James Cagney
American actor and dancer (1899-1986) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
James Francis Cagney Jr. was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances.
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1986Died30 March 19861984Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1982
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm, (in "White Heat") (archive footage)1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage) (uncredited)1974AFI Life Achievement AwardAward1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959
Shake Hands with the DevilFilm, Sean Lenihan1956
Tribute to a Bad ManFilm, Jeremy Rodack1955
MGM ParadeSeries1953
The OscarsSeries1952
What Price GloryFilm, Captain Flagg1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries, George Bridgeman
What's My Line?Series, 19501949
White HeatFilm, Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
13 Rue MadeleineFilm, Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey1943Academy Award for Best ActorAward1942
Captains of the CloudsFilm, Brian MacLean1940
City for ConquestFilm, Danny Kenny1938
Angels with Dirty FacesFilm, Rocky Sullivan1934
Jimmy the GentFilm, Jimmy Corrigan1932
Taxi!Film, Matt Nolan1930
The Doorway to HellFilm, Steve Mileaway1899Born17 July 1899
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm, (in "White Heat") (archive footage)1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries1976That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage) (uncredited)1974AFI Life Achievement AwardAward1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959Shake Hands with the DevilFilm, Sean Lenihan1956Tribute to a Bad ManFilm, Jeremy Rodack1955MGM ParadeSeries1953The OscarsSeries1952What Price GloryFilm, Captain Flagg1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries, George BridgemanWhat's My Line?Series, 19501949White HeatFilm, Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries194713 Rue MadeleineFilm, Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey1943Academy Award for Best ActorAward1942Captains of the CloudsFilm, Brian MacLean1940City for ConquestFilm, Danny Kenny1938Angels with Dirty FacesFilm, Rocky Sullivan1934Jimmy the GentFilm, Jimmy Corrigan1932Taxi!Film, Matt Nolan1930The Doorway to HellFilm, Steve Mileaway1899Born17 July 1899People around James
Michael Curtiz Directed Yankee Doodle Dandy and Jimmy the Gent
Raoul Walsh Directed White Heat and The Roaring Twenties
Hal B. Wallis Produced Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Lloyd Bacon Directed Footlight Parade (1933)
William Keighley Directed G Men and The Bride Came C.O.D.
Roy Del Ruth Directed Lady Killer and Blonde Crazy
William Cagney Produced Blood on the Sun (1950)
Samuel Bischoff Produced Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Louis F. Edelman Produced White Heat and G Men- Robert Lord Produced Footlight Parade and Taxi!
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Mister Roberts and Hard to Handle
Frank McHugh Also in The Roaring Twenties (1939)- Henry Blanke Produced A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Public Enemy (1931)
George Tobias Also in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Jack L. Warner Produced Yankee Doodle Dandy and Ceiling Zero
Hobart Cavanaugh Also in Footlight Parade and The Mayor of Hell
John Ford Directed Mister Roberts and What Price Glory
Howard Hawks Directed Ceiling Zero and The Crowd Roars
Frank Lloyd Directed Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Pat O'Brien Also in Ragtime and Here Comes the Navy- Gordon Douglas Directed Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Archie Mayo Directed The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Edward Pawley Also in 'G' Men and Angels with Dirty Faces
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Tupac: Resurrection 2003
White Heat 1949
One, Two, Three 1961
The Roaring Twenties 1939
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 10
Media & music
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Cagney and Gloria Stuart (later of 1997's Titanic) in 1934's Here Comes the Navy. Cagney played sailors or naval officers several times.
Cagney and Edward Woods in The Public Enemy (1931)
Lobby card for Taxi! (1932)
Loretta Young and Cagney in Taxi! (1932)
David Landau, Loretta Young and Cagney in Taxi! (1932)
Along with George Raft, Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart, all of whom were Warner Bros. actors, Cagney defined what a movie gangster was. In G Men (1935), however, he played a lawyer who joins the FBI.
Cagney, Ann Dvorak and Joan Blondell in The Crowd Roars (1932)Awards
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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1986 · aged 86
