James Cagney career
James Cagney averages 6.88 across 47 rated films as an actor, with White Heat on top at 8.1.
Average
6.88
47 rated films
Best rated
8.1
White Heat
Peak five
7.30
1938 to 1940
7+ run
5 films
1957 to 1981
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Ragtime | 1981 | New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo | 7.3 | 11,712 |
 One, Two, Three | 1961 | C.R. MacNamara | 7.8 | 25,061 |
| The Gallant Hours | 1960 | Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. | 7.1 | 2,318 |
| Never Steal Anything Small | 1959 | Jake MacIllaney | · | 404 |
| Shake Hands with the Devil | 1959 | Sean Lenihan | 7.0 | 1,826 |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | 1957 | Lon Chaney | 7.1 | 3,301 |
| These Wilder Years | 1956 | Steve Bradford | 6.9 | 1,375 |
| Tribute to a Bad Man | 1956 | Jeremy Rodock | 6.7 | 1,991 |
| Love Me or Leave Me | 1955 | Martin Snyder | 7.1 | 5,325 |
| Run for Cover | 1955 | Matt Dow | 6.7 | 2,082 |
 Mister Roberts | 1955 | The Captain | 7.6 | 19,869 |
| A Lion Is in the Streets | 1953 | Hank Martin | 6.1 | 1,147 |
| What Price Glory | 1952 | Capt. Flagg | 6.1 | 1,554 |
| Come Fill the Cup | 1951 | Lew Marsh | · | 594 |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | 1950 | Ralph Cotter | 7.1 | 2,913 |
| The West Point Story | 1950 | Elwin 'Bix' Bixby | 6.2 | 1,644 |
| Blood on the Sun | 1945 | Nick Condon | 6.0 | 2,534 |
 White Heat | 1949 | Cody Jarrett | 8.1 | 39,046 |
| The Time of Your Life | 1948 | Joseph T. (who observes people) | 6.2 | 1,457 |
| 13 Rue Madeleine | 1947 | Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey | 6.9 | 3,341 |
| Johnny Come Lately | 1943 | Tom Richards | · | 836 |
 Yankee Doodle Dandy | 1942 | George M. Cohan | 7.6 | 18,299 |
| Captains of the Clouds | 1942 | Brian MacLean | 6.4 | 1,999 |
| The Bride Came C.O.D. | 1941 | Steve Collins | 6.9 | 4,143 |
| The Strawberry Blonde | 1941 | Biff Grimes | 7.2 | 4,776 |
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