JAMES CAGNEY
Information From IMDb
Date of Birth
17 July 1899, New York City, New York, USA
Date of Death
30 March 1986, Stanfordville, New York, USA (heart attack following illness from diabetes)
Birth Name
James Francis Cagney
Nickname
The Professional Againster
Jimmy
Trade Mark
Famous for his gangster roles he played in the 1930s and 1940s (which made his only Oscar win as the musical composer/dancer/actor George M.Cohan most ironic).
Height
5' 6½" (1.69 m)
Spouse
Frances Cagney (28 September 1922 - 30 March 1986) (his death) 2 children
Trivia
Cagney's first job as an entertainer was as a female dancer in a chorus line.
According to his authorized biography, Cagney, although of Irish and Norwegian extraction, could speak Yiddish since he had grown up in a heavily Jewish area in New York. He used to converse in Yiddish with Jewish performers like Sylvia Sidney.
Ranked #45 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Brother of actor-producer William Cagney and of actress Jeanne Cagney.
Films co-starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien were these nine: Here Comes the Navy (1934), Devil Dogs of the Air (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1938), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Torrid Zone (1940), The Fighting 69th (1940), Ceiling Zero (1936), as well as their finale together, four decades later, Ragtime (1981).
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award [1974]
Interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, USA.
President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1942-1944]
Convinced decorated war hero Audie Murphy to go into acting.
His widow Frances (nicknamed 'Bill') outlived Cagney by eight years, dying aged 95 in 1994.
Father of actor James Cagney Jr.
Pictured on a 33¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, issued 22 July 1999.
Had two adopted children, Cathleen "Cassie" and James Jr.
Was best friends with actors Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh.
Earned a Black Belt in Judo.
He was voted the 14th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Extraordinarily (for Hollywood), he never cheated on his wife Frances, resulting in a marriage that lasted 64 years (ending with his death). The closest he came was nearly giving into a seduction attempt by Merle Oberon while the two stars were on tour to entertain WWII GIs.
Despite the common perception that he was full-blooded Irish of origin this was not all-together true. His grandfather was from Norway, but as he told an interviewer shortly before his death in 1986: "My mother's father, my Grandpa Nelson, was a Norwegian sea captain, but when I tried to investigate those roots I didn't get very far, for he had apparently changed his name to another one that made it impossible to identify him within the rest of the population."
Was of Irish-Norwegian origin.
His electric acting style was a huge influence on future generations of actors. Actors as diverse as Clint Eastwood and Malcolm McDowell point to him as their number one influence to become actors.
Lived in a Gramercy Park building in New York City that was also occupied by Margaret Hamilton and now boasts Jimmy Fallon as one of its tenants.
Though most Cagney imitators use the line "You dirty rat!", Cagney never actually said it in any of his films.
According to James Cagney's autobiography Cagney By Cagney, (Published by Doubleday and Company Inc 1976, and ghost written by show biz biographer Jack McCabe), a Mafia plan to murder Cagney by dropping a several hundred pound klieg light on top of him was stopped at the insistence of George Raft. Cagney at that time was president of the Screen Actors Guild, and was determined not to let the mob infiltrate the industry. Raft used his many mob connections to cancel the hit.
He was voted the 11th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.
Named the #8 greatest Actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends List by The American Film Institute
According to his autobiography his brother Bill (who was also his manager) actively pursued the role of Cohan in the ultra-patriotic film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as a way of removing the taint of Cagney's radical activities in the 1930s, when he was a strong Roosevelt liberal. When Cohan himself learned about Cagney's background as a song-and-dance man in vaudeville, he okay-ed him for the project.
Lost the role of Knute Rockne to his friend Pat O'Brien when the administration of Notre Dame - which had approval over all aspects of the filming - nixed Cagney because of his support of the far-left (and anti-Catholic) Spanish Republic in the then-ongoing Spanish Civil War.
Originally a very left-wing Democrat activist during the 1930s, Cagney later switched his viewpoint and became progressively more conservative with age. He supported his friend Ronald Reagan's campaigns for the Governorship of California in 1966 and 1970, as well as his Presidential campaigns in 1980 and 1984. President Reagan delivered the eulogy at Cagney's funeral in 1986.
His performance as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is ranked #6 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
His performance as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (1931) is ranked #57 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is ranked #88 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time.
Often said that he did not understand the method actors like Marlon Brando. Cagney admitted that he used his own personal experiences to help create his performances and encouraged other actors to do so, but he did not understand actors who felt a need to go to the extreme length that method actors went to.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986- 1990, pages 149-152. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
To protest the quality of scripts he was given at Warner Brothers, instead of violating his contract by refusing to appear in a picture he reputedly used his appearance to get even. In Jimmy the Gent (1934) he got an ugly crew-cut to make himself look like the hoodlum Warners wanted him to play. In movies like He Was Her Man (1934) he grew a thin mustache to upset thin-mustachioed studio boss Jack L. Warner.
Encouraged by his mother to take up boxing as a hobby. She thought it was a necessary skill to have, especially in the rough Eastside section of New York City where he grew up. She would often show up and watch him take on neighborhood kids in a street fight. However when he wanted to become a professional boxer, she disapproved. She started to put on a pair of boxing gloves and told him "If you want to become a professional fighter, then your first fight will have to be against me". He abandoned the idea of doing boxing professionally from that moment on.
Inspiration for the Madonna song, "White Heat", from her album, True Blue.
Turned down Stanley Holloway's role as Eliza's father in My Fair Lady (1964).
Turned down the lead role in The Jolson Story (1946), which went to Larry Parks.
At the time of filming of White Heat (1949), Special Effects were not yet using squibs (tiny explosives that simulate the effects of bullets). The producers employed skilled marksmen who used low velocity bullets to break windows or show bullets hitting near the characters. In the factory scene, Cagney was missed by mere inches.
Broke a rib while filming the dance scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) but continued dancing until it was completed.
He once claimed that problems with Horst Buchholz had convinced him to retire from acting.
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan at a ceremony at the White House on 26 March 1984.
Along with Rita Hayworth, is mentioned by name in the Tom Waits song "Invitation To The Blues".
In his autobiography, he mentions that while in the chorus of the musical "Pitter Patter", he earned $55 a week, of which he sent $40 a week home to his mother. As his salary increased, so did the amount he sent back home. In The Public Enemy (1931), he earned $400 a week, sending over $300 back home. Until his mother passed, he never kept more than 50% of his earnings.
Often left the set early claiming he was too ill to continue filming in order to ensure an extra day of filming so that the extras and the film crew, whom he thought woefully underpaid, could get an additional day's salary.
Wrote that of the sixty-two films he made, he rated Love Me or Leave Me (1955) costarring Doris Day among his top five.
Two grandchildren, from daughter Kathleen, Verniey Lee and Christina May Thomas.
He is the father-in-law of screenplay writer Jack W. Thomas, who married his daughter Cathleen on February 17, 1962.
Grandfather of actor James Cagney IV.
Great grandfather of actress Fiona Cagney.
Great-great uncle of Brian Harrison Mack.
Great uncle of Pattee Mack.
"Cagney! The Musical," an original biographical stage work written by Peter Colley and directed by Bill Castellino, had its world premiere in March 2009 at the Florida Stage theatre in Manalapan, Florida. Robert Creighton starred as Cagney, both he and the show received good to excellent reviews and the run soon sold out, setting a record for the theatre.
Personal Quotes
There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.
All I try to do is to realise the man I'm playing fully, then put as much into my acting as I know how. To do it, I draw upon all that I've ever known, heard, seen or remember.
My biggest concern is that doing a rough-and-tumble scene I might hurt someone accidentally.
[in the early 1960s] In this business you need enthusiasm. I don't have enthusiasm for acting anymore. Acting is not the beginning and end of everything.
They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick with it.
Where I come from, if there's a buck to be made, you don't ask questions, you go ahead and make it.
With me, a career was the simple matter of putting groceries on the table.
Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.
I hate the word "superstar". I have never been able to think in those terms. They are overstatements. You don't hear them speak of Shakespeare as a superpoet. You don't hear them call Michelangelo a superpainter. They only apply the word to this mundane market.
You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tried to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.
My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.
[1931] I'm sick of carrying guns and beating up women.
[about his most famous misquoted line] I never actually said, "Nnng-you dirty ra-at!" What I actually said was [imitating Cary Grant] "Judy! Judy! Judy!"
Learn your lines, find your mark, look 'em in the eye and tell 'em the truth.
[about The Public Enemy (1931)] What not many people know is that right up to two days before shooting started, I was going to play the good guy, the pal. Edward Woods played it in the end.
Learn your lines ... plant your feet ... look the other actor in the eye ... say the words ... mean them.
Salary
The Roaring Twenties (1939) $12,500/week
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) $150,000
Boy Meets Girl (1938) $5,000/week
Something to Sing About (1937) $100,000
Great Guy (1936) $100,000
Hard to Handle (1933) $3,000/week
Blonde Crazy (1931) $450/week
The Public Enemy (1931) $400/week
The Doorway to Hell (1930) $400/week
Sinners' Holiday (1930) $500/week (three-week shoot)
Mini Biography
One of Hollywood's pre-eminent male stars of all time (eclipsed, perhaps, only by "King" Clark Gable and arguably by Gary Cooper or Spencer Tracy), and the cinema's quintessential "tough guy." Was also an accomplished if rather stiff hoofer and easily played light comedy. Ending three decades on the screen, retired to his farm in Stanfordville, New York (some 77 miles/124 km. north of his New York City birthplace), after starring in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961). Emerged from retirement to star in the 1981 screen adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime (1981), in which he was reunited with his frequent co-star of the 30's, the actor 'Pat O'Brien', and which was his last theatrical film. (Ironically - or fittingly, if one prefers - it was O'Brien's last film as well.) Cagney's final performance came in the title role of the made-for-TV movie Terrible Joe Moran (1984) (TV), in which he played opposite Art Carney.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Takacs
Filmography
Actor
1. Terrible Joe Moran (1984) (TV) .... Joe Moran
2. Ragtime (1981) .... Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
... aka "Love and Glory" - Philippines (English title)
3. Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) (voice) .... Narrator
4. The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966) (TV) .... Narrator
5. One, Two, Three (1961) .... C.R. MacNamara
6. The Gallant Hours (1960) .... Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.
7. Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) .... Sean Lenihan
8. Never Steal Anything Small (1959) .... Jake MacIllaney
9. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) .... Lon Chaney
10. "The Christophers" .... Professor Graham (1 episode, 1957)
- A Link in the Chain (1957) TV episode .... Professor Graham
11. "Robert Montgomery Presents" .... George Bridgeman (1 episode, 1956)
- Soldier from the Wars Returning (1956) TV episode .... George Bridgeman
12. These Wilder Years (1956) .... Steve Bradford
13. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) .... Jeremy Rodock
14. Mister Roberts (1955) .... Capt. Morton
15. The Seven Little Foys (1955) .... George M. Cohan
16. Love Me or Leave Me (1955) .... Martin Snyder
17. Run for Cover (1955) .... Matt Dow
... aka "Colorado" - USA (reissue title)
18. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) .... Hank Martin
19. What Price Glory (1952) .... Capt. Flagg
20. Come Fill the Cup (1951) .... Lew Marsh
21. The West Point Story (1950) .... Elwin 'Bix' Bixby
22. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) .... Ralph Cotter
23. White Heat (1949) .... Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
24. The Time of Your Life (1948) .... Joseph T. (who observes people)
25. 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) .... Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey
26. Blood on the Sun (1945) .... Nick Condon
27. Johnny Come Lately (1943) .... Tom Richards
28. You, John Jones! (1943) .... John Jones
29. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) .... George M. Cohan
30. Captains of the Clouds (1942) .... Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
31. The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) .... Steve Collins
32. The Strawberry Blonde (1941) .... Biff Grimes
33. City for Conquest (1940) .... Danny Kenny
34. Torrid Zone (1940) .... Nick 'Nicky' Butler
35. The Fighting 69th (1940) .... Private Jerry Plunkett
36. The Roaring Twenties (1939) .... Eddie Bartlett
37. Each Dawn I Die (1939) .... Frank Ross
38. The Oklahoma Kid (1939) .... Jim Kincaid
39. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) .... Rocky Sullivan
40. Boy Meets Girl (1938) .... Robert Law
41. Something to Sing About (1937) .... Terrence 'Terry' Rooney (stage name of Thadeus McGillicuddy)
... aka "Battling Hoofer" - USA (recut version)
... aka "Something to Fight About" - USA (poster title)
42. Great Guy (1936) .... Johnny 'Red' Cave
43. Ceiling Zero (1936) .... Dizzy Davis
44. Frisco Kid (1935) .... Bat Morgan
45. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (uncredited) .... Extra
46. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) .... Bottom, the Weaver
47. The Irish in Us (1935) .... Danny O'Hara
48. 'G' Men (1935) .... 'Brick' Davis
49. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) .... Thomas Jefferson 'Tommy' O'Toole
50. The St. Louis Kid (1934) .... Eddie Kennedy
51. Here Comes the Navy (1934) .... Chesty O'Conner
52. He Was Her Man (1934) .... Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen
53. Jimmy the Gent (1934) .... 'Jimmy' Corrigan
54. Lady Killer (1933) .... Dan Quigley
55. Footlight Parade (1933) .... Chester Kent
56. The Mayor of Hell (1933) .... Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
57. Picture Snatcher (1933) .... Danny Kean
58. Hard to Handle (1933) .... Myron C. 'Lefty' Merrill
59. Winner Take All (1932) .... Jim 'Jimmy' Kane
60. The Crowd Roars (1932) .... Joe Greer
61. Taxi! (1932) .... Matt Nolan
62. Blonde Crazy (1931) .... Bert Harris
63. Smart Money (1931) .... Jack
64. The Millionaire (1931) .... Schofield, Insurance Salesman
65. The Public Enemy (1931) .... Tom Powers
66. Other Men's Women (1931) .... Ed 'Eddie' Bailey
67. The Doorway to Hell (1930) .... Steve Mileaway
68. Sinners' Holiday (1930) .... Harry Delano
Soundtrack:
1. Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009) (V) (performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (uncredited))
2. Warner at War (2008) (TV) (performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (uncredited), "You're a Grand Old Flag" (uncredited), "Over There" (uncredited))
3. The Brothers Warner (2008) (performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (uncredited))
4. "American Masters" (1 episode, 1997)
- Vaudeville (1997) TV episode (performer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name" (uncredited))
5. Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV) (performer: "Shanghai Lil", "The Yankee Doodle Boy", "You're a Grand Old Flag")
6. That's Dancing! (1985) ("Give My Regards to Broadway")
7. Hooray for Hollywood (1975) (performer: "Any Old Love")
8. Never Steal Anything Small (1959) (performer: "Never Steal Anything Small", "I'm Sorry, I Want a Ferrari")
9. The Seven Little Foys (1955) (performer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name" (uncredited), "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (uncredited))
10. The West Point Story (1950) (performer: "IT'S RAINING SUNDROPS", "THE MILITARY POLKA", "B 'POSTROPHE, K NO 'POSTROPHE, L-Y-N", "IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN BROOKLYN") ("BY THE KISSING ROCK")
11. The Time of Your Life (1948) (performer: "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" (1871) (uncredited)) ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" (1912) (uncredited))
12. The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (uncredited), "You're a Grand Old Flag" (uncredited))
13. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (uncredited), "Give My Regards to Broadway" (uncredited), "Over There" (uncredited), "You're a Grand Old Flag" (uncredited), "Mary's a Grand Old Name" (uncredited), "Only 45 Minutes from Broadway" (uncredited), "Off the Record" (uncredited), "Harrigan" (uncredited), "I Was Born in Virginia" (uncredited))
14. Captains of the Clouds (1942) (performer: "Bless 'em All" (uncredited))
15. Calling All Girls (1942) (performer: "Shanghai Lil")
... aka "Broadway Brevities: Calling All Girls" - USA (series title)
16. City for Conquest (1940) (performer: "Lullaby of Broadway" (1934) (uncredited))
17. The Oklahoma Kid (1939) (performer: "Rock-a-Bye Baby" (uncredited), "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" (uncredited))
18. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) ("In My Merry Oldsmobile" (1905) (uncredited))
19. Something to Sing About (1937) (performer: "Any Old Love") ("Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)" (uncredited), "Out of the Blue")
... aka "Battling Hoofer" - USA (recut version)
... aka "Something to Fight About" - USA (poster title)
20. Ceiling Zero (1936) (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love")
21. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) (performer: "Scottish Symphony", "Kinderstucke (Pieces for Children) no.1:Allegro non troppo", "Lullaby")
22. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1934))
23. Footlight Parade (1933) (performer: "Shanghai Lil" (uncredited))
24. Taxi! (1932) ("The Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1917))
25. Blonde Crazy (1931) ("Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929))
Producer
1. The Gallant Hours (1960) (producer) (uncredited)
Director
1. Short Cut to Hell (1957)
Self
1. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Himself
2. "Today" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1956-1981)
... aka "NBC News Today" - USA (promotional title)
... aka "The Today Show" - USA (alternative title)
- Episode dated 1 December 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 30 November 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 16 May 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 6 September 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
3. James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981) (TV) .... Himself
4. The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981) (TV) .... Himself
5. "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1981)
- Episode #10.28 (1981) TV episode .... Himself
6. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1980) (TV) .... Himself (Honoree)
7. Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980) (TV) .... Himself
8. "Good Morning America" .... Himself (1 episode, 1979)
... aka "G.M.A." - USA (promotional abbreviation)
- Episode dated 14 February 1979 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
9. The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney (1974) (TV) .... Himself
10. "Hollywood and the Stars" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
- How to Succeed as a Gangster (1963) TV episode (also archive footage) .... Himself
11. "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1960)
... aka "The Jack Paar Show" - USA (new title)
... aka "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" - USA (new title)
- Episode dated 8 July 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 16 May 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
12. "What's My Line?" .... Himself - Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1960)
- Episode dated 15 May 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
13. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1955-1959)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" - USA (new title)
- Episode #12.38 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #9.24 (1956) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
- Episode #8.40 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #8.31 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
14. The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Actress
15. "Navy Log" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
- The Lonely Watch (1958) TV episode .... Himself
16. Short Cut to Hell (1957) (uncredited) .... Himself - Pre-credits sequence
17. "The Bob Hope Show" .... Himself - Special Guest (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 8 October 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Special Guest
18. The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Special Effects
19. "The Christophers" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
- The Power of One Teacher (1955) TV episode .... Himself
20. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1954)
- William Wellman (1954) TV episode .... Himself
21. Starlift (1951) .... Himself, Cameo appearance
22. Battle Stations (1944) (voice) .... Narrator
23. Show Business at War (1943) .... Himself
24. Breakdowns of 1941 (1941) (uncredited) .... Himself
25. Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940) .... Himself, Polo Fan
26. Hollywood Hobbies (1939) (uncredited) .... Himself
27. For Auld Lang Syne (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself - Introducing arriving celebrities
... aka "For Auld Lang Syne #3" - USA (series title)
28. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936) .... Himself
29. Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (1935) .... Himself
30. A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
31. A Dream Comes True (1935) (also archive footage) (uncredited) .... Himself
32. The Hollywood Gad-About (1934) .... Himself
33. James Cagney (1931) .... Himself
... aka "Intimate Interviews: James Cagney" - USA (series title)
34. How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: Practice Shots (1931) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka "How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'" - USA (complete title)
Archive Footage
1. Close-Up (2011) .... Himself
2. 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) (TV)
3. Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (TV)
4. Meurtres à l'Empire State Building (2008) (TV) .... Tony
5. You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V) .... Himself - Interviewee
6. Amérique, notre histoire (2006) (TV) .... Himself
7. Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) (TV) .... Himself
8. Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) (TV) (voice) .... Himself
9. Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) (TV) .... Himself
10. Remembering 'Ragtime' (2004) (V) (uncredited) .... NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo
11. Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004) (V) (uncredited) .... Tom Powers
12. "Broadway: The American Musical"
- Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) TV episode .... George M. Cohan
13. Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
14. Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
15. Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
16. "Great Performances"
- The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode
17. James Cagney and Jack Warner (2003) (TV) .... Himself
18. "Modern Marvels"
- Prisons (2000) TV episode
19. James Cagney on Film (1999) (V) .... Himself
20. Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV) .... Himself
21. Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998) (TV) (uncredited)
22. "American Masters"
- Vaudeville (1997) TV episode .... Himself
23. Bogart: The Untold Story (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Actor in 'The Roaring Twenties'
24. Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) .... Himself
25. Entertaining the Troops (1994) .... Himself
26. L'oeil de Vichy (1993) (uncredited) .... Undetermined film role (gambling)
27. James Cagney: Top of the World (1992) (TV)
28. "Biography"
- James Cagney: Top of the World (1992) TV episode .... Himself
29. Fonda on Fonda (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Actor in 'Mister Roberts'
30. Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV) .... Himself
31. That's Dancing! (1985) .... Himself (clip from "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
32. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) (uncredited) .... Himself
33. Showbiz Goes to War (1982) (TV)
34. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) .... (in "White Heat")
35. Fade to Black (1980) (uncredited)
36. Kristina Talking Pictures (1976) (archive sound)
37. America at the Movies (1976) .... George M. Cohan
38. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (uncredited) .... Clip from 'Love Me or Leave Me'
39. It's Showtime (1976)
40. Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) .... Himself
41. Hooray for Hollywood (1975) .... Himself
42. "The World at War" (1973) (uncredited) .... Himself
43. "Hollywood and the Stars"
- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) TV episode .... Himself
44. "Toast of the Town"
- Episode #16.38 (1963) TV episode .... Captain - scene from 'Mr. Roberts'
- Episode #12.26 (1959) TV episode .... Sean Lenihan
45. "The DuPont Show of the Week"
- America's Music - Regards to George M. Cohan (1962) TV episode .... George M. Cohan
- USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) TV episode .... Himself
46. When the Talkies Were Young (1955) (uncredited) .... Harry Deleon
47. Okay for Sound (1946) .... Tommy Powers
48. Oklahoma Outlaws (1943) (uncredited) .... Kincaid
49. The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (uncredited) .... Himself (segment "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
50. Calling All Girls (1942) .... Sailor - edited from: Footlight Parade
51. Wild Boys of the Road (1933) (uncredited) .... Himself, film clip
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The Time of Your Life