One of Hollywood's preeminent male stars of all time, James Cagney was also an accomplished dancer and easily played light comedy. James Francis Cagney was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, to Carolyn (Nelson) and James Francis Cagney, Sr., who was a bartender and amateur boxer. Cagney was of Norwegian (from his maternal grandfather) and Irish descent. Ending three
decades on the screen, he retired to his farm in Stanfordville, New
York (some 77 miles/124 km. north of his New York City birthplace),
after starring in
Billy Wilder's
One, Two, Three (1961). He
emerged from retirement to star in the 1981 screen adaptation of
E.L. Doctorow's novel "Ragtime"
(
Ragtime (1981)), in which he was
reunited with his frequent co-star of the 1930s,
Pat O'Brien, and which was his last
theatrical film and O'Brien's as well). Cagney's final performance came
in the title role of the made-for-TV movie
Terrible Joe Moran (1984),
in which he played opposite
Art Carney.
Short Cut to Hell(1957)
Terrible Joe Moran(1984)as Joe Moran
Ragtime(1981)as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Arizona Bushwhackers(1968)as Narrator
The Ballad of Smokey the Bear(1966)as Narrator
One, Two, Three(1961)as C.R. MacNamara
The Gallant Hours(1960)
Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre(2020)
A Backyard Story(2010)
Night of 100 Stars(1982)as Self
Today(1952)as Self
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy(1981)as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award(1973)as Self, Self - Honoree
The Project(2009)as Self
FRO Thizzle Reviews(2022)as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special(2023)as Self
Sly(2023)as Self
Die Berliner Quadriga: Eine deutsch-franzƶsische AffƤre(2023)as Self
