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)
(1929) Stage: Appeared (as "Ensemble") in "Grand Street Follies" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book by / lyrics by / directed by Agnes Morgan. Additional music by William K. Irwin and Serge Walter. Choreographed by Dave Gould. Booth Theatre: 1 May 1929-Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/93 performances)...
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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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The lovers of hate, born in fear - Find no release from tension - They spend their lives in a permanent state - Of miserable apprehension.
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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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Trademark:
Famous for his gangster roles he played in the 1930s and 1940s (which made his only Oscar win as the musical composer/dancer/actor George M.Cohan most ironic).
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