
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...
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
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)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
Dynamite Chicken
as Self (archive footage)
Arizona Bushwhackers
as Narrator
Ballad of Smokey the Bear
as Narrator (voice)
The Day of the Oath
as Narrator
One, Two, Three
as C.R. MacNamara
The Gallant Hours
as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Sean Lenihan
Never Steal Anything Small
as Jake MacIllaney
Short Cut to Hell
as Himself (prologue)
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Lon Chaney
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
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Hank Martin
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
The Time of Your Life
as Joseph
13 Rue Madeleine
as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey
Crew Credits
The Gallant Hours
Producer
Short Cut to Hell
Director