James Dean
Actor
Born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, USA
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956). After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden. Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in Giant the following year, Dean became the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
Filmography
Final Days of an Icon: James Dean
(archive footage)
James Dean: Rebel Generation
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Children of 'Giant'
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
The Real James Dean
Archival Footage
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
James Dean: Forever Young
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Året var 1955
Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself (uncredited)
The Day That James Dean Died
Self (archive footage)
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
James Dean: Born Cool
Memories of Giant
Self (archive footage)
Return to 'Giant'
Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
James Dean: A Portrait
Self (archive footage)
James Dean and Me
Self (archive footage)
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
Death Scenes 2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Faces of Death VII
Death In Hollywood
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Forever James Dean
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self (archive footage)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean Remembered
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The James Dean Story
Self (archive footage)
Giant
Jett Rink
Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark
Crossroads
Man in Crowd
The Unlighted Road
Jeffrey Latham
East of Eden
Cal Trask
The Thief
Fernand Lagarde
The Dark, Dark Hours
Bud
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
The Boy
Padlocks
The Man (Jack)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Run Like a Thief
Robbie
Harvest
Paul Zalinka
The Bells of Cockaigne
Joey
A Long Time Till Dawn
Joe Harris
The United States Steel Hour
Fernand Lagarde
Life Sentence
Hank Bradon
Keep Our Honor Bright
Jim Cooper
Rex Newman
Todd Ingalls
Death Is My Neighbor
J.B.
Sentence of Death
Joe Palica
Something For An Empty Briefcase
Joe Adams
The Evil Within
Ralph
Trouble Along the Way
Football Spectator (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
The Boy
You Are There
Bob Ford
The Hound Of Heaven
Angel
Omnibus
Bronco Evans
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
Forgotten Children
Bradford
Abraham Lincoln
William Scott
Deadline - U.S.A.
Press Boy (uncredited)
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Kyle McCallum
10,000 Horses Singing
Hotel Bellboy
Sailor Beware
Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bradford
Jackie Knows All
Randy
Fixed Bayonets!
Doggie (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jeffrey Latham
Tales of Tomorrow
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
John
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Joey Frasier
Robert Montgomery Presents
Paul Zalinka
The Big Story
Rex Newman
Studio One
William Scott
The Philco Television Playhouse
Robbie Warren
Kraft Television Theatre
Jim Cooper