James Cagney (1899-1986)
74.2 TOPICAL actor score · #169 of 1,977 actors
James Cagney (1899-1986) has a TOPICAL actor score of 74.2 - ranked 169 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are career standing and acting honours. They've won 3 acting honours from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1933-1942. Best films: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours95
Prime71
Their movies47
Credits68
Career standing98
- Acting honours3 wins, 3 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; AFI Life Achievement Award; Kennedy Center Honors
- Prime1933-1942
- Credits68 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 17 scored films (17 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 92 languages
“Orson Welles described him as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
James Cagney's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 564 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | 1 |
| 668 | Angels with Dirty Faces | 1938 | 1 |
| 688 | The Public Enemy | 1931 | 1 |
| 1,010 | White Heat | 1949 | 1 |
| 1,051 | Mister Roberts | 1955 | 2 |
| 1,651 | One, Two, Three | 1961 | 1 |
| 2,133 | Ragtime | 1981 | 1 |
| 3,032 | Footlight Parade | 1933 | 1 |
| 3,043 | Love Me or Leave Me | 1955 | 2 |
| 3,546 | The Strawberry Blonde | 1941 | 1 |
| 4,214 | Man of a Thousand Faces | 1957 | 1 |
| 4,466 | Blood on the Sun | 1945 | 1 |
| 5,117 | Captains of the Clouds | 1942 | 1 |
| 5,489 | Something to Sing About | 1937 | 1 |
| 5,908 | Come Fill the Cup | 1951 | 1 |
| 6,178 | The West Point Story | 1950 | 1 |
| 6,312 | Johnny Come Lately | 1943 | 1 |