Was James Stewart the most racist celebrity ever?
Stewart was NOT a racist. There are several events related in the book “Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend” by Michael Munn that dismiss these accusations. For instance, there is one event that happened during the filming of “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)” where a support actor referred to Woody Strode as “a n***er”. Lee Marvin told to the author: “…He [the support actor] cried out, “Where is the n***er?” I could see Duke [John Wayne] was about the tear this guy’s head off, but Jimmy [Stewart] got there first. I didn’t know the guy could get so angry. He grabbed this actor by the shirt, tearing it, and he had to kind of get control of himself. But he was simmering – boiling. And he said, “Don’t ever use that word around me again, or I might do something our director will regret because he’ll have to replace you with an actor who’s not all broken up and reshoot a helluva lot of expensive scenes.” I liked Jimmy Stewart before that incident, but after it, I liked him a
