

James Cagney
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
17 Jul 1899
Age
127 Years
Born In
New York City, New York, USA
Total Projects
138
Years Active
94 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.8 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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Becoming Marilyn
Becoming Marilyn

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Parkinson at 50
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)

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This Is Bob Hope...
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)

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Warner at War
Warner at War
as (archive footage)

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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)

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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)

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Legends
Legends
as Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public
Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public
as Self (archive footage)

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White Heat: Top of the World
White Heat: Top of the World
as Self (archive footage)

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Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
as Self (archive footage)

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Remembering Ragtime
Remembering Ragtime
as NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)

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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

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Tupac: Resurrection
Tupac: Resurrection
as Self (archival)

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Complicated Women
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)

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Doris Day: It's Magic
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self

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Vaudeville
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)

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Bogart: The Untold Story
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)

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James Cagney: Top of the World
James Cagney: Top of the World
as Self (Archive footage)

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Movie Tough Guys
Movie Tough Guys
as Self (archive footage)

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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)

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That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)

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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)

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Terrible Joe Moran
Terrible Joe Moran
as Joe Moran

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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

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Showbiz Ballyhoo
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self

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James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Ragtime
Ragtime
as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
as Self

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The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self

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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)

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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)

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It's Showtime
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)

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Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self

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Dynamite Chicken
Dynamite Chicken
as Self (archive footage)

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Arizona Bushwhackers
Arizona Bushwhackers
as Narrator

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Ballad of Smokey the Bear
Ballad of Smokey the Bear
as Narrator (voice)

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The Day of the Oath
The Day of the Oath
as Narrator

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The Road to the Wall
The Road to the Wall
as Narrator

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One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three
as C.R. MacNamara

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The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

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The Gallant Hours
The Gallant Hours
as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

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Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil
as Sean Lenihan

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Never Steal Anything Small
Never Steal Anything Small
as Jake MacIllaney

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Short Cut to Hell
Short Cut to Hell
as Himself (prologue)

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Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Lon Chaney

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The Bob Hope Chevy Show
The Bob Hope Chevy Show
as Himself

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These Wilder Years
These Wilder Years
as Steve Bradford

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Tribute to a Bad Man
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Jeremy Rodack

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The Seven Little Foys
The Seven Little Foys
as George M. Cohan

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MGM Parade
MGM Parade
as self

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Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts
as Captain Morton

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Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me
as Martin Snyder

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Run for Cover
Run for Cover
as Matt Dow

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A Lion Is in the Streets
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Hank Martin

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The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self

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What Price Glory
What Price Glory
as Captain Flagg

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Starlift
Starlift
as James Cagney

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Come Fill the Cup
Come Fill the Cup
as Lew Marsh

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The West Point Story
The West Point Story
as Elwin Bixby

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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Ralph Cotter

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What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest

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Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as George Bridgeman

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White Heat
White Heat
as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

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The Time of Your Life
The Time of Your Life
as Joseph

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The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

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The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (uncredited)

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Blow-Ups of 1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self

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13 Rue Madeleine
13 Rue Madeleine
as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

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Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound
as Tommy Powers (archive footage)

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Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun
as Nick Condon

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The Voice That Thrilled the World
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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Johnny Come Lately
Johnny Come Lately
as Tom Richards

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Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
as Self

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You, John Jones!
You, John Jones!
as John Jones

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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as George M. Cohan

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Captains of the Clouds
Captains of the Clouds
as Brian MacLean

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Calling All Girls
Calling All Girls
as Himself (archive footage)

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Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Steve Collins

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The Strawberry Blonde
The Strawberry Blonde
as Biff Grimes

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Breakdowns of 1940
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self

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City for Conquest
City for Conquest
as Danny Kenny

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Torrid Zone
Torrid Zone
as Nick Butler

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The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th
as Jerry Plunkett

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Breakdowns of 1939
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self

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The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
as Eddie Bartlett

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Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die
as Frank Ross

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Hollywood Hobbies
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)

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The Oklahoma Kid
The Oklahoma Kid
as Jim Kincaid

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Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces
as Rocky Sullivan

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Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl
as Robert Law

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Something to Sing About
Something to Sing About
as Terrence 'Terry' Rooney

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Breakdowns of 1936
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self

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Great Guy
Great Guy
as Johnny 'Red' Cave

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Ceiling Zero
Ceiling Zero
as Dizzy Davies

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A Dream Comes True
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)

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Things You Never See on the Screen
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self

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Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid
as Bat Morgan

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Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
as (uncredited)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Bottom

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The Irish in Us
The Irish in Us
as Danny O'Hara

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'G' Men
'G' Men
as ‘Brick' Davis

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Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

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Devil Dogs of the Air
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Tommy O'Toole

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A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)

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The St. Louis Kid
The St. Louis Kid
as Eddie Kennedy

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The Hollywood Gad-About
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)

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Here Comes the Navy
Here Comes the Navy
as Chesty O'Conner

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He Was Her Man
He Was Her Man
as Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen

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Jimmy the Gent
Jimmy the Gent
as Jimmy Corrigan

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Screen Snapshots No. 11
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself

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Lady Killer
Lady Killer
as Dan

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Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade
as Chester Kent

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The Mayor of Hell
The Mayor of Hell
as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan

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Picture Snatcher
Picture Snatcher
as Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean

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Hard to Handle
Hard to Handle
as Lefty Merrill

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Winner Take All
Winner Take All
as Jim 'Jimmy' Kane

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The Crowd Roars
The Crowd Roars
as Joe Greer

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Taxi!
Taxi!
as Matt Nolan

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Intimate Interviews: James Cagney
Intimate Interviews: James Cagney
as Himself

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Blonde Crazy
Blonde Crazy
as Albert 'Bert' Harris

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Smart Money
Smart Money
as Jack

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The Millionaire
The Millionaire
as Schofield

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The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
as Tom Powers

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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
as Himself

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Other Men's Women
Other Men's Women
as Ed 'Eddie' Bailey

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The Doorway to Hell
The Doorway to Hell
as Steve Mileaway

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Sinners' Holiday
Sinners' Holiday
as Harry Delano

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The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool
as Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)