While he's known for dramas like It's A Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, James "Jimmy" Stewart built quite a career in Westerns playing righteous heroes and complicated antagonists in the American West. With his gentle drawl and everyman reliability, Jimmy Stewart could embody stoic pacifists as easily as he could smoldering lawmen and protective homesteaders. In 1939, the same year he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he proved he was a great actor who was surprisingly good in Westerns by starring in Destry Rides Again and cementing his status as a Western legend.