (archive footage)

1947

1935

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Himself (uncredited)

1966

Ballad of Smokey the Bear

as Narrator (voice)

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

2017

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1968

1946

Okay for Sound

as Tommy Powers (archive footage)

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Tupac: Resurrection

as Self (archival)

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Dynamite Chicken

as Self (archive footage)

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Showbiz Ballyhoo

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1957

1960

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