James Cagney

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Cagney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1899-07-17
  • event Death Date 1986-03-30
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 6.3
  • info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by James Cagney

7.5

One, Two, Three

1961-12-15

10

Movie Tough Guys

1991-01-01

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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985-01-01

7

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942-05-29

7.8

Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

2005-01-01

8

White Heat: Top of the World

2005-01-01

8.3

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

2005-01-01

6.8

City for Conquest

1940-09-21

5.7

Other Men's Women

1931-01-17

7

Ragtime

1981-11-20

6.7

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982-05-21

6

The Seven Little Foys

1955-09-30

6.5

Captains of the Clouds

1942-02-12

6.3

The Doorway to Hell

1930-10-18

6.6

'G' Men

1935-05-04

7.6

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938-11-26

6.9

Footlight Parade

1933-10-21

6.7

Love Me or Leave Me

1955-05-26

6.7

Each Dawn I Die

1939-08-19

7.4

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935-11-22

7.1

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941-07-12

7

Blonde Crazy

1931-09-16

6.7

Man of a Thousand Faces

1957-08-15

6.8

Lady Killer

1933-12-09

7.5

The Roaring Twenties

1939-10-28

7

Mister Roberts

1955-07-10

7.7

White Heat

1949-09-02

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Hollywood and the Stars

1964-05-04

6.3

These Wilder Years

1956-08-17

6.2

Great Guy

1936-12-01

6.9

Smart Money

1931-06-11

7.2

The Public Enemy

1931-04-23

6.9

Picture Snatcher

1933-05-06

6

The Oklahoma Kid

1939-03-11

5.9

13 Rue Madeleine

1947-01-15

6.7

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950-08-19

6.5

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935-10-09

5.8

Short Cut to Hell

1957-09-01

7

Breakdowns of 1941

1941-11-14

10

Showbiz Goes to War

1982-12-31

7.7

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004-07-28

6.2

Jimmy the Gent

1934-03-09

5.8

The West Point Story

1950-11-25

5.3

Winner Take All

1932-07-16

6.8

Taxi!

1931-12-29

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

5.5

What Price Glory

1952-08-22

5.4

The Fighting 69th

1940-01-27

7

Tribute to a Bad Man

1956-03-30

5.8

Here Comes the Navy

1934-07-21

5.6

Ceiling Zero

1936-01-16

5.8

Blood on the Sun

1945-04-26

6.2

Something to Sing About

1937-09-30

6.9

The Strawberry Blonde

1941-02-21

5.8

The Time of Your Life

1948-09-03

6.3

Torrid Zone

1940-05-18

6.7

Run for Cover

1955-04-29

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975-08-06

7.1

The Mayor of Hell

1933-06-24

6.7

The Gallant Hours

1960-06-13

6.7

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002-08-16

8.5

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

1993-02-06

5.9

The Crowd Roars

1932-04-16

5.5

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953-09-23

7

Come Fill the Cup

1951-10-24

6.2

Boy Meets Girl

1938-08-27

6

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988-05-16

6.7

Johnny Come Lately

1943-09-03

0

Doris Day: It's Magic

1998-10-18

6.9

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008-10-21

6.8

Frisco Kid

1935-11-30

6.6

Hard to Handle

1933-01-28

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Remembering Ragtime

2004-11-16

5.8

Sinners' Holiday

1930-10-11

10

Parkinson at 50

2021-08-28

0

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

1979-12-13

6.8

He Was Her Man

1934-06-16

5.6

Starlift

1951-12-14

5.8

The St. Louis Kid

1934-11-10

7.7

The Irish in Us

1935-07-31

7.5

The Millionaire

1931-05-01

6

You, John Jones!

1943-01-14

8

Never Steal Anything Small

1959-02-11

5

The Road to the Wall

1962-01-01

5.6

Hollywood Hobbies

1939-05-03

10

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984-01-01

6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959-06-24

5

The Singing Fool

1928-09-29

7.2

Sly

2023-09-16

6.4

Devil Dogs of the Air

1935-02-09

0

Terrible Joe Moran

1984-03-26

10

James Cagney: Top of the World

1992-07-05

0

Breakdowns of 1936

1936-12-30

0

Calling All Girls

1942-01-24

6.3

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

1931-04-15

6.3

Blow-Ups of 1947

1947-12-31

0

Intimate Interviews: James Cagney

1931-10-24

8.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008-05-15

5.2

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

1935-02-02

4

Ballad of Smokey the Bear

1966-11-24

4

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934-10-04

5

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935-12-01

5.5

A Dream Comes True

1935-12-31

7

Breakdowns of 1939

1939-12-31

4

Breakdowns of 1940

1940-12-31

7

Show-Business at War

1943-05-21

6.7

Complicated Women

2003-05-06

6.8

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976-05-16

8

This Is Bob Hope...

2017-12-29

0

Bogart: The Untold Story

1997-01-05

2.8

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968-03-01

5

Okay for Sound

1946-09-07

5.3

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943-10-16

7

That's Dancing!

1985-01-18

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009-07-02

7

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

7

It's Showtime

1976-03-31

10

James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy

1981-12-01

0

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934-01-01

6.5

Night of 100 Stars

1982-03-08

0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009-01-01

0

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975-10-24

0

The Bob Hope Chevy Show

1956-10-21

7.8

Tupac: Resurrection

2003-11-14

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

5.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-01-30

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

7.3

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978-12-28

5.1

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973-04-02

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

7

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

5

Legends

2006-11-17

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