Born in 1908, Jimmy Stewart was a major star for four decades, during which he had worked in every possible genre, including westerns.
His tall, lanky figure, and strong physical presence, combined with soft-spoken personality (and voice), were exploited in this genre.
In most of his westerns, his image reflected integrity (both quiet and inner) and stubbornness.
In his films with director Anthony Mann he deviated from his established image and played individualistic men, pursuing some personal goals for revenge.
Apart from playing a small part in the musical western Rose Marie, which was essentially a Jeanette MacDonald-Eddie Nelson vehicle, and the deceptively peaceful deputy in the 1939 comedy Western Destry Rides Again (opposite Marlene Dietrich, Stewart largely turned to Westerns rather late in his career, in the 1950s, though he never neglected them since.
Stewart appeared in no less than 18 westerns:
Rose Marie
Destry Rides Again
Winchester ’73
Winchester ’73’ (1950)
Broken Arrow
Bend of the River
Naked Spur, The
Far Country, The
Man from Laramie, The
Night Passage
Two Rode Together
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The
How the West Was Won
Cheyenne Autumn, The
Shannondoah
Rare Breed, The
Firecreek
Bandolero!
Cheyenne Social Clun, The
