James Cagney

Acting

James Cagney

Born 1899-07-17 New York City, New York, USA 130 films

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 …

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Filmography

130 films
Vaudeville poster

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photo…

Vaudeville

★ 8.0 1997