James Cagney Net Worth
James Cagney Net Worth is
$12 Million
James Cagney Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film, though he had his greatest impact in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is best remembered for playing multi-faceted tough guys in movies like The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and White Heat (1949) and was even typecast or limited by this view earlier in his career. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its 50 Greatest American Screen Legends. Orson Welles said of Cagney that he was "maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera."In his first professional acting performance, Cagney danced costumed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews, Warner Bros. 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 a famous scene in which Cagney pushes a grapefruit against his co-star's face, the film thrust him into the spotlight. He became one of Hollywood's biggest stars and one of Warner Brothers' biggest contracts. In 1938, he received his first Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, for Angels with Dirty Faces for his subtle portrayal of the tough guy/man-child Rocky Sullivan. In 1942, Cagney won the Oscar for his energetic 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 from acting and dancing in 1961 to spend time on his farm with his family. He exited retirement, twenty years later, for a part in the 1981 movie Ragtime, mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke.Cagney walked out on Warner Brothers several times over the course of his career, each time returning on much improved personal and artistic terms. In 1935, he sued Warners for breach of contract and won. This was one of the first times an actor prevailed over a studio on a contract issue. He worked for an independent film company for a year while the suit was being settled—and established his own production company, Cagney Productions, in 1942, before returning to Warners 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. | Full Name | James Cagney |
| Date Of Birth | July 17, 1899, New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | March 30, 1986, Stanfordville, New York, United States |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Height | 5' 6½" (1.69 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Director |
| Education | Stuyvesant High School, Columbia University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Frances Willard "Billie" Vernon (m. 1922–1986) |
| Children | Cathleen "Casey" Cagney, James Cagney Jr. |
| Parents | James Cagney, Sr., Carolyn Cagney |
| Siblings | Jeanne Cagney, William Cagney, Edward Cagney, Harry Cagney |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actor, AFI Life Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award |
| Movies | The Public Enemy, White Heat, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Roaring Twenties, One, Two, Three, Love Me or Leave Me, Mister Roberts, Footlight Parade, Ragtime, The Strawberry Blonde, G Men, The Gallant Hours, Blonde Crazy, Shake Hands with the Devil, Captains of the Clouds, Man of... |
| TV Shows | Smokey the Bear |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Compelling intensity |
| 2 | Wise-cracking New Yorker persona |
| 3 | Unmistakable rapid-fire speaking voice |
| 4 | Diminutive but nimble frame |
| 5 | Famous for his gangster roles he played in the 1930s and 1940s (which made his only Oscar win as the musical composer/dancer/actor George M.Cohan most ironic). |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| The Roaring Twenties (1939) | $12,500 /week |
| Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | $150,000 |
| Boy Meets Girl (1938) | $5,000 /week |
| Something to Sing About (1937) | $100,000 |
| Great Guy (1936) | $100,000 |
| Hard to Handle (1933) | $3,000 /week |
| Taxi! (1932) | $1,400 per week |
| Blonde Crazy (1931) | $450 /week |
| The Public Enemy (1931) | $400 /week |
| The Doorway to Hell (1930) | $400 /week |
| Sinners' Holiday (1930) | $500 /week (three-week shoot) |
| Sinners' Holiday (1930) | $500 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | The thing is to try to give the audience something to take away with them. That's what I always wanted to do. |
| 2 | [on his Hollywood arrival] I came out here on a three week guarantee, and I stayed, to my absolute amazement, for thirty-one years. |
| 3 | I still think of myself essentially as a vaudevillian, as a song and dance man. The vaudevillians I knew by and large were marvelous people. Ninety percent of them had no schooling, but they had a vivid something or other about them that absolutely riveted an audience's attention. Those vaudevillians knew something that ultimately I came to understand and believe - that audiences are the ones who determine material. They buy the tickets. |
| 4 | [in 1931] I'm sick of guns and beating up women. Movies should be entertaining, not bloodbaths. |
| 5 | [Telegram sent to House Ways and Means Committee regarding No Runways on Vacation Isle - 1969] For more than 30 years I have watched Martha's Vineyard go downhill as a place of natural wonder and peaceful haven. Now they are talking of runways for jets. Is there to be no end to the destruction of all that is natural and worthwhile? Please give it some thought. |
| 6 | The things the world most needs are simplicity, honesty and decency--and you find them more often in the country than in the city. My feeling for the country goes beyond sense. I don't like to be in the cities at all. I like to be where animals are--and thing growing. |
| 7 | When I was younger, if someone had told me I had only two years to live, I'd have gone to an island that was really country--and just rocked it out by myself. But if someone told me the same thing today, I believe I'd probably travel--just to get away from all the noise and nonsense we are surrounded with. |
| 8 | The lovers of hate, born in fear - Find no release from tension - They spend their lives in a permanent state - Of miserable apprehension. |
| 9 | Learn your lines ... plant your feet ... look the other actor in the eye ... say the words ... mean them. |
| 10 | [about The Public Enemy (1931)] What not many people know is that right up to two days before shooting started, I was going to play the good guy, the pal. Edward Woods played it in the end. |
| 11 | Learn your lines, find your mark, look 'em in the eye and tell 'em the truth. |
| 12 | [about his most famous misquoted line] I never actually said, "Nnng-you dirty ra-at!" What I actually said was [imitating Cary Grant] "Judy! Judy! Judy!" |
| 13 | My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking. |
| 14 | You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tried to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. |
| 15 | I hate the word "superstar". I have never been able to think in those terms. They are overstatements. You don't hear them speak of [William Shakespeare] as a superpoet. You don't hear them call Michelangelo a superpainter. They only apply the word to this mundane market. |
| 16 | Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell. |
| 17 | With me, a career was the simple matter of putting groceries on the table. |
| 18 | Where I come from, if there's a buck to be made, you don't ask questions, you go ahead and make it. |
| 19 | They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick with it. |
| 20 | [in the early 1960s] In this business you need enthusiasm. I don't have enthusiasm for acting anymore. Acting is not the beginning and end of everything. |
| 21 | My biggest concern is that doing a rough-and-tumble scene I might hurt someone accidentally. |
| 22 | All I try to do is to realise the man I'm playing fully, then put as much into my acting as I know how. To do it, I draw upon all that I've ever known, heard, seen or remember. |
| 23 | There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Played the part of George M. Cohan in 2 entirely different films, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and The Seven Little Foys (1955). |
| 2 | New York City Mayor Ed Koch presented Cagney with the keys to the city on November 17, 1981. |
| 3 | Following his death, he was interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. |
| 4 | Actor Charles Durning admired James Cagney and said he learned everything directly from Cagney. |
| 5 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 6 | Offers of important parts in The Paper Chase (1973) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) did not tempt Cagney out of retirement. |
| 7 | Cagney was repeatedly sought out for roles after his initial "retirement" in 1961. He was sorely tempted to accept the plum supporting role as Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady (1964) and Francis Ford Coppola visited him at his New York farm for a role (presumably Captain McCluskey) in The Godfather (1972). He was flattered that the screenplay for Harry and Tonto (1974) was specifically written for him but also flatly refused. Although he returned to the screen as a narrator for two minor efforts in 1966 and 1968, it was his doctor that convinced him it would be therapeutic to return to the screen for Ragtime (1981). A proposed project that had would have had him starring as an elderly Wyatt Earp set in Los Angeles in the 1920s was in development prior to his death. |
| 8 | He was originally intended for the role of Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) but left Warner Brothers who then shelved the film for three years. |
| 9 | He refused payment for his cameo in The Seven Little Foys (1955) even though he spent ten days learning his complicated tap routine for the film. |
| 10 | In 1973, he was offered the title role in the comedy Harry and Tonto (1974) but Cagney, who was then 74-year-old and had not starred in a feature film since 1961, did not want to come out of retirement. The role, and the Best Actor Oscar, would go to Art Carney. |
| 11 | A studio changed his birth date from 1899 to 1904 to capitalize on his youthful appearance. |
| 12 | Once worked as a waiter. |
| 13 | Cagney and best friends Frank McHugh and Pat O'Brien, were known collectively and affectionately as the "Irish Mafia" and would often be seen out together around Hollywood nightclubs having a quiet drink and a chat. Other members of this close knit social group included actors Lynne Overman, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr, Allen Jenkins and Spencer Tracy. |
| 14 | Had appeared with Frank McHugh in eleven films: The Crowd Roars (1932), Footlight Parade (1933), Here Comes the Navy (1934), Devil Dogs of the Air (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Fighting 69th (1940), City for Conquest (1940) and A Lion Is in the Streets (1953). |
| 15 | Part of the first group of major stars to join the Screen Actors Guild in October 1933 as member number 50. Before his Guild presidency, he served nearly a decade on the Board and as First Vice President. Cagney was elected Guild president in September 1942. |
| 16 | "Cagney! The Musical", an original biographical stage work written by Peter Colley and directed by Bill Castellino, had its world premiere in March 2009 at the Florida Stage theatre in Manalapan, Florida. Robert Creighton starred as Cagney, both he and the show received good to excellent reviews and the run soon sold out, setting a record for the theatre. |
| 17 | Had appeared with Pat O'Brien in nine films: Here Comes the Navy (1934), Devil Dogs of the Air (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), Ceiling Zero (1936), Boy Meets Girl (1938), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Fighting 69th (1940), Torrid Zone (1940) and Ragtime (1981). |
| 18 | Great-great uncle of Brian Harrison Mack. |
| 19 | Great grandfather of actress Fiona Cagney. |
| 20 | Grandfather of actor James Cagney IV. Great uncle of Pattee Mack. |
| 21 | He was the father-in-law of screenplay writer Jack W. Thomas, who married his daughter Cathleen on February 17, 1962. |
| 22 | Had two grandchildren from his daughter Cathleen: Verniey Lee and Christina May Thomas. |
| 23 | Wrote that of the sixty-two films he made, he rated Love Me or Leave Me (1955) co-starring Doris Day among his top five. |
| 24 | Often left the set early claiming he was too ill to continue filming in order to ensure an extra day of filming so that the extras and the film crew, whom he thought woefully underpaid, could get an additional day's salary. |
| 25 | In his autobiography, he mentions that while in the chorus of the musical "Pitter Patter", he earned $55 a week, of which he sent $40 a week home to his mother. As his salary increased, so did the amount he sent back home. In The Public Enemy (1931), he earned $400 a week, sending over $300 back home. Until his mother passed, he never kept more than 50% of his earnings. |
| 26 | Along with Rita Hayworth, is mentioned by name in the Tom Waits song "Invitation to the Blues". |
| 27 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan at a ceremony at the White House on March 26, 1984. |
| 28 | He once claimed that problems with Horst Buchholz had convinced him to retire from acting. |
| 29 | Broke a rib while filming the dance scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) but continued dancing until it was completed. |
| 30 | At the time of filming of White Heat (1949), Special Effects were not yet using squibs (tiny explosives that simulate the effects of bullets). The producers employed skilled marksmen who used low velocity bullets to break windows or show bullets hitting near the characters. In the factory scene, Cagney was missed by mere inches. |
| 31 | Turned down the lead role in The Jolson Story (1946), which went to Larry Parks. |
| 32 | Turned down Stanley Holloway's role as Eliza's father in My Fair Lady (1964). |
| 33 | Inspiration for the Madonna song "White Heat" from her 1986 album "True Blue". |
| 34 | Encouraged by his mother to take up boxing as a hobby. She thought it was a necessary skill to have, especially in the rough Eastside section of New York City where he grew up. She would often show up and watch him take on neighborhood kids in a street fight. However, when he wanted to become a professional boxer, she disapproved. She started to put on a pair of boxing gloves and told him "If you want to become a professional fighter, then your first fight will have to be against me." He abandoned the idea of doing boxing professionally from that moment on. |
| 35 | To protest the quality of scripts he was given at Warner Brothers, instead of violating his contract by refusing to appear in a picture he reputedly used his appearance to get even. In Jimmy the Gent (1934), he got an ugly crewcut to make himself look like the hoodlum Warners wanted him to play. In movies like He Was Her Man (1934), he grew a thin mustache to upset thin-mustachioed studio boss Jack L. Warner. |
| 36 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986- 1990, pages 149-152. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 37 | Often said that he did not understand the method actors like Marlon Brando. Cagney admitted that he used his own personal experiences to help create his performances and encouraged other actors to do so, but he did not understand actors who felt a need to go to the extreme length that method actors went to. |
| 38 | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is ranked #88 on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time. |
| 39 | His performance as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (1931) is ranked #57 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. |
| 40 | His performance as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) is ranked #6 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). |
| 41 | Originally a very left-wing Democrat activist during the 1930s, Cagney later switched his viewpoint and became progressively more conservative with age. He supported his friend Ronald Reagan's campaigns for the Governorship of California in 1966 and 1970, as well as his Presidential campaigns in 1980 and 1984. President Reagan delivered the eulogy at Cagney's funeral in 1986. |
| 42 | Lost the role of Knute Rockne to his friend Pat O'Brien when the administration of Notre Dame - which had approval over all aspects of the filming - nixed Cagney because of his support of the far-left (and anti-Catholic) Spanish Republic in the then-ongoing Spanish Civil War. |
| 43 | According to his autobiography his brother Bill (who was also his manager) actively pursued the role of Cohan in the ultra-patriotic film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as a way of removing the taint of Cagney's radical activities in the 1930s, when he was a strong Roosevelt liberal. When Cohan himself learned about Cagney's background as a song-and-dance man in vaudeville, he okay-ed him for the project. |
| 44 | Named the #8 greatest Actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends List by The American Film Institute |
| 45 | He was voted the 11th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere magazine. |
| 46 | According to James Cagney's autobiography Cagney By Cagney, (Published by Doubleday and Company Inc 1976, and ghost written by show biz biographer Jack McCabe), a Mafia plan to murder Cagney by dropping a several hundred pound klieg light on top of him was stopped at the insistence of George Raft. Cagney at that time was president of the Screen Actors Guild, and was determined not to let the mob infiltrate the industry. Raft used his many mob connections to cancel the hit. |
| 47 | Though most Cagney imitators use the line "You dirty rat!", Cagney never actually said it in any of his films. |
| 48 | Lived in a Gramercy Park building in New York City that was also occupied by Margaret Hamilton and now boasts Jimmy Fallon as one of its tenants. |
| 49 | His electric acting style was a huge influence on future generations of actors. Actors as diverse as Clint Eastwood and Malcolm McDowell point to him as their number one influence to become actors. |
| 50 | His paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother were all of Irish descent, and his maternal grandfather was from Norway. As he told an interviewer shortly before his death in 1986: "My mother's father, my Grandpa Nelson, was a Norwegian sea captain, but when I tried to investigate those roots I didn't get very far, for he had apparently changed his name to another one that made it impossible to identify him within the rest of the population.". |
| 51 | Extraordinarily (for Hollywood), he never cheated on his wife Frances, resulting in a marriage that lasted 64 years (ending with his death). The closest he came was nearly giving into a seduction attempt by Merle Oberon while the two stars were on tour to entertain World War II GIs. |
| 52 | He was voted the 14th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. |
| 53 | Earned a Black Belt in Judo. |
| 54 | Was best friends with actors Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh. |
| 55 | Had two adopted children: Cathleen "Cassie" Cagney and James Cagney Jr.. |
| 56 | Pictured on a 33¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, issued 22 July 1999. |
| 57 | His widow Frances (nicknamed 'Bill') outlived Cagney by eight years, dying aged 95 in 1994. |
| 58 | Convinced decorated war hero Audie Murphy to go into acting. |
| 59 | (1942-1944) President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). |
| 60 | Received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (1974). |
| 61 | Brother of actor-producer William Cagney and of actress Jeanne Cagney. |
| 62 | Ranked #45 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] |
| 63 | According to his authorized biography, Cagney, although of three quarters Irish and one quarter Norwegian extraction, could speak Yiddish, since he had grown up in a heavily Jewish area in New York. He used to converse in Yiddish with Jewish performers like Sylvia Sidney. |
| 64 | Cagney's first job as an entertainer was as a female dancer in a chorus line. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seven Little Foys | 1955 | George M. Cohan | |
| Love Me or Leave Me | 1955 | Martin Snyder | |
| Run for Cover | 1955 | Matt Dow | |
| A Lion Is in the Streets | 1953 | Hank Martin | |
| What Price Glory | 1952 | Capt. Flagg | |
| Starlift | 1951 | James Cagney | |
| Come Fill the Cup | 1951 | Lew Marsh | |
| The West Point Story | 1950 | Elwin 'Bix' Bixby | |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | 1950 | Ralph Cotter | |
| White Heat | 1949 | Cody Jarrett | |
| The Time of Your Life | 1948 | Joseph T. (who observes people) | |
| 13 Rue Madeleine | 1946 | Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey | |
| Blood on the Sun | 1945 | Nick Condon | |
| Johnny Come Lately | 1943 | Tom Richards | |
| You, John Jones! | 1943 | Short | John Jones |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | George M. Cohan | |
| Captains of the Clouds | 1942 | Brian MacLean | |
| The Bride Came C.O.D. | 1941 | Steve Collins | |
| The Strawberry Blonde | 1941 | Biff Grimes | |
| City for Conquest | 1940 | Danny Kenny | |
| Torrid Zone | 1940 | Nick Butler | |
| The Fighting 69th | 1940 | Jerry Plunkett | |
| The Roaring Twenties | 1939 | Eddie Bartlett | |
| Each Dawn I Die | 1939 | Frank Ross | |
| The Oklahoma Kid | 1939 | Jim Kincaid | |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | 1938 | Rocky Sullivan | |
| Boy Meets Girl | 1938 | Robert Law | |
| Something to Sing About | 1937 | Thadeus McGillicuddy aka Terry Rooney | |
| Great Guy | 1936 | Johnny Cave | |
| Ceiling Zero | 1936 | Dizzy Davis | |
| Frisco Kid | 1935 | Bat Morgan | |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | 1935 | uncredited | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1935 | Bottom - the Weaver | |
| The Irish in Us | 1935 | Danny O'Hara | |
| 'G' Men | 1935 | 'Brick' Davis | |
| Devil Dogs of the Air | 1935 | Tommy O'Toole | |
| The St. Louis Kid | 1934 | Eddie Kennedy | |
| Here Comes the Navy | 1934 | Chesty | |
| He Was Her Man | 1934 | Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen | |
| Jimmy the Gent | 1934 | Jimmy Corrigan | |
| Lady Killer | 1933 | Dan Quigley | |
| Footlight Parade | 1933 | Chester Kent | |
| The Mayor of Hell | 1933 | Patsy | |
| Picture Snatcher | 1933 | Danny | |
| Hard to Handle | 1933 | Lefty Merrill | |
| Winner Take All | 1932 | Jim 'Jimmy' Kane | |
| The Crowd Roars | 1932 | Joe Greer | |
| Taxi! | 1932 | Matt Nolan | |
| Blonde Crazy | 1931 | Bert Harris | |
| How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' | 1931 | Short | James Cagney (uncredited) |
| Smart Money | 1931 | Jack | |
| The Millionaire | 1931 | Schofield | |
| The Public Enemy | 1931 | Tom Powers | |
| Other Men's Women | 1931 | Ed | |
| The Doorway to Hell | 1930 | Mileaway | |
| Sinners' Holiday | 1930 | Harry Delano | |
| Terrible Joe Moran | 1984 | TV Movie | Joe Moran |
| Ragtime | 1981 | New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo | |
| Arizona Bushwhackers | 1968 | Narrator (voice, uncredited) | |
| The Ballad of Smokey the Bear | 1966 | TV Movie | Narrator (voice) |
| One, Two, Three | 1961 | C.R. MacNamara | |
| The Gallant Hours | 1960 | Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. | |
| Shake Hands with the Devil | 1959 | Sean Lenihan | |
| Never Steal Anything Small | 1959 | Jake MacIllaney | |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | 1957 | Lon Chaney | |
| The Christophers | 1957 | TV Series | Professor Graham |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1956 | TV Series | George Bridgeman |
| These Wilder Years | 1956 | Steve Bradford | |
| Tribute to a Bad Man | 1956 | Jeremy Rodock | |
| Mister Roberts | 1955 | Capt. Morton |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing | 2009 | Video documentary performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited | |
| Warner at War | 2008 | TV Movie documentary performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy", "You're a Grand Old Flag", "Over There" - uncredited | |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure | 2008 | TV Movie documentary performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy", "Out of the Blue" - uncredited | |
| The Brothers Warner | 2007 | TV Movie documentary performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited | |
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. | 1991 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Shanghai Lil", "The Yankee Doodle Boy", "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited | |
| That's Dancing! | 1985 | Documentary performer: "Give My Regards to Broadway" | |
| America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary performer: "Yankee Doodle Boy" | |
| Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary performer: "Any Old Love" | |
| Never Steal Anything Small | 1959 | performer: "Never Steal Anything Small", "I'm Sorry, I Want a Ferrari" | |
| The Seven Little Foys | 1955 | performer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name", "Yankee Doodle Dandy" - uncredited | |
| The West Point Story | 1950 | performer: "It's Raining Sundrops", "By the Kissing Rock", "The Military Polka", "B'klyn", "It Could Only Happen in Brooklyn" - uncredited | |
| The Time of Your Life | 1948 | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912, uncredited / performer: "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" 1871 - uncredited | |
| The Voice That Thrilled the World | 1943 | Short performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy", "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited | |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" 1904, "Give My Regards to Broadway" 1904, "Over There" 1917, "You're a Grand Old Flag" 1906, "Mary's a Grand Old Name" 1906, "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" 1906, "Off the Record" 1937, "Harrigan" 1908, "I Was Born in Virginia" 1906 - uncredited | |
| Captains of the Clouds | 1942 | performer: "Bless 'em All" - uncredited | |
| Calling All Girls | 1942 | Short performer: "Shanghai Lil" | |
| City for Conquest | 1940 | performer: "Lullaby of Broadway" 1934 - uncredited | |
| The Oklahoma Kid | 1939 | performer: "Rock-a-Bye Baby" 1886, "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" 1894 - uncredited | |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | 1938 | performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" 1905 - uncredited | |
| Something to Sing About | 1937 | performer: "Bridal Chorus", "Any Old Love", "Out of the Blue", "Loving You" - uncredited | |
| Ceiling Zero | 1936 | performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" - uncredited | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1935 | performer: "Scottish Symphony: Final Movement" 1842, "Kinderstucke Pieces for Children no.1:Allegro non troppo", "Lullaby" - uncredited | |
| Devil Dogs of the Air | 1935 | performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You" 1934 - uncredited | |
| Footlight Parade | 1933 | performer: "Shanghai Lil" 1933 - uncredited | |
| Taxi! | 1932 | performer: "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" 1917 - uncredited | |
| Blonde Crazy | 1931 | "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929, uncredited |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Cut to Hell | 1957 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gallant Hours | 1960 | producer - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre | special thanks filming | ||
| A Backyard Story | 2010 | grateful acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Today | 1956-1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Parkinson | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1980 | TV Special | Himself - Honoree |
| Good Morning America | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1979 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee | 1978 | TV Special | Himself - Interview |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney | 1974 | TV Special documentary | Himself / honoree |
| The Road to the Wall | 1962 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1960 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 31st Annual Academy Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress |
| Navy Log | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Short Cut to Hell | 1957 | Himself - Pre-credits sequence (uncredited) | |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest |
| The 28th Annual Academy Awards | 1956 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role and Co-Presenter: Best Special Effects |
| The Christophers | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| Down on the Farm with James Cagney | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Actor's Society Benefit Gala | 1949 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Battle Stations | 1944 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| Show-Business at War | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself, Polo Fan |
| Hollywood Hobbies | 1939 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| For Auld Lang Syne | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself - Introducing Arriving Celebrities (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Breakdowns of 1936 | 1936 | Short | Himself |
| A Dream Comes True | 1935 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | 1935 | Documentary short | Himself |
| A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | 1935 | Short documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Things You Never See on the Screen | 1935 | Short | Himself |
| The Hollywood Gad-About | 1934 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Intimate Interviews: James Cagney | 1931 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts | 2017 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
| The Audacity to Kill God | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| America's Book of Secrets | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Cody Jarrett |
| Welcome to the Basement | 2013 | TV Series | Cody Jarett |
| 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Former SAG President |
| Nazi Titanic | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Close-Up | 2011 | Himself | |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Empire State Building Murders | 2008 | TV Movie | Tony |
| American Masters | 1997-2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee / Himself |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Legends | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Martin Snyder |
| Amérique, notre histoire | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Remembering 'Ragtime' | 2004 | Video documentary short | NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (uncredited) |
| Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood | 2004 | Video documentary short | Tom Powers (uncredited) |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | George M. Cohan |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | 2004 | Documentary | |
| James Cagney and Jack Warner | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Complicated Women | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Tupac: Resurrection | 2003 | Documentary | |
| Great Performances | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Kid Stays in the Picture | 2002 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Modern Marvels | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
| James Cagney on Film | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory | 1998 | TV Movie documentary uncredited | |
| The Canadians | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1992-1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bogart: The Untold Story | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Actor in 'The Roaring Twenties' (uncredited) |
| Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | 1995 | Documentary | Himself |
| A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Tom Powers, 'Public Enemy' (uncredited) |
| L'oeil de Vichy | 1993 | Documentary | Undetermined Film Role: Gambling (uncredited) |
| James Cagney: Top of the World | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Fonda on Fonda | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Capt. Morton (uncredited) |
| Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Phil Collins: I Wish It Would Rain Down | 1990 | Video short | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Entertaining the Troops | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | 1988 | TV Special | Himself |
| Ronnie Dearest: The Lost Episodes | 1988 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | 1984 | Documentary | |
| Remington Steele | 1984 | TV Series | Cody Jarrett |
| Zelig | 1983 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Showbiz Goes to War | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | 1982 | Captain Cody Jarrett | |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - 'Mr. Roberts' (uncredited) |
| Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor in 'Mr. Roberts' (uncredited) |
| Presidential Blooper Reel | 1981 | Video short | Himself |
| Fade to Black | 1980 | Cody Jarett (uncredited) | |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Actor 'Lady Killer' |
| Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda | 1978 | TV Special documentary | Actor 'Mr. Roberts' (uncredited) |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Kristina Talking Pictures | 1976 | ||
| America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary | George M. Cohan |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clip from 'Love Me or Leave Me' (uncredited) |
| It's Showtime | 1976 | Documentary | |
| Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary | Himself |
| Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Himself |
| The World at War | 1973 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Happy Days | 1970 | TV Series | |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1959-1963 | TV Series | Captain - scene from 'Mr. Roberts' / Sean Lenihan |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | 1963 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'White Heat' (uncredited) |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961-1962 | TV Series | George M. Cohan / Himself |
| MGM Parade | 1956 | TV Series | Jimmy Rodock / Himself |
| When the Talkies Were Young | 1955 | Short | Harry Deleon (uncredited) |
| Okay for Sound | 1946 | Documentary short | Tommy Powers |
| The Voice That Thrilled the World | 1943 | Short | Himself (segment "Yankee Doodle Dandy") (uncredited) |
| Oklahoma Outlaws | 1943 | Short | Kincaid (uncredited) |
| Calling All Girls | 1942 | Short | Sailor - edited from: Footlight Parade |
| Breakdowns of 1941 | 1941 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Tear Gas Squad | 1940 | Rocky Sullivan |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | OFTA Film Hall of Fame | Online Film & Television Association | Acting | |
| 1982 | Man of the Year | Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA | ||
| 1981 | Career Achievement Award | National Board of Review, USA | ||
| 1978 | Life Achievement Award | Screen Actors Guild Awards | ||
| 1974 | Life Achievement Award | American Film Institute, USA | ||
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6504 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1943 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |
| 1942 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) |
| 1939 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Comedy Performance | One, Two, Three (1961) |
| 1956 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Love Me or Leave Me (1955) |
| 1939 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | One, Two, Three (1961) |
Known for movies
White Heat (1949)
as Cody Jarrett
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
as Rocky Sullivan
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as George M. Cohan
One, Two, Three (1961)
as C.R. MacNamara