James Cagney
Highest Rated: 100% Footlight Parade (1933)
Lowest Rated: 43% Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Birthday: Jul 17, 1899
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
The American gangster film, and the output of Warner Bros. in its most influential decade, would be unimaginable without the contributions of James Cagney. One of talking pictures' first generation of actors, Cagney forever romanticized the figures of the criminal and the con artist with his jittery physical dynamism and breakneck staccato vocal patterns.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terrible Joe Moran | Joe Moran (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 92% | 77% | Ragtime | Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Busby Berkeley - The Busby Berkeley Disc | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 91% | 88% | One, Two, Three | C.R. MacNamara (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Gallant Hours | Fleet Adm. Wiliam F. Halsey Jr. (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 67% | 58% | Shake Hands With the Devil | Sean Lenihan (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Steal Anything Small | Jake MacIllaney (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Short Cut to Hell | Director | - | 1957 |
| 88% | 79% | Man of a Thousand Faces | Lon Chaney (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Tribute to a Bad Man | Jeremy Rodock (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | These Wilder Years | Steve Bradford (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | Run for Cover | Matt Dow (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Seven Little Foys | George M. Cohan (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 92% | 84% | Mister Roberts | Capt. Morton (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 67% | 75% | Love Me or Leave Me | Martin Snyder (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Gun Fury | The Villain (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 80% | 12% | A Lion Is in the Streets | Hank Martin (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 63% | 38% | What Price Glory? | Capt. Flagg (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Come Fill the Cup | Lew Marsh (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Starlift | Himself (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | The West Point Story | Elwin "Bix" Bixby (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Ralph Cotter (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 97% | 93% | White Heat | Arthur "Cody" Jarrett (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Time of Your Life | Joseph T. (Character) | - | 1948 |
| 83% | 54% | 13 rue Madeleine | Robert Emmett "Bob" Sharkey (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Blood on the Sun | Nick Condon (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle Stations | Narrator | - | 1944 |
| 43% | 58% | Johnny Come Lately | Tom Richards (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You, John Jones! | John Jones (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 90% | 83% | Yankee Doodle Dandy | George M. Cohan (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 47% | Captains of the Clouds | Brian MacLean (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 73% | The Strawberry Blonde | Biff Grimes (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Steve Collins (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 71% | 57% | The Fighting 69th | Pvt. Jerry Plunkett (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 80% | 76% | City for Conquest | Danny Kenny (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Torrid Zone | Nick `'Nicky'` Butler (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Each Dawn I Die | Frank Ross (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Oklahoma Kid | Jim Kincaid (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 100% | 89% | The Roaring Twenties | Eddie Bartlett (Character) | - | 1939 |
| 100% | 92% | Angels With Dirty Faces | William "Rocky" Sullivan (Character) | - | 1938 |
| 70% | 50% | Boy Meets Girl | Robert Law (Character) | - | 1938 |
| 83% | 29% | Something to Sing About | Terrence "Terry" Rooney (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Great Guy | Johnny "Red" Cave (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | The Irish in Us | Danny O'Hara (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 91% | 62% | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom, the Weaver (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Devil Dogs of the Air | Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 100% | 70% | Ceiling Zero | Dizzy Davis (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 50% | 66% | Frisco Kid | Bat Morgan (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | G-Men | Brick Davis (Character) | - | 1935 |
| 80% | 41% | Here Comes the Navy | Chesty O'Conner (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Jimmy the Gent | `'Jimmy'` Corrigan (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | He Was Her Man | Flicker Hayes aka Jerry Allen (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The St. Louis Kid | Eddie Kennedy (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Lady Killer | Dan Quigley (Character) | - | 1933 |
| 100% | 83% | Footlight Parade | Chester Kent (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | The Mayor of Hell | Richard "Patsy" Gargan (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Hard to Handle | Myron C. `'Lefty'` Merrill (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Picture Snatcher | Danny Kean (Character) | - | 1933 |
| 83% | 48% | The Crowd Roars | Joe Greer (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Taxi! | Matt Nolan (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winner Take All | Jim `'Jimmy'` Kane (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Millionaire | Schofield (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Other Men's Women | Ed `'Eddie'` Bailey (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Blonde Crazy | Bert Harris (Character) | - | 1931 |
| 100% | 84% | The Public Enemy | Tom Powers (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Smart Money | Jack (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sinner's Holiday | Harry Delano (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Doorway to Hell | Steve Mileaway (Character) | - | 1930 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lux Radio Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1939 |
QUOTES FROM James Cagney CHARACTERS
C.R. MacNamara says: Where's Scarlett?
Phyllis MacNamara says: Who knows? Gone with the wind.
Rocky Sullivan says: Good afternoon, gentlemen. Nice day for murder.
Rocky Sullivan says: Like sittin' in a barber chair. They're gonna ask me, "Got anything to say?" and I say, "Sure. Give me a haircut, a shave and a massage. One of those nice, new electric massages. Heh heh."
George M. Cohan says: My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
Arthur Cody Jarrett says: Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
Arthur Cody Jarrett says: A copper! A copper!! And I treated him like a kid brother......and I was going to go 50-50 with a copper!!
Arthur Cody Jarrett says: A copper! A copper! And I treated him like a kid brother... and I was going to go 50-50 with a copper!
Rocky Sullivan says: "What did you hear? What do you say?"
Rocky Sullivan says: What did you hear? What do you say?
George M. Cohan says: It seems it always happens. Whenever we get too high-hat and too sophisticated for flag-waving, some thug nation decides we're a push-over all ready to be blackjacked.
Tom Powers says: Nuts to that stuff (breakfast)! Ain't ya got a drink in the house?
Eddie Bartlett says: He can't be more than fifteen.
George Hally says: He'll never be sixteen. (after shooting a young German soldier)
George Hally says: He'll never be sixteen. [after shooting a young German soldier]
Brian MacLean says: Take my advice, keep away from the airforce.
Brian MacLean says: We're too old.
Brian MacLean says: Nice little white wings. I thought they were very becoming.
Brian MacLean says: So you're the new boss... following me around? (to Johnny in the R.A.F.)
Brian MacLean says: So you're the new boss... following me around? [to Johnny in the R.A.F.]
Brian MacLean says: Look at Tiny, he didn't like me, now he hates me.
Brian MacLean says: What were you worried about? You worked up enough lather to shave all of Montreal.
Tiny Murphy says: You're muscling in on Emily,.
Emily Foster says: Just because I'll marry Johnny,what's that got to do with you and me?
Brian MacLean says: answer: just about everything.
Brian MacLean says: The sight of money always makes me feel good.
Johnny Dutton says: I wish I had a hole in my head! (Brian was having a bone removed from his head)
Johnny Dutton says: I wish I had a hole in my head! [Brian was having a bone removed from his head]
Johnny Dutton says: Tiny, take good care of the doc, we may need him! (refering to Emily and Johnny wedding)
Johnny Dutton says: Tiny, take good care of the doc, we may need him! [refering to Emily and Johnny wedding]
Brian MacLean says: In a few more weeks I'll be shaking hands with myself (bored with living in the woods).
Brian MacLean says: In a few more weeks I'll be shaking hands with myself. [bored with living in the woods]
Brian MacLean says: Nobody but a chump would talk to a girl when he's kissing her.
Brian MacLean says: Either a fellow has it or he hasn't (kisses Emily)
Brian MacLean says: Either a fellow has it or he hasn't [kisses Emily]
Johnny Dutton says: The guy is nuts! (about Brian)
Johnny Dutton says: The guy is nuts!
Brian MacLean says: You're all wet in case you didn't know it.
Tiny Murphy says: All he did is nick his gourd.(about Brian falling)
Tiny Murphy says: All he did is nick his gourd.
Brian MacLean says: Get this straight, he's no friend of mine! (about Brian).
Brian MacLean says: Get this straight, he's no friend of mine!
Brian MacLean says: I guess its all right if you don't mind wearing a chute (a parachute).
Brian MacLean says: I guess its all right if you don't mind wearing a chute. [a parachute]
Brian MacLean says: Take a good hold, he's coming straight at us. (fellow bush pilots try to ground Brian from the air).
Brian MacLean says: Take a good hold, he's coming straight at us. [fellow bush pilots try to ground Brian from the air]
Brian MacLean says: OH you don't know me, I have a whim of iron. (he came back to Emily on a "whim".)
Brian MacLean says: OH you don't know me, I have a whim of iron. [he came back to Emily on a 'whim']
Tiny Murphy says: I hate to lose that propeller, I just paid it off.
Johnny Dutton says: He won't get away this time (after Brian).
Johnny Dutton says: He won't get away this time. [after Brian]
Emily Foster says: HEY, you're a sick man! (after Brian grabbed at her).
Emily Foster says: HEY, you're a sick man! [after Brian grabbed at her]
Blimp Lebec says: I do not wish to meet the price of a burgler (cagney flew for 25 dollars less)
Blimp Lebec says: I do not wish to meet the price of a burgler [cagney flew for 25 dollars less]
Johnny Dutton says: He won't be hauling cheaper after I catch up to him (cagney stole his customer)
Johnny Dutton says: He won't be hauling cheaper after I catch up to him [cagney stole his customer]
Tiny Murphy says: He's all over the place and we can't catch up with him.
Brian MacLean says: The name is not Johnny, never was Johnny.
Brian MacLean says: I always seem like somebody else.
Brian MacLean says: Lets see if you are as practical as beautiful.
Emily Foster says: The pleasures all yours.
Tom Powers says: Hiding behind Ma's skirts, like always.
Mike Powers says: Better than hiding behind a machine gun.
Matt Doyle says: Gee, she's a honey. I could go for her myself.
Tom Powers says: Whatdya mean, you could go for her yourself? You could go for an eighty year old chick with rheumatism.
Tom Powers says: Hello baby. What are you gonna have?
Kitty says: Anything you say, big boy.
Tom Powers says: You're a swell dish. I think I'm going to go for you.
Tom Powers says: Hey, stoop, that's got gears. That ain't no Ford.
Tom Powers says: Why that dirty, no good, yellow-bellied stool. I'm gonna give it to him right in the head the first time I see him.
Putty Nose says: Are you alone?
Tom Powers says: I'm always alone when I'm with Matt.
Tom Powers says: I ain't so tough.
Bert Harris says: That dirty, double-crossin' rat!
Arthur Cody Jarrett says: Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
George M. Cohan says: My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.