James Dean
Birthday: 1931-02-08
Place of Birth: Marion, Indiana, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
Rebel Without a Cause
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although...
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East of Eden
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelmin...
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Run Like a Thief
Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager t...
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Giant
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful yo...
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Keep Our Honor Bright
A college student faces embarrassment and expulsion for having cheated on an exam. Her fiance is a m...
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Holl...
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Return to 'Giant'
In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, ...
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James Dean and Me
A documentary about James Dean. People who knew him or had worked with him reminisce....
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James Dean: Born Cool
James Dean: Born Cool tells the story of James Dean's rise from small town boy to immortal icon as t...
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Children of 'Giant'
"Children of 'Giant'" is a documentary film that unearths deeply wrought emotions in the small West ...
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents is a documentary chronicling the production of the film....
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Deadline - U.S.A.
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster....
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The James Dean Classic
From his early years, to his struggling actor days, to the day he went from idol to icon, watch Jame...
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The Unlighted Road
Young Jeff Latham stops at a roadside diner and ends up working there. After meeting a nice local gi...
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Death Is My Neighbor
A New York City apartment building supervisor has his job and home threatened by a new tenant....
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Padlocks
A criminal fleeing from the police stops to rob an eccentric old recluse of her treasures....
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock H...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...
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Hello Actors Studio
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the...
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Death Scenes 2
DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in ...
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Fixed Bayonets!
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed unti...
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James Dean: The First American Teenager
Stacy Keach narrates this documentary that chronicles the abbreviated life and career of iconic broo...
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James Dean: Sense Memories
Documentary exploring the last 18 months of James Dean's acting career....
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James Dean Remembered
Peter Lawford hosts this documentary taking a look at the life and films of James Dean....
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Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War....
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what...
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A Long Time Till Dawn
Just out of prison Joe Harris looks to restart his life. His wife Barbie has moved and the one man w...
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Trouble Along the Way
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams fi...
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Sailor Beware
Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enl...
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The Thief
The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-si...
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A Star Is Born World Premiere
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest wo...
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Sentence of Death
A woman witnesses a murder during a store robbery but claims the accused man is not the killer. Afte...
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his...
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The Real James Dean
Although he'd starred in just three films before his untimely death at age 24, James Dean cast a lon...
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel ...
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The James Dean Story
Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career v...
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James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
The collar of his coat turned up in New York: Images which have collaborated on building a myth – th...
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James Dean: Forever Young
A brief career. A timeless stardom. In just three major movie roles, James Dean became an icon for t...
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The Bells of Cockaigne
An old warehouse worker dreams of saving enough money to return to his native Ireland, but it would ...
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10,000 Horses Singing
James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner ab...
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Abraham Lincoln
The story of court-martialed Union soldier William Scott, who is slated for execution for sleeping o...
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Forgotten Children
The story of Martha Berry, who brought education to the impoverished children of rural Georgia after...
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The Hound Of Heaven
Recently drowned Hyder Simpson refuses to pass through the Pearly Gates if it means leaving his belo...
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Something For An Empty Briefcase
Joe wants a different future than one as a petty hoodlum and when he attempts to rob an aspiring dan...
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Life Sentence
An inmate tending the prison grounds notices the woman next door neighbor often watches him. He snea...
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Harvest
A young man in love with a sophisticated woman from the city is torn between his desires and those o...
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Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
A man tells the story of his coming to adulthood when he left home at age 18 and learned the consequ...
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The Dark, Dark Hours
A hood forces a doctor and his wife to remove a bullet from the hood's partner....
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The Evil Within
Scientist perfects a chemical unleashing the beast within, but before he can create an antidote, his...
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Året var 1955
1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movi...
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James Dean: A Portrait
A look at the legacy of icon actor James Dean on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The speci...
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James Dean : le nouvel homme
The antithesis of the virile heroes of his era, James Dean shook up the representation of adolescenc...
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Memories of Giant
A 1998 retrospective documentary exploring the making and legacy of George Stevens’ Giant (1956). Fe...
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