AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart's primary photo
  • AFI Life Achievement Award AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (Season 1, Episode 8)
  • TV Episode | 71 min | Documentary

AFI Life Achievement Award

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 71 min | Documentary

The American Film Institute gives its eighth Lifetime Achievment Award to James (Jimmy) Stewart in a ceremony hosted by his long-time friend Henry Fonda.
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Writer
Joseph McBride (written by)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Mar 16, 1980

Release date
Mar 16, 1980 (United States)

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109 cast members
Name Known for
James Stewart
Self - Honoree Self - Honoree   See fewer
Lindsay Bloom
Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member   See fewer
Don Brodie
Actor 'Harvey' Actor 'Harvey'   See fewer
Kathryn Grant
Actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' Actress 'Anatomy of a Murder'   See fewer
Henry Hathaway
Self / Speaker Self / Speaker   See fewer
June Haver
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David Hockney
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Ruth Hussey
Self / Speaker Self / Speaker   See fewer
Sherry Lansing
Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member   See fewer
Frances Lear
Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member   See fewer
Jack Lord
Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member   See fewer
Malcolm McDowell
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Jayne Meadows
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Mayf Nutter
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Dinah Shore
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Mary Steenburgen
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Kenneth Tynan
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Frank Albertson
Actor 'It's a Wonderful Life' (uncredited) Actor 'It's a Wonderful Life' (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian Albertson
Actress 'The Greatest Show on Earth' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'The Greatest Show on Earth' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Allen
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Edward Arnold
Actor 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jean Arthur
Actress 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Irving Bacon
Actor 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Kathleen Beller
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Valerie Bertinelli
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Beulah Bondi
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Boone
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Ernest Borgnine
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Tova Borgnine
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Tom Bosley
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Russ Brown
Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Bruce
Actress 'The Murder Man (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'The Murder Man (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Carol Burnett
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Caine
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Capra
Self - Seaker (uncredited) Self - Seaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Carey
Actor 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Carson
Actor 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Claudette Colbert
Edwina Corday (archive footage) (uncredited) Edwina Corday (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Conti
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Cecil Cunningham
Actress 'It's a Wonderful World' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'It's a Wonderful World' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Angie Dickinson
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Brian Donlevy
Actor 'Destry Rides Again' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Destry Rides Again' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Peggy Dow
Actress 'Harvey' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Harvey' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bill Duke
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Dan Duryea
Actor 'Winchester 73' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Winchester 73' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jean Firstenberg
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Fonda
Self - Host (uncredited) Self - Host (uncredited)   See fewer
Shirlee Fonda
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Ronald Fraser
Actor 'Flight of the Phoenix' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Flight of the Phoenix' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Greer Garson
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Ben Gazzara
Lt. Frederick Manion (archive footage) (uncredited) Lt. Frederick Manion (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Billy Gilbert
Actor 'Destry Rides Again' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Destry Rides Again' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Cary Grant
C. K. Dexter Haven (archive footage) (uncredited) C. K. Dexter Haven (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Hamilton
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Murray Hamilton
Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Audrey Hepburn
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Lord (archive footage) (uncredited) Tracy Lord (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Charlton Heston
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Alfred Hitchcock
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Dustin Hoffman
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
William Holden
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Lauren Hutton
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Gene Kelly
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Grace Kelly
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
George Kennedy
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Hardy Krüger
Actor 'Flight of the Phoenix' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Flight of the Phoenix' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Marcy Lafferty
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Norman Lear
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Jack Lemmon
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Mervyn LeRoy
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Barton MacLane
Actor 'The Glenn Miller Story' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Glenn Miller Story' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred MacMurray
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Karl Malden
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Ted Mapes
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Strother Martin
Actor 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lee Marvin
Self - Actor / Liberty Valance (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Actor / Liberty Valance (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Matthau
Self - Speaker (uncredited) Self - Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Una Merkel
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Thomas Mitchell
Actor 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Morrow
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Nick Nolte
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Kim Novak
Actress 'Vertigo' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Vertigo' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Edmond O'Brien
Dutton Peabody (archive footage) (uncredited) Dutton Peabody (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Arthur O'Connell
Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Carroll O'Connor
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Marty Pasetta
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Eleanor Powell
Actress 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Stefanie Powers
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Claude Rains
Senator Joseph Paine (archive footage) (uncredited) Senator Joseph Paine (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Donna Reed
Mary Hatch (archive footage) (uncredited) Mary Hatch (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lee Remick
Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited) Laura Manion (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ginger Rogers
Actress 'Vivacious Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Vivacious Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
George C. Scott
Claude Dancer (archive footage) (uncredited) Claude Dancer (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
William Shatner
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
George Stevens Jr.
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Gloria Stewart
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Margaret Sullavan
Actress 'Shopworn Angel' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Shopworn Angel' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Spencer Tracy
Steve Grey (archive footage) (uncredited) Steve Grey (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Travers
Actor 'It's a Wonderful Life' (uncredited) Actor 'It's a Wonderful Life' (uncredited)   See fewer
Lee Van Cleef
Actor 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Wagner
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
John Wayne
Tom Doniphon (archive footage) (uncredited) Tom Doniphon (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Brooks West
Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Westmore
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) Self - Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Widmark
Self / Speaker (uncredited) Self / Speaker (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Winninger
Actor 'Destry Rides Again' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Destry Rides Again' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Wolders
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Natalie Wood
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William Wyler
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