Director Frank Capra would then cast the bird in every subsequent movie he made.

Among his roles were Uncle Billy's pet, seen in the Building & Loan in It's a Wonderful Life (1946),[3] and the crow that landed on the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

[1] Jimmy belonged to Hollywood animal trainer Curly Twiford, who found the bird in a nest in the Mojave Desert in 1934.

[8] At one point, Jimmy had 21 "stand-ins", 15 of which were female, who would fill in for him when the scene did not require any tricks or movement.

[9] Jimmy received a Red Cross gold medal in acknowledgement of 200 hours spent entertaining veterans after the war,[5] and his footprints were enshrined in cement at a large Los Angeles pet store, alongside those of Lassie and other Hollywood animal stars.