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James Cagney

James Cagney entered the world on July 17, 1899 in New York City. He epitomized the urban tough guy gangster in Warner Bros. movies of the 1930's. In real life he was a song and dance man at heart, winning his only Oscar for portraying George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. Cagney appeared in more than 60 movies in a career that spanned half a century. He died March 30, 1986 a few months shy of his 87th birthday.

Filmography

Sinners' Holiday 1930 · as Harry Delano
The Doorway to Hell 1930 · as Steve Mileaway
Other Men's Women 1931 · as Ed 'Eddie' Bailey
The Public Enemy 1931 · as Tom Powers
Smart Money 1931 · as Jack
Blonde Crazy 1931 · as Bert Harris
Taxi! 1932 · as Matt Nolan
The Crowd Roars 1932 · as Joe Greer
Winner Take All 1932 · as Jimmy Kane
Hard to Handle 1933 · as Lefty Merrill
Picture Snatcher 1933 · as Danny Kean
The Mayor of Hell 1933 · as Patsy
Footlight Parade 1933 · as Chester Kent
Lady Killer 1933 · as Dan Quigley
Jimmy the Gent 1934 · as Jimmy Corrigan
He Was Her Man 1934 · as Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen
Here Comes the Navy 1934 · as Chesty O'Conner
Devil Dogs of the Air 1935 · as Thomas Jefferson 'Tommy' O'Toole
G-Men 1935 · as Brick Davis
The Irish in Us 1935 · as Danny OHara
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935 · as Bottom, the Weaver
Frisco Kid 1935 · as Bat Morgan
Great Guy 1936 · as Johnny 'Red' Cave
Something to Sing About 1937 · as Terry Rooney
Boy Meets Girl 1938 · as Robert Law
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 · as William 'Rocky' Sullivan
The Oklahoma Kid 1939 · as The Oklahoma Kid/Jim Kincaid
Each Dawn I Die 1939 · as Frank Ross
The Roaring Twenties 1939 · as Eddie Bartlett
The Fighting 69th 1940 · as Jerry Plunkett
City for Conquest 1940 · as Danny Kenny
The Strawberry Blonde 1941 · as T. L. 'Biff' Grimes
The Bride Came C.O.D. 1941 · as Steve Collins
Captains of the Clouds 1942 · as Brian MacLean
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 · as George M. Cohan
Blood on the Sun 1945 · as Nick Condon
13 Rue Madeleine 1947 · as Bob Sharkey
White Heat 1949 · as Arthur (Cody) Jarrett
What Price Glory 1952 · as Capt. Flagg
A Lion Is in the Streets 1953 · as Hank Martin
Love Me or Leave Me 1955 · as Martin (The Gimp) Snyder
The Seven Little Foys 1955 · as George M. Cohan
Mister Roberts 1955 · as Capt. Morton
Tribute to a Bad Man 1956 · as Jeremy Rodock
These Wilder Years 1956 · as Steve Bradford
Man of a Thousand Faces 1957 · as Lon Chaney
Shake Hands with the Devil 1959 · as Sean Lenihan
The Gallant Hours 1960 · as Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.
One, Two, Three 1961 · as C.R. MacNamara
Ragtime 1981 · as New York Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo