Question: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was based on the 1962 film that starred which actor and military officer?
Context: Jethro Compton (born 14 July 1988, Cornwall) is a British writer, director and theatre producer.  He was educated at the University of York between 2006 and 2009 in English Literature.  His most notable production to date has been the world première of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (stage play)". Glen Sabre Valance, age 21, was hanged in Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Richard Strang.  He was the last man executed in South Australia on 24 November 1964.  Born Graham Paul Fraser, he changed his name as a teenager, to Glen Sabre Valance, after Liberty Valance, the title character of a 1962 western film. Vera June Miles (née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is an American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film "Psycho", reprising the role in the 1983 sequel "Psycho II".  Other films in which she appeared include "The Wrong Man", "The Searchers", "Follow Me, Boys! ", "Tarzan's Hidden Jungle" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford starring James Stewart and John Wayne.  The black-and-white film was released by Paramount Pictures.  The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson.  The supporting cast features Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Woody Strode, Strother Martin, and Lee Van Cleef. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 2014 Western stage play by Jethro Compton based on the 1953 short story of the same name by Dorothy M. Johnson, which also became the basis for the 1962 Paramount Pictures film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", directed by John Ford, starring James Stewart and John Wayne, with the song performed by Gene Pitney. The American West of John Ford is a 1971 television special about movie director John Ford's career narrated by John Wayne, James Stewart, and Henry Fonda.  Footage of Wayne, Stewart, and Fonda talking with the aging Ford are interspersed with an array of clips from Ford's films spanning more than five decades, including "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", "The Searchers", and "Stagecoach", each of which is dealt with at some length. James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history.  A major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, Stewart was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis.  Many of the films he starred in have become enduring classics. Cyril J. Mockridge (August 6, 1896 – January 18, 1979) was an English film and television composer who composed the scores for such films as "Cheaper by the Dozen", "River of No Return" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".  Mockridge was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1955 film "Guys and Dolls" and also composed the theme music for television's Western "Laramie". Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing character parts.  He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe for his supporting role in "The Barefoot Contessa" (1954), as well as a second Golden Globe and another Academy Award nomination for "Seven Days in May" (1964).  His other notable films include "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939), "The Killers" (1946), "White Heat" (1949), "D.O.A." (1950), "Julius Caesar" (1953), "1984" (1956), "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1961), and "The Wild Bunch" (1969). John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director.  He is renowned both for Westerns such as "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Searchers" (1956), and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th-century American novels such as the film "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940).  His four Academy Awards for Best Director (in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952) remain a record.  One of the films for which he won the award, "How Green Was My Valley", also won Best Picture.
Answer: James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart