Career Highlights

Actor Credits



Update Information
 

James Cagney Biography

Appeared in more than 60 films. Though Irish and not a Jew, Cagney was fluent in Yiddish.


Biography Credit: www.nndb.com/people/798/000024726/
 

Comments

 
Flag as Inappropriate
 
posted by knightdeb
I loved every movie I saw him in and I saw them all.
posted 91 days ago

 

Continue the Conversation

 

Trivia

Biography

Friends and Family
Frank McHugh [Friend] :: Pat O`Brien [Friend] :: Jeanne Cagney [Sister] :: William Cagney [Brother]

Trivia and Quotes

Quotes
  • Learn your lines, find your mark, look `em in the eye and tell `em the truth.
  • They need you. Without you, they have an empty screen. So, when you get on there, just do what you think is right and stick with it
  • [about his most famous misquoted line:] I never actually said, `Nnng-you dirty ra-at!` What I actually said was [imitating Cary Grant]: `Judy! Judy! Judy!`
    Trivia
  • Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan at a ceremony at the White House on 26 March 1984.
  • Broke a rib while filming the dance scene in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) but continued dancing until it was completed.
  • Cagney`s first job as an entertainer was as a female dancer in a chorus line.
  • Convinced decorated war hero Audie Murphy to go into acting.
  • Earned a Black Belt in Judo.
  • President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1942-1944]
  • Though most Cagney imitators use the line, You dirty rat!, Cagney never actually said it in any of his films.
  • Was of Irish-Norwegian origin.
  •  

    Contributors

    This page was last updated by:
    Who's Dated Who content is contributed and edited by our readers. Please report errors or omissions on this page.
     

    Related Links

     

    Related Profiles