James Cagney: movies and TV shows
James Cagney has 142 credits in the archive: 132 films and 10 TV series, from 1928 to 2022. Highest rated: White Heat (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1928 – 2022 · busiest year: 1935 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Becoming Marilyn | (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 122 |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 121 |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 117 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 109 |
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 109 |
| 2008 | Warner at War | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 108 |
| 2008 | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 108 |
| 2008 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 108 |
| 2006 | Legends | Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 5.0 | 106 |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self (archive footage) (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 106 |
| 2005 | White Heat: Top of the World | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 105 |
| 2005 | Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 105 |
| 2005 | Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 105 |
| 2004 | Remembering Ragtime | NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage) | Film | — | 104 |
| 2003 | Tupac: Resurrection | Self (archival) | Film | 7.9 | 103 |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 103 |
| 1998 | Doris Day: It's Magic | Self | Film | — | 98 |
| 1997 | Vaudeville | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 97 |
| 1997 | Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 97 |
| 1992 | James Cagney: Top of the World | Self (Archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 92 |
| 1991 | Movie Tough Guys | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 91 |
| 1989 | I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 88 |
| 1986 | Routine Pleasures | Ed "Eddie" Bailey (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 86 |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 85 |
| 1984 | Terrible Joe Moran | Joe Moran | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 84 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "White Heat") (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 82 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 82 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 82 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 82 |
| 1981 | Ragtime | New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 1981 | James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | Film | 10.0 | 81 | |
| 1979 | Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 78 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 76 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 76 |
| 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | (archive footage) | Film | — | 75 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 73 |
| 1971 | Dynamite Chicken | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 71 |
| 1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers | Narrator | Film | 4.3 | 68 |
| 1966 | Ballad of Smokey the Bear | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.2 | 66 |
| 1965 | The Day of the Oath | Narrator | Film | — | 65 |
| 1962 | The Road to the Wall | Narrator | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1961 | One, Two, Three | C.R. MacNamara | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1960 | The Gallant Hours | Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1960 | The Gallant Hours | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Sean Lenihan | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | Jake MacIllaney | Film | 8.2 | 59 |
| 1957 | Short Cut to Hell | Himself (prologue) | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1957 | Short Cut to Hell | Film | 5.8 | 57 | |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Lon Chaney | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man | Jeremy Rodack | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1956 | The Bob Hope Chevy Show | Himself | Film | — | 56 |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | Steve Bradford | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | self | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1955 | Run for Cover | Matt Dow | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Captain Morton | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1955 | Love Me or Leave Me | Martin Snyder | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | George M. Cohan | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Hank Martin | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | Captain Flagg | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1951 | Come Fill the Cup | Lew Marsh | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1951 | Starlift | James Cagney | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | George Bridgeman | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Ralph Cotter | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1950 | The West Point Story | Elwin Bixby | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1949 | White Heat | Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Joseph | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1946 | Okay for Sound | Tommy Powers (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Nick Condon | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Tom Richards | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1943 | You, John Jones! | John Jones | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | George M. Cohan | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Brian MacLean | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1942 | Calling All Girls | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Biff Grimes | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Steve Collins | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Danny Kenny | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Jerry Plunkett | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1940 | Torrid Zone | Nick Butler | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | Film | 4.0 | 40 |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Eddie Bartlett | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Frank Ross | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Jim Kincaid | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | Rocky Sullivan | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | Robert Law | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1937 | Something to Sing About | Terry Rooney | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Dizzy Davies | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1936 | Great Guy | Johnny 'Red' Cave | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1935 | 'G' Men | ‘Brick' Davis | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | Bat Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air | Tommy O'Toole | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us | Danny O'Hara | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1935 | A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1935 | Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Jimmy Corrigan | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1934 | The St. Louis Kid | Eddie Kennedy | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man | Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1934 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself | Film | — | 34 |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Chesty O'Conner | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade | Chester Kent | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1933 | The Mayor of Hell | Richard 'Patsy' Gargan | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | Picture Snatcher | Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1933 | Lady Killer | Dan | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1933 | Hard to Handle | Lefty Merrill | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1932 | Taxi! | Matt Nolan | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Joe Greer | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1932 | Winner Take All | Jim 'Jimmy' Kane | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1931 | The Millionaire | Schofield | Film | 7.9 | 31 |
| 1931 | The Public Enemy | Tom Powers | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1931 | Other Men's Women | Ed 'Eddie' Bailey | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1931 | Smart Money | Jack | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1931 | Blonde Crazy | Albert 'Bert' Harris | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1931 | Intimate Interviews: James Cagney | Himself | Film | — | 31 |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' | Himself | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1930 | Sinners' Holiday | Harry Delano | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1930 | The Doorway to Hell | Steve Mileaway | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1928 | The Singing Fool | Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 28 |