James Francis Cagney, Jr. Was Born On July 17,1899 And Died On March
30,1986 And was an American Film Star who won acclaim for a wide
variety of roles including the career launching The Public Enemy. He
was an accomplished vaudeville performer won an Oscar for Best
Actorfor his portrayal of a Song And Dance Man in 1942 in Yankee
Doodle Dandybut is still best known for His Tough Guy Roles. Like
James Stewart James Cagney Became so familiar to audiences that they
usually referred to him as Jimmy Cagney a billing never found on any
of his Films.

In 1999 The American Film Institute Ranked Cagney Eighth Among The
Greatest Male Stars of All Time.

James Cagney was among Stanley Kubrick's Favorite Actors and was
declared by Orson Welles as "maybe the greatest actor to ever appear
in front of a camera. Warner Brothers would arrange private
screenings of Cagney Films for Winston Churchill.

He Earned The Nickname The Professional Againster and walked out on
major studio Warner Brothers numerous times each time coming back on
improved personal and artistic terms. He was president of the Screen
Actors Guild for two terms And Made numerous morale boosting tours of
troops during The Second World War.

Selected Filmography :

Ragtime 1981
One, Two, Three 1961
Tribute to a Bad Man
Run for Cover 1956
Mister Roberts 1955
Love Me or Leave Me 1955
A Lion Is in the Streets 1953
Come Fill the Cup 1951
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1950
White Heat 1949
Blood on the Sun 1945
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
The Fighting 69th 1940
Torrid Zone 1940
Each Dawn I Die 1939
The Roaring Twenties 1939
Boy Meets Girl 1938
Angels With Dirty Faces 1938
G Men 1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935
Ceiling Zero 1935
Lady Killer 1933
Footlight Parade 1933
The Mayor of Hell 1933
Picture Snatcher 1933
Hard to Handle 1932
Taxi! 1931
Other Men's Women 1931
The Public Enemy 1931