James Cardwell or Jim Cardwell is the name of:
James Cardwell (actor) (1921–1954), American actor, born Albert Cardwell James B. Cardwell (1922–2012), American bureaucrat James F. Cardwell, film producer and former president of Warner Home Video James Moss Cardwell (1926–1990), American author who used the pen name Adobe James Jim Cardwell (1916–1996), Australian footballer