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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (1987)

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson

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Director

  • David Heeley
    David Heeley

Writer

(in alphabetical order)
  • John L. Miller
    John L. Miller
    writer
  • John L. Miller
    John L. Miller
    writer

Cast

(in credits order)
  • James Stewart
    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    Self
  • Johnny Carson, 1983.
    Johnny Carson
    Johnny Carson
    Self - Host
  • Peter Bogdanovich
    Peter Bogdanovich
    Peter Bogdanovich
    Self
  • Carol Burnett
    Carol Burnett
    Carol Burnett
    Self
  • Richard Dreyfuss
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Self
  • Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    Self
  • Sally Field
    Sally Field
    Sally Field
    Self
  • Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    Self
  • Gene Kelly c. 1944
    Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    Self
  • Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    Self
  • Ramsay D. Potts
    Ramsay D. Potts
    Self
  • Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Self
    (as President Reagan)
  • Nancy Reagan, 1968
    Nancy Reagan
    Nancy Reagan
    Self
  • Lee Remick in Telefon (1977)
    Lee Remick
    Lee Remick
    Self
  • Gloria Stewart
    Gloria Stewart
    Gloria Stewart
    Self
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • June Allyson
    June Allyson
    June Allyson
    Helen Burger
    (archive footage)
  • Jack Benny circa 1959
    Jack Benny
    Jack Benny
    Self (clip from The Jack Benny Program (TV))
    (archive footage)
  • Edgar Bergen
    Edgar Bergen
    Edgar Bergen
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Tim Conway
    Tim Conway
    Tim Conway
    Self (clip from The Carol Burnett Show (TV))
    (archive footage)
  • George Cukor
    George Cukor
    George Cukor
    Self - Director of The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    (archive footage)
  • "Barnaby Jones" Buddy Ebsen 1974 CBS
    Buddy Ebsen
    Buddy Ebsen
    'Mush' Tracy (clip from Born to Dance (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • Nelson Eddy
    Nelson Eddy
    Nelson Eddy
    Sgt. Bruce (clip from Rose-Marie (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • Jean Harlow at an event for Bombshell (1933)
    Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    Whitey (clip from Wife vs. Secretary (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • Shirley Jones
    Shirley Jones
    Shirley Jones
    Jenny (clip from The Cheyenne Social Club (1970))
    (archive footage)
  • Charles A. Lindbergh
    Charles A. Lindbergh
    Charles A. Lindbergh
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Myrna Loy c. 1932
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    Nora Charles
    (archive footage)
  • Alfred Lunt
    Alfred Lunt
    Alfred Lunt
    Self - Presenter of Academy Award to James Stewart
    (archive footage)
  • Jeanette MacDonald
    Jeanette MacDonald
    Jeanette MacDonald
    Marie de Flor (clip from Rose-Marie (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • Charlie McCarthy in Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
    Charlie McCarthy
    Charlie McCarthy
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Glenn Miller
    Glenn Miller
    Glenn Miller
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Eleanor Powell, 1937.
    Eleanor Powell
    Eleanor Powell
    Nora Paige (clip from Born to Dance (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • William Powell
    William Powell
    William Powell
    Nick Charles (clip from After the Thin Man (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • Donna Reed
    Donna Reed
    Donna Reed
    Mary Hatch
    (archive footage)
  • Ginger Rogers, 1955.
    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    Francey Morgan (clip from Vivacious Lady (1938))
    (archive footage)
  • Rosalind Russell c. 1932
    Rosalind Russell
    Rosalind Russell
    Linda Paige Esterbrook (clip from No Time for Comedy (1940))
    (archive footage)
  • Judy Stewart
    Judy Stewart
    Self - James Stewart's daughter
    (archive footage)
  • Kelly Stewart
    Kelly Stewart
    Self - James Stewart's daughter
    (archive footage)
  • Michael Stewart
    Michael Stewart
    Self - James Stewart's adopted son
    (archive footage)
  • Ronald Stewart
    Ronald Stewart
    Self - James Stewart's adopted son
    (archive footage)
  • Margaret Sullavan
    Margaret Sullavan
    Margaret Sullavan
    Cicely Hunt Tyler (clip from Next Time We Love (1936))
    (archive footage)
  • Spencer Tracy, circa 1952. Modern silver gelatin, 14x11 unsigned, $600 © 1978 Bud Fraker MPTV
    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Steve Grey
    (archive footage)
  • Henry Travers
    Henry Travers
    Henry Travers
    Clarence (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage)
  • Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    First Lt. Jim Gary (clip from Two Rode Together (1961))
    (archive footage)
  • Astrid Allwyn
    Astrid Allwyn
    Astrid Allwyn
    Susan Paine (clip from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    Anthony P. Kirby (clip from You Can't Take it With You (1938))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    The Head Waiter (clip from You Can't Take it With You (1938))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lionel Barrymore c. 1933
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    Mr. Potter (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett
    Self
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Sara Berner
    Sara Berner
    Sara Berner
    Dorothy Lamour (clip from Hollywood Steps Out (1941))
    (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
  • Beulah Bondi
    Beulah Bondi
    Beulah Bondi
    Mrs. Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Russ Brown
    Russ Brown
    Russ Brown
    Mr. Lemon (clip from Anatomy of a Murder (1959))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Virginia Bruce
    Virginia Bruce
    Virginia Bruce
    Mary Shannon (clip from The Murder Man (1935))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Joseph Calleia
    Joseph Calleia
    Joseph Calleia
    'Dancer' (clip from After the Thin Man (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Frank Capra, Photo By Roy Vaughan, circa 1926, **I.V.
    Frank Capra
    Frank Capra
    Self
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack Carson, c. 1950.
    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    Sweeney Farrell - Newsman (clip from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Carol Coombs
    Carol Coombs
    Janie Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Dall
    John Dall
    John Dall
    Brandon (clip from Rope (1948))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Royal Dano as Frank Blandon in "The Sheridan Story" - Episode 16, Season 1 of The Rifleman (1958)
    Royal Dano
    Royal Dano
    Long Tom (clip from Bend of the River (1952))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Brenda de Banzie
    Brenda de Banzie
    Brenda de Banzie
    Lucy Drayton (clip from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Brian Donlevy, c. 1939.
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    Kent (clip from Destry Rides Again (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charles Drake in Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
    Charles Drake
    Charles Drake
    Don Haynes (clip from The Glenn Miller Story (1954))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Dan Duryea in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    Dan Duryea
    Dan Duryea
    Waco Johnny Dean (clip from Winchester '73 (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Frank Faylen, c. 1960.
    Frank Faylen
    Frank Faylen
    Ernie (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    Sgt. Wilkes (clip from Winchester '73 (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    Charley O'Leary (clip from The Man from Laramie (1955))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Ben Gazzara
    Ben Gazzara
    Ben Gazzara
    Lt. Frederick Manion (clip from Anatomy of a Murder (1959))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Will Geer in The Waltons (1972)
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    Wyatt Earp (clip from Winchester '73 (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Farley Granger
    Farley Granger
    Farley Granger
    Phillip (clip from Rope (1948))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Robert Greig
    Robert Greig
    Robert Greig
    Lord Melville (clip from You Can't Take it With You (1938))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Karolyn Grimes
    Karolyn Grimes
    Karolyn Grimes
    Zuzu Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Daniel Gélin in Francoise Steps Out (1953)
    Daniel Gélin
    Daniel Gélin
    Louis Bernard (clip from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Murray Hamilton in Jaws (1975)
    Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton
    Alphonse Paquette (clip from Anatomy of a Murder (1959))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Victoria Horne
    Victoria Horne
    Victoria Horne
    Myrtle Mae Simmons clip from Harvey (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Josephine Hull
    Josephine Hull
    Josephine Hull
    Veta Louise Simmons clip from Harvey (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Warren Hymer in You and Me (1938)
    Warren Hymer
    Warren Hymer
    Bugs Watson (clip from Destry Rides Again (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Allen Jenkins
    Allen Jenkins
    Allen Jenkins
    Gyp Watson (clip from Destry Rides Again (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Todd Karns in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    Todd Karns
    Todd Karns
    Harry Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Arthur Kennedy in Fantastic Voyage (1966)
    Arthur Kennedy
    Arthur Kennedy
    Emerson Cole
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack Lambert in Stars in My Crown (1950)
    Jack Lambert
    Jack Lambert
    Red (clip from Bend of the River (1952))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Hope Landin in The Great John L. (1945)
    Hope Landin
    Hope Landin
    Martha Burton (clip from Art Trouble (1934))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Frances Langford c. 1944
    Frances Langford
    Frances Langford
    'Peppy' Turner (clip from Born to Dance (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • William Law
    William Law
    Lum Kee (clip from After the Thin Man (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Sheldon Leonard circa 1954
    Sheldon Leonard
    Sheldon Leonard
    Nick (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Mervyn Leroy, 1952.
    Mervyn LeRoy
    Mervyn LeRoy
    Self
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Sam Levene
    Sam Levene
    Sam Levene
    Police Lt. Abrams (clip from After the Thin Man (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Louis B. Mayer with his 1926 Packard C. 1926 *M.W.*
    Louis B. Mayer
    Louis B. Mayer
    Self
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John McIntire in Two Rode Together (1961)
    John McIntire
    John McIntire
    Maj. Frazer (clip from Two Rode Together (1961))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    Jenny Saks (clip from Born to Dance (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    Edward Drayton (clip from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Grace Mills in Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
    Grace Mills
    Grace Mills
    Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet (clip from Harvey (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell
    Millard Mitchell
    High Spade (clip from Winchester '73 (1950))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Thomas Mitchell in Journey Into Light (1951)
    Thomas Mitchell
    Thomas Mitchell
    Diz Moore (clip from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Alex Nicol
    Alex Nicol
    Alex Nicol
    Dave Waggoman (clip from The Man from Laramie (1955))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • James Mason and Christopher Olsen in Bigger Than Life (1956)
    Christopher Olsen
    Christopher Olsen
    Hank McKenna (clip from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    Senator Joseph Paine
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lillian Randolph
    Lillian Randolph
    Lillian Randolph
    Annie (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Kent Rogers
    Kent Rogers
    Jimmy Stewart (clip from Hollywood Steps Out (1941))
    (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
  • Charles 'Chic' Sale
    Charles 'Chic' Sale
    Charles 'Chic' Sale
    Elmer 'Scoop' Stevens (clip from Important News (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Sid Silvers
    Sid Silvers
    Sid Silvers
    'Gunny' Saks (clip from Born to Dance (1936))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Larry Simms in Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
    Larry Simms
    Larry Simms
    Pete Bailey (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Woody Strode in Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
    Woody Strode
    Woody Strode
    Pompey (clip from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1961))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • "Bewitched" George Tobias and Sandra Gould c. 1968 ABC
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    Si Schribman (clip from The Glenn Miller Story (1954))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Don Tomkins
    Don Tomkins
    Joe Burton (clip from Art Trouble (1934))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Mary Treen
    Mary Treen
    Mary Treen
    Cousin Tilly (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • H.B. Warner
    H.B. Warner
    H.B. Warner
    Mr. Gower (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Minor Watson
    Minor Watson
    Minor Watson
    Lt. Milburn (clip from Navy Blue and Gold (1937))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Brooks West
    Brooks West
    Brooks West
    Dist. Atty. Mitch Lodwick (clip from Anatomy of a Murder (1959))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Gayne Whitman
    Gayne Whitman
    Gayne Whitman
    Richard Burton (clip from Art Trouble (1934))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Robert J. Wilke
    Robert J. Wilke
    Robert J. Wilke
    Madden (clip from The Far Country (1954
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charles Williams
    Charles Williams
    Cousin Eustace (clip from It's a Wonderful Life (1946))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charles Winninger
    Charles Winninger
    Charles Winninger
    Washington Dimsdale (clip from Destry Rides Again (1939))
    (archive footage) (uncredited)

Producers

  • David Heeley
    David Heeley
    producer
  • Joan Kramer
    Joan Kramer
    producer
  • Cynthia Mitchell
    Cynthia Mitchell
    associate producer
  • George Paris
    George Paris
    executive producer
  • Jac Venza
    Jac Venza
    executive producer

Editor

  • Scott P. Doniger
    Scott P. Doniger

Art Director

  • Chris Kogler
    Chris Kogler
    art director (as Christopher Kogler)

Production Management

  • Rhoda Grauer
    Rhoda Grauer
    executive in charge of production
  • Betsy Pritchett Peterson
    Betsy Pritchett Peterson
    production manager (as Betsy Pritchett)

Sound Department

  • Barbara Flyntz-Bradley
    Barbara Flyntz-Bradley
    sound mixer (as Barbara Flyntz)
  • Linda Mayhew
    Linda Mayhew
    sound
  • Nikola Paviecevic
    Nikola Paviecevic
    sound
  • John Vincent
    John Vincent
    sound
  • Charlie Wilson
    Charlie Wilson
    sound

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Greg Larsen
    Greg Larsen
    camera operator
  • Joseph Longo
    Joseph Longo
    camera operator (as Joe Longo)
  • John Nolan
    John Nolan
    lighting technician
  • John Sharaf
    John Sharaf
    camera operator (as John Sharaf) / lighting technician
  • Dale Vennes
    Dale Vennes
    camera operator

Editorial Department

  • Thomas Fasano
    Thomas Fasano
    assistant editor
  • Gina Pampinella
    Gina Pampinella
    assistant editor

Music Department

  • John O. Adams
    John O. Adams
    music supervisor
  • Rosemary Fishel
    Rosemary Fishel
    music supervisor

Additional Crew

  • Rachel Dretzin
    Rachel Dretzin
    intern
  • Uzo Green
    Uzo Green
    intern
  • Emily Grossman
    Emily Grossman
    researcher
  • Julie Schonfeld
    Julie Schonfeld
    intern
  • Don Shump
    Don Shump
    production aide / production assistant
  • David Siegel
    David Siegel
    production controller
  • Neil Sims
    Neil Sims
    production assistant
  • John Strauss
    John Strauss
    special consultant

Thanks

  • Marino Amoruso
    Marino Amoruso
    special thanks
  • Mary Bell
    Mary Bell
    special thanks
  • Herman Citron
    Herman Citron
    special thanks
  • Guy Friedlander
    Guy Friedlander
    special thanks
  • Roger L. Mayer
    Roger L. Mayer
    special thanks
  • William P. Moorhead
    William P. Moorhead
    special thanks
  • Patrick Murphy
    Patrick Murphy
    special thanks
  • David Shepard
    David Shepard
    special thanks
  • Arnold Shupack
    Arnold Shupack
    special thanks
  • Jerry Solowitz
    Jerry Solowitz
    special thanks

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