James Cagney
James Cagney
Person

James Cagney

Actor 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 192...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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White Heat

White Heat

1949 · Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three

1961 · C.R. MacNamara

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 · (uncredited)

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

1931 · Tom Powers

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938 · Rocky Sullivan

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · Eddie Bartlett

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 · George M. Cohan

Ragtime

Ragtime

1981 · New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955 · Captain Morton

Tupac: Resurrection

Tupac: Resurrection

2003 · Self (archival)

Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933 · Chester Kent

'G' Men

'G' Men

1935 · ‘Brick' Davis

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 · Self

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

1941 · Biff Grimes

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939 · Frank Ross

Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me

1955 · Martin Snyder

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935 · Bottom

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950 · Ralph Cotter

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

1931 · Albert 'Bert' Harris