James Stewart (1908-1997)
98.5 TOPICAL actor score · #2 of 1,977 actors
James Stewart (1908-1997) has a TOPICAL actor score of 98.5 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and prime. They've won 6 acting honours from 8 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1950-1959. Best films: It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours99
Prime99
Their movies99
Credits87
Career standing98
- Acting honours6 wins, 8 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; AFI Life Achievement Award; Academy Honorary Award
- Prime1950-1959
- Credits93 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 28 scored films (22 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 97 languages
“His films are considered among the greatest of all time.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
James Stewart's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 | 1 |
| 43 | Rear Window | 1954 | 1 |
| 94 | The Philadelphia Story | 1940 | 3 |
| 107 | Vertigo | 1958 | 1 |
| 167 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 | 1 |
| 215 | Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | 1 |
| 275 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | 2 |
| 685 | The Shop Around the Corner | 1940 | 2 |
| 731 | You Can't Take It with You | 1938 | 3 |
| 1,215 | Harvey | 1950 | 1 |
| 1,316 | Winchester '73 | 1950 | 1 |
| 1,474 | The Naked Spur | 1953 | 1 |
| 1,521 | The Shootist | 1976 | 4 |
| 1,601 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1956 | 1 |
| 1,638 | Rope | 1948 | 1 |
| 1,780 | The Flight of the Phoenix | 1965 | 1 |
| 2,050 | After the Thin Man | 1936 | 3 |
| 2,144 | Broken Arrow | 1950 | 1 |
| 2,437 | Destry Rides Again | 1939 | 1 |
| 2,489 | The Man from Laramie | 1955 | 1 |
| 2,610 | The Glenn Miller Story | 1954 | 1 |
| 2,848 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 1952 | 6 |
| 3,205 | Vivacious Lady | 1938 | 2 |
| 3,213 | Bell, Book and Candle | 1958 | 1 |
| 3,425 | The Spirit of St. Louis | 1957 | 1 |
| 3,700 | Shenandoah | 1965 | 1 |
| 4,433 | The Gorgeous Hussy | 1936 | 6 |
| 4,566 | Of Human Hearts | 1938 | 2 |