James Stewart

Born: May 20, 1908, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Died: July 2, 1997 (aged 89), Los Angeles, California

James Maitland Stewart, popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American film and stage actor best known for his self-effacing persona. 

Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and one Lifetime Achievement award. 

He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve.

What do you know about James Stewart? Try this Western Stars Quick Quiz.

1. What university did James Stewart attend?

• Princeton University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Harvard University

2. Who was NOT a roommate while working on Broadway in New York City?

• Henry Fonda
• Joshua Logan
• Humphrey Bogart

3. What was Stewarts first western film?

4. During World War II, Stewart served with what military unit?

• United States Army Air Force
• United States Coast Guard
• United States Marines

5. In what western film did Stewart play Lin McAdam. He ends up killing his brother Mathew.

6. The twist-ending The Man from Laramie (with John Wayne), is a classic "psychological" western, with Stewart featured as an Eastern attorney who goes against his nonviolent principles when he is forced to confront a psychopathic outlaw (played by Lee Marvin) in a small frontier town.

• True or False?

7. What Western film follows Martha Price's (O'Hara) quest to fulfill her deceased husband's dream of introducing Hereford cattle to the American West.

8. Stewart had a major role in John Wayne's final film, The Shootist (1976) where Stewart played a doctor giving Wayne's gunfighter a terminal cancer diagnosis.

• True or False?

9. In the Western Cheyenne Autumn, Stewart played ____ _____. (Fill in the blanks)

• Crazy Horse
• George Armstrong Custer
• Wyatt Earp

10. Stewart died at his home in Beverly Hills, of cardiac arrest and a pulmonary embolism following a long illness from respiratory problems. He had also suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

• True or False?

11. Where is James Stewart buried?

• Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California
• Orange County Memorial Park Cemetery, Corona del Sol, California
• Indiana Memorial Cemetery, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Answers

1. Princeton University
2. Humphrey Bogart
3. Destry Rides Again
4. United States Army Air Force
5. Winchester ‘73
6. False. The movie is The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
7. The Rare Breed
8. True
9. Wyatt Earp
10. True
11. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California
    Plot: Wee Kirk Churchyard, Space 2, Lot 8, near the statue of a man holding an arrow. To the left of the Wee Kirk of the Heather Church on the hill.