James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality, [My Big Brother but not me] which he portrayed both on and off the screen, he epitomized the "American ideal" [ditto my Big Brother] in the mid-twentieth century. ...
Born and raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania...
27 miles from Barnesboro where I was born and raised. Two of my brothers graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.]
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He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, deputy commanding the 2nd Bombardment Wing and commanding the 703d Bombardment Squadron from 1941 to 1947. He later transferred to the Air Force Reserve, and held various command positions until his retirement in 1968 as a brigadier general. ...
My family's (not mine) military service goes back to the Revolutionary War and extends to the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam.
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6' 3" tall, ...
The exact height of my Big Brother
Republican
I am the only Democrat in the family for 200 fucking years.
Married 45 years to Gloria Hatrick McLean, ending on her death...
My Big Brother was married over 60 years to the same woman, the marriage ending only with her death. I have been married (and divorced) twice.
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James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania,[2] the eldest child...The Stewart family had lived in Pennsylvania for many generations.[5] [ditto] Stewart's father ran the family business,[ditto]...which he hoped Stewart would take over as an adult...[ditto with my older brothers; not ditto with me and my youngest brother] as was the family tradition.[6] [ditto] Raised a Presbyterian [ditto] by his deeply religious father, [ditto] Stewart was a devout churchgoer for much of his life.[7] [ditto my Big Brother, NOT ditto me]
