One of Hollywood's pre-eminent male stars of all time (eclipsed, perhaps, only by "King" Clark Gable and arguably by Gary Cooper or Spencer Tracy), and the cinema's quintessential "tough guy", James Cagney was also an accomplished--if rather stiff--hoofer and easily played light comedy. Ending three decades on the screen...See full bio »
2008Warner at War
(TV documentary)
(performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited, "Over There" - uncredited)
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Vaudeville
(1997)
(performer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name" - uncredited)
1991Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.
(TV documentary)
(performer: "Shanghai Lil" - uncredited, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited)
1985That's Dancing!
(documentary)
(performer: "Give My Regards to Broadway")
1955The Seven Little Foys
(performer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name" - uncredited, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" - uncredited)
1950The West Point Story
(performer: "It's Raining Sundrops" - uncredited, "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited, "The Military Polka" - uncredited, "B'klyn" - uncredited, "It Could Only Happen in Brooklyn" - uncredited)
1948The Time of Your Life
(performer: "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" 1871 - uncredited / "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited)
1943The Voice That Thrilled the World
(documentary short)
(performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" - uncredited)
1942Yankee Doodle Dandy
(performer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" 1904 - uncredited, "Give My Regards to Broadway" 1904 - uncredited, "Over There" 1917 - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" 1906 - uncredited, "Mary's a Grand Old Name" 1906 - uncredited, "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" 1906 - uncredited, "Off the Record" 1937 - uncredited, "Harrigan" 1908 - uncredited, "I Was Born in Virginia" 1906 - uncredited)
(1920) Stage: Appeared (as "Ensemble"; Broadwaydebut) in "Pitter Patter" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by / lyrics by / produced by William B. Friedlander. Book by William M. Hough. Additional music / lyrics by William M. Hough. Based on a farce by William Collier Sr. and Grant Stewart...
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Publicity Listings:
5 Biographical Movies
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8 Print Biographies
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16 Articles
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2 Magazine Cover Photos
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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.
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Trivia:
"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.
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