Television Appearances
Stewart had made guest appearances on television, The Jack Benny Program, in the 1950s, but first starred in Flashing Spikes, an hour-long episode of Alcoa Premiere directed by John Ford. In the early 1970s, he transitioned his career from cinema to television. For the series Hawkins, Stewart received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. In 1972, Stewart reprised his role from the film Harvey in a television film of the same name.
| Year | Show | Role | Run | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Lux Playhouse | Narrator | single episode | Narrator for the episode Cowboy Five Seven, which documented a Strategic Air Command crew at Westover Air Force Base |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | Slim Conway | single episode | part of the Alcoa Premiere anthology series |
| 1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show | Prof. James K. Howard | 1971–1972 | NBC Television series |
| 1972 | Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | — | PBS Television film |
| 1973 | Hawkins | Billy Jim Hawkins | 1973–1974 | CBS Television series Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama |
| 1980 | Mr. Krueger's Christmas | Mr. Krueger | — | Television film |
| 1982 | The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra | Himself – Host | — | American Film Institute Television film |
| 1983 | Right of Way | Teddy Dwyer | — | HBO Television film Nominated - CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program |
| 1986 | North and South, Book II | Miles Colbert | — | ABC Miniseries |
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