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James Cagney
🎂 Jul 17, 1899 — 🕯️ Mar 30, 1986 (86 years)
New York City, New York, USA
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor.
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City for Conquest
1940
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Ragtime
1981
One, Two, Three
1961
The Roaring Twenties
1939
White Heat
1949
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
The Public Enemy
1931
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Love Me or Leave Me
1955
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
'G' Men
1935
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Come Fill the Cup
1951
Lady Killer
1933
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Smart Money
1931
The Fighting 69th
1940
Run for Cover
1955
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
Jimmy the Gent
1934
Starlift
1951
The Time of Your Life
1948
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
The Mayor of Hell
1933
Great Guy
1936
Blonde Crazy
1931
The Singing Fool
1928
Blood on the Sun
1945
Captains of the Clouds
1942
Footlight Parade
1933
The Gallant Hours
1960
These Wilder Years
1956
The Seven Little Foys
1955
Taxi!
1932
Mister Roberts
1955
The Doorway to Hell
1930
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
Winner Take All
1932
The Crowd Roars
1932
Frisco Kid
1935
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
What Price Glory
1952
Here Comes the Navy
1934
He Was Her Man
1934
Hard to Handle
1933
Torrid Zone
1940
Picture Snatcher
1933
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
1982
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Ragtime
New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
1981
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(archive footage)
1975
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One, Two, Three
C.R. MacNamara
1961
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The Gallant Hours
Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
1960
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Shake Hands with the Devil
Sean Lenihan
1959
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James Cagney
1899-07-17 · New York City, New York, USA
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 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews for his acting, Warners signed him for an initial $500 a week, three-week contract to reprise his role; this was quickly extended to a seven year contract. Cagney's seventh film, The Public Enemy, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for its famous grapefruit scene, the film thrust Cagney into the spotlight, making him one of Warners' and Hollywood's biggest stars.
In 1938, he received his first Academy Award Best Actor nomination for Angels with Dirty Faces, before winning in 1942 for his portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was nominated a third time in 1955 for Love Me or Leave Me. Cagney retired for 20 years in 1961, spending time on his farm before returning for a part in Ragtime mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke.
Cagney walked out on Warners several times over his career, each time coming back on improved personal and artistic terms. In 1935, he sued Warners for breach of contract and won; this marked one of the first times an actor had beaten a studio over a contract issue. He worked for an independent film company for a year while the suit was settled, and also established his own production company, Cagney Productions, in 1942 before returning to Warners again four years later. Jack Warner called him "The Professional Againster", in reference to Cagney’s refusal to be pushed around. Cagney also made numerous morale-boosting troop tours before and during World War II, and was President of the Screen Actors Guild for two years.