James Cagney

James Cagney

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...

Known For

One, Two, Three

as C.R. MacNamara

White Heat

as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

The Public Enemy

as Tom Powers

Cast Credits

Terrible Joe Moran

as Joe Moran

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Ragtime

as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

Dynamite Chicken

as Self (archive footage)

Ballad of Smokey the Bear

as Narrator (voice)

One, Two, Three

as C.R. MacNamara

The Gallant Hours

as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

Never Steal Anything Small

as Jake MacIllaney

Short Cut to Hell

as Himself (prologue)

These Wilder Years

as Steve Bradford

Tribute to a Bad Man

as Jeremy Rodack

The Seven Little Foys

as George M. Cohan

Mister Roberts

as Captain Morton

Love Me or Leave Me

as Martin Snyder

Run for Cover

as Matt Dow

What Price Glory

as Captain Flagg

Starlift

as James Cagney

Come Fill the Cup

as Lew Marsh

The West Point Story

as Elwin Bixby

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Ralph Cotter

White Heat

as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

13 Rue Madeleine

as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

Crew Credits