"favorite pastimes, including horseback riding and dancing, and as he became more depressed, he even gave up painting. Encouraged by his wife and Zimmermann, Cagney accepted an offer from the director Miloš Forman to star in a small but pivotal role in the film ""Ragtime"" (1981). This film was shot mainly at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, and on his arrival at Southampton aboard the ""Queen Elizabeth 2"", Cagney was mobbed by hundreds of fans. Cunard Line officials, who were responsible for the security at the dock, said they had never seen anything like it, although they had experienced past"
"James Cagney James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film (though primarily known for the latter). Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is best remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as ""The Public Enemy"" (1931), ""Taxi!"" (1932), ""Angels with Dirty Faces"" (1938), and ""White Heat"" (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. In 1999, the American Film Institute"
"to be abandoned, with a shift to the perspective of the law officers fighting criminals, or criminals seeking redemption. This is illustrated by James Cagney's role as a law officer in the 1935 movie ""G Men"", and his part as Rocky Sullivan in ""Angels with Dirty Faces"" (1938), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. These pictures demonstrate the growing acceptance of crime films during the 1930s as long as criminals were not portrayed in a flattering light. For example, in ""G-Men"", Cagney plays a character similar to that of Tom Powers from ""The Public Enemy"", and although the"
"success, however, and in 1953, after William Cagney produced his last film, ""A Lion Is in the Streets"", the company came to an end. Cagney's next notable role was the 1955 film ""Love Me or Leave Me"", his third with Day. Cagney played Martin ""Moe the Gimp"" Snyder, a lame Jewish-American gangster from Chicago, a part Spencer Tracy had turned down. Cagney described the script as ""that extremely rare thing, the perfect script"". When the film was released, Snyder reportedly asked how Cagney had so accurately copied his limp, but Cagney himself insisted he had not, having based it on"
"William Cagney William Jerome Cagney (March 26, 1905 – January 3, 1988) was an American film producer and actor, remebered for roles in the Monogram Pictures films ""Lost in the Stratosphere"" and ""Flirting with Danger"", both filmed in 1934. He produced several of his lookalike brother James Cagney's films, including ""City for Conquest"" (1940), ""Blood on the Sun"" (1945), ""The Time of Your Life"" (1948), ""Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"" (1950), and ""A Lion Is in the Streets"" (1953). He was credited as an associate producer on one of his brother's most iconic pictures, ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" (1942), and also handled James"
"1982 autobiography, ""My Life"", that he believed that as good as the movie is, the play is even better. The film was William Powell's last movie, although he died decades later in 1984. It was also James Cagney's last movie for Warner Brothers, the studio that had propelled him to stardom 25 years before and the studio to which he had spent the majority of his career under contract. The Navy vessel that played the role of USS ""Reluctant"" (AK-601), aka ""the Bucket,"" in the movie's exterior shots was a former U.S. Army Freight and Passenger/Freight and Supply (FP/FS) vessel,"
"with that of Little doing a Cagney impersonation. Terrible Joe Moran Terrible Joe Moran is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring James Cagney in his final film, Art Carney, and Ellen Barkin. The film, about an aging ex-boxer (Cagney) who needs to use a wheelchair for mobility, won an Emmy Award in 1984. Clips from Cagney's 1932 boxing picture ""Winner Take All"" were used to illustrate the character's earlier career. Reportedly, impressionist Rich Little dubbed much -- if not all -- of the Cagney dialog, as the stroke afflicted actor slurred his words and"
"Cagney's business affairs, negotiating several of his Hollywood studio contracts. Bill Cagney was married to actress Boots Mallory until 1946. He died on January 3, 1988, nearly 2 years after his brother, in Newport Beach, California, aged 82. William Cagney William Jerome Cagney (March 26, 1905 – January 3, 1988) was an American film producer and actor, remebered for roles in the Monogram Pictures films ""Lost in the Stratosphere"" and ""Flirting with Danger"", both filmed in 1934. He produced several of his lookalike brother James Cagney's films, including ""City for Conquest"" (1940), ""Blood on the Sun"" (1945), ""The Time of"
"shot. When the police break in, Danny claims that he was working undercover for Nolan, which earns him a promotion back to captain. Danny and Pat are reunited, and the inside story is Danny and Al's passport to jobs on the ""Daily Record"". Picture Snatcher Picture Snatcher is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring James Cagney as a gangster who decides to quit to pursue his dream. After getting out of prison, Danny Kean (James Cagney) shocks the gang he leads by quitting. He wants his first stint in jail to be his last, and he has always dreamed"
"Jimmy Cagney everybody-talking-fast type movie. It turned out a little more like Louis Malle. Different movies have different speeds."" The film was not a big success at the box office. Roger Corman re-released it in 1980 under the title ""Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin"", but it did not fare much better. On December 17, 2010 Shout! Factory released the title on DVD, packaged as a double feature with Crazy Mama as part of the Roger Corman Cult Classics collection. The Lady in Red (1979 film) The Lady in Red is a 1979 action-drama/romantic film directed by Lewis Teague and starring"
"with Cagney directly. Cagney made a rare TV appearance in the lead role of the movie ""Terrible Joe Moran"" in 1984. This was his last role. Cagney's health was fragile and more strokes had confined him to a wheelchair, but the producers worked his real-life mobility problem into the story. They also decided to dub his impaired speech, using the impersonator Rich Little. The film made use of fight clips from Cagney's boxing movie ""Winner Take All"" (1932), despite the fact that the TV movie is about an entirely different character. In 1920, Cagney was a member of the chorus"
"enough for me. I find directing a bore, I have no desire to tell other people their business"". In 1959, Cagney played a labor leader in what proved to be his final musical, ""Never Steal Anything Small"", which featured a comical song and dance duet with Cara Williams, who played his girlfriend. For Cagney's next film, he traveled to Ireland for ""Shake Hands with the Devil"", directed by Michael Anderson. Cagney had hoped to spend some time tracing his Irish ancestry, but time constraints and poor weather meant that he was unable to do so. The overriding message of violence"
"Cagney's performance and many of the others were ""quite strong"". ""TimeOut"" wrote: ""Cloud nine tosh from the days when Warner movies preached that delinquents were just good kids in need of a helping hand"", but concluded that ""Despite the risible script, Cagney is as watchable as ever, and Mayo directs sleekly."" The Mayor of Hell The Mayor of Hell is a 1933 American pre-Code Warner Brothers film starring James Cagney. The film was remade in 1938 as ""Crime School"" with Humphrey Bogart taking over James Cagney's role and ""Hell's Kitchen"" with Ronald Reagan in 1939. Racketeer Patsy Gargan is made"
"Terrible Joe Moran Terrible Joe Moran is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring James Cagney in his final film, Art Carney, and Ellen Barkin. The film, about an aging ex-boxer (Cagney) who needs to use a wheelchair for mobility, won an Emmy Award in 1984. Clips from Cagney's 1932 boxing picture ""Winner Take All"" were used to illustrate the character's earlier career. Reportedly, impressionist Rich Little dubbed much -- if not all -- of the Cagney dialog, as the stroke afflicted actor slurred his words and the decision was made to replace his voice"
"of Music in Los Angeles. During the 1980s, he produced Emmy Award-nominated scores for ""Peter and Paul"" (1981), ""Ivanhoe"" (1982), ""Master of the Game"" (1984), ""The Last Days of Patton"" (1986), ""April Morning"" (1988) and ""Pancho Barnes"" (1988), winning in 1985 for his work on ""Camille"". He worked on dozens of literary television films for Norman Rosemont, including ""The Count of Monte Cristo"" (1975), ""The Man in the Iron Mask"" (1977), ""Captains Courageous"" (1977), ""The Four Feathers"" (1978), ""Les Misérables"" (1978), ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1979), ""Little Lord Fauntleroy"" (1980) and ""A Tale of Two Cities"" (1980). He"
"Come Fill the Cup Come Fill the Cup is a 1951 film starring James Cagney and Gig Young, directed by Gordon Douglas. Young's performance was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe. Cagney plays an alcoholic newspaperman. He has a memorable line, ""Don't you see? I am home,"" in response to the query, ""Why don't you go home?"" at two points in the film, once near the beginning when he is drinking; once at the end when he is at work. Lew Marsh is a good newspaper reporter with a bad habit; he drinks too much and is fired."
"The Mayor of Hell The Mayor of Hell is a 1933 American pre-Code Warner Brothers film starring James Cagney. The film was remade in 1938 as ""Crime School"" with Humphrey Bogart taking over James Cagney's role and ""Hell's Kitchen"" with Ronald Reagan in 1939. Racketeer Patsy Gargan is made deputy commissioner of a reform school as a reward from his corrupt political cronies. Initially, he has no interest in the school, but his sympathy for the boys, who are abused and battered by a brutal, heartless warden and his thuggish guards convince him to take the job seriously, as does"
"back to New York, leaving his brother Bill to look after his apartment. While Cagney was in New York, his brother, who had effectively become his agent, angled for a substantial pay raise and more personal freedom for his brother. The success of ""The Public Enemy"" and ""Blonde Crazy"" forced Warner Bros.' hand. They eventually offered Cagney a contract for $1000 a week. Cagney's first film upon returning from New York was 1932's ""Taxi!"". The film is notable for not only being the first time that Cagney danced on screen, but it was also the last time he allowed himself"
"Picture Snatcher Picture Snatcher is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring James Cagney as a gangster who decides to quit to pursue his dream. After getting out of prison, Danny Kean (James Cagney) shocks the gang he leads by quitting. He wants his first stint in jail to be his last, and he has always dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter. He hands leadership over to Jerry ""the Mug"" (Ralf Harolde), even though he suspects Jerry sold him out. Al McLean (Ralph Bellamy), the city editor of the sleazy ""Graphic News"", had offered him a job when he got"
"Cagney, of the bull-calf brow, is as always a superb and witty actor"". ""The Roaring Twenties"" was the last film in which Cagney's character's violence was explained by poor upbringing, or his environment, as was the case in ""The Public Enemy"". From that point on, violence was attached to mania, as in ""White Heat"". In 1939, Cagney was second to only Gary Cooper in the national acting wage stakes, earning $368,333. His next notable role was as George M. Cohan in ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"", a film Cagney ""took great pride in"" and considered his best. Producer Hal Wallis said that"
"Wilderness (TV Movie) (executive producer) 1990 Impulse (producer) 1989 Cannonball Fever (executive producer - as André Morgan) 1989 Farewell to the King (producer - as André Morgan) 1988 Paramedics (executive producer) 1984 Cannonball Run II (executive producer) 1984 Lassiter (executive producer) 1983 Better Late Than Never (executive producer - uncredited) 1983 High Road to China (producer) 1982 Deadly Eyes (executive producer) 1982 Megaforce (screenplay, producer - uncredited) 1981 The Cannonball Run (executive producer - uncredited) 1981 Death Hunt (executive producer - uncredited) 1981 Game of Death II (producer) 1980 Battle Creek Brawl (executive producer in charge of production) 1980 Night"
"James Cagney. His first film role was of Cagney's younger brother in ""City for Conquest"" in 1940. He was equally adept as hero or villain, and was noted for his mastery of complex, multi-faceted roles. He appeared in many Western films and police dramas. During World War II, Kennedy served from 1943 to 1945 in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) making aviation training films, both as a narrator and an actor. Many of those films today serve as an historical record of not only how aviators were trained but also how the equipment was operated. He appeared in"
"Great Guy Great Guy is a 1936 crime film starring James Cagney and Mae Clarke. In the film, an honest inspector for the New York Department of Weights and Measures takes on corrupt merchants and politicians. After the Chief Deputy of the Department of Weights and Measures is nearly killed in a car accident engineered by corrupt politician Marty Cavanaugh, he enlists ex-boxer Johnny Cave (Cagney) to take over his position. As the new leader, Johnny reiterates to his team the importance of their department and warns them that corruption is an ongoing hazard. Johnny then goes out into the"
"The five other tunes in the film's score were contributed by various other songwriters, mainly Herb Magidson and Michael H. Cleary. James Cagney appeared in a play-within-a-play staging of numbers and dances from ""Little Johnny Jones"" in the 1942 film, ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". David Cassidy starred in a touring revival in 1981. After previewing at Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House and touring, a 1982 revival, adapted by Alfred Uhry and starring Donny Osmond in the lead closed at the Alvin Theatre after only one performance. An adaptation of the show was produced by the Light Opera of Manhattan in the late"
"for the first time. He was no longer a romantic commodity, and this was reflected in his performance. Cagney himself had the idea of playing Jarrett as psychotic; he later stated, ""it was essentially a cheapie one-two-three-four kind of thing, so I suggested we make him nuts. It was agreed so we put in all those fits and headaches."" Cagney's final lines in the film – ""Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"" – was voted the 18th-greatest movie line by the American Film Institute. Likewise, Jarrett's explosion of rage in prison on being told of his mother's death is"
"and sentenced to death in the electric chair. Connolly pleads with Rocky to ""turn yellow"" on his way to the chair so the Kids will lose their admiration for him, and hopefully avoid turning to crime. Sullivan refuses, but on his way to his execution, he breaks down and begs for his life. It is unclear whether this cowardice is real or just feigned for the Kids' benefit. Cagney himself refused to say, insisting he liked the ambiguity. The film is regarded by many as one of Cagney's finest, and garnered him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for"
"world ...and to actors as well."" He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1980, and a Career Achievement Award from the U.S. National Board of Review in 1981. In 1984, Ronald Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1999, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 33-cent stamp honoring Cagney. Cagney was among the most favored actors for the director Stanley Kubrick and the actor Marlon Brando, and was considered by Orson Welles to be ""maybe the greatest actor to ever appear in front of a camera."" Warner Bros. arranged private screenings of Cagney films for Winston Churchill. On"
"Police Academy (film) Police Academy is a 1984 comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson, and starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, and G.W. Bailey. It grossed approximately $146 million worldwide, and spawned six more films in the ""Police Academy"" series. Due to a shortage of police officers, the newly-elected female mayor of an unnamed American city has announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits, effectively abolishing fitness requirements, educational levels, and medical standards. Not everyone in the police force is happy about the new changes. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) is an easy-going man who has repeatedly"
"died from a heart attack on January 27, 1984 in Washington, DC, two years before his father's death. He had become estranged from his father and had not seen or talked to him since 1982. Cagney's daughter Cathleen married Jack W. Thomas in 1962. She, too, was estranged from her father during the final years of his life. She died on August 11, 2004. As a young man, Cagney became interested in farming – sparked by a soil conservation lecture he had attended – to the extent that during his first walkout from Warner Bros., he helped to found a"
"a modern-day bounty hunter, both released in 1980. McQueen was offered the lead male role in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", but was unable to accept due to his ""Wanted: Dead or Alive"" contract (the role went to George Peppard). He turned down parts in ""Ocean's 11"", ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" (his attorneys and agents could not agree with Paul Newman's attorneys and agents on top billing), ""The Driver"", ""Apocalypse Now"", ""California Split"", ""Dirty Harry"", ""A Bridge Too Far"", ""The French Connection"" (he did not want to do another cop film), and ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"". According to"
"preacher), ""The Late Show"" (as an aging detective), ""House Calls"" (as a senile chief surgeon), ""Movie Movie"" (in multiple roles) and ""Going in Style"" (as a bored senior citizen who joins in bank robberies). Later movies included ""The Muppets Take Manhattan"", the crime drama ""The Naked Face"" and the sci-fi thriller ""Firestarter"". In 1981, he portrayed Harry Truman, an 83-year-old lodge owner in the semi-fictional account of events leading to the eruption of Mount St. Helens, in the movie titled ""St. Helens"". Although he retired in the late 1980s, he returned in 1993 in a minor supporting role in the"
"""Casualty"" (1994-2007). His film appearances include ""The Best Pair of Legs in the Business"" (1973), ""The Bitch"" (1979), ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981), ""Lion of the Desert"" (1981), ""Pop Pirates"" (1984), ""Without a Clue"" (1988), """" (1999), ""Revolver"" (2005), ""Dom Hemingway"" (2013) and ""Top Dog"" (2014). Sweeney lived in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire with his wife Lesley but has recently relocated to Welwyn Village. He has two sons and five grandchildren. George Sweeney (actor) George Sweeney is a British film and television actor who commenced his acting career in the 1970s. Sweeney has numerous television credits, including ""Z-Cars"" (1971),"
"Jimmy the Gent (film) Jimmy the Gent is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy-crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis and featuring Allen Jenkins. It was the first pairing of Cagney and Davis, who would reunite for ""The Bride Came C.O.D."" seven years later. The screenplay by Bertram Millhauser was based on the story ""The Heir Chaser"" by Ray Nazarro and Laird Doyle. The unscrupulous Jimmy Corrigan (James Cagney), runs an agency that searches for heirs of those who have died without leaving a will, and often provides phony claimants in order to collect his fee."