He was promoted to brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve in 1959, and retired in 1968 at which time he was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. After action in Europe, he attained the rank of colonel and received several awards for his service. A licensed amateur pilot, Stewart enlisted in the Army Air Forces soon after the US entered the Second World War in 1941. He won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in the comedy The Philadelphia Story (1940), which also starred Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The following year, Stewart garnered his first of five Academy Award nominations for his portrayal of an idealized and virtuous man who becomes a senator in Capra's Mr. In 1935, he landed his first supporting role in a movie and in 1938 he had his breakthrough in Frank Capra's ensemble comedy You Can't Take It with You. After graduating in 1932, he began a career as a stage actor, appearing on Broadway and in summer stock productions. īorn and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Stewart started acting while at Princeton University. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" in the mid-twentieth century. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. James Maitland Stewart (– July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot.
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