| Movie | 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Admiral Cartwright | |
| Movie | 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Tom Robinson | |
| Movie | 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Crowne | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Pawnbroker | Rodriguez | |
| Movie | 1983 | A Caribbean Mystery | Dr. Graham | |
| Movie | 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Paul | |
| Movie | 1968 | Ace High | Thomas | |
| Movie | 1973 | Soylent Green | Chief Hatcher | |
| Movie | 1991 | Alligator 2: The Mutation | Chief Speed | |
| Movie | 1965 | Major Dundee | Aesop | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Jomo (voice) | |
| Movie | 1975 | Framed | Sam Perry | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Molo | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Incident | Arnold Robinson | |
| Movie | 1989 | Polly | Mr. Pendergast | |
| Movie | 1973 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Reynolds | |
| Movie | 1972 | Black Girl | Earl | |
| Movie | 1962 | The L-Shaped Room | Johnny | |
| Movie | 1970 | The McMasters | Benjie | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | David Motubu | |
| Movie | 1986 | Samson and Delilah | Priest (voice) | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Jim | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | Joe | |
| Movie | 1992 | Highway Heartbreaker | Bert Quinn | |
| Movie | 1998 | Fearful Symmetry | Self | |
| Movie | 1973 | A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' | Self | |
| Movie | 1974 | Lost in the Stars | Stephen Kumalo | |
| Movie | 1988 | To Heal a Nation | Paul Turner | |
| Movie | 1963 | Heavens Above! | Matthew Robinson | |
| Movie | 1968 | Daring Game | Jonah | |
| Movie | 1977 | SST: Death Flight | Dr. Ralph Therman | |
| Movie | 1974 | Tight as a Drum | Bill Evans | |
| Movie | 1986 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Admiral Cartwright | |
| Movie | 1968 | P.J. | Waterpark | |
| Movie | 1972 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Berdahl | |
| Movie | 1994 | Cosmic Slop | Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders') | |
| Movie | 1988 | Broken Angel | Sgt. Mercurio | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Last Place on Earth | Jack Field | |
| Movie | 1954 | Carmen Jones | Sergeant Brown | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Doctor Chasuble | |
| Movie | 1985 | Puss in Boots | Ogre | |
| Movie | 1970 | Jack Johnson | Jack Johnson (voice) | |
| Movie | 1998 | Park Day | Heseeit Turner | |
| Movie | 2002 | 10,000 Black Men Named George | Leon Frey | |
| Movie | 2003 | Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance | Zechariah | |
| Movie | 1975 | Mahalia | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1956 | Bloomer Girl | Alexander | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Secret | Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III | |
| Movie | 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Morris Brown | |
| Movie | 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Walter Williams | |
| Movie | 1978 | Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter | Henry | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Locket | Henry McCord | |
| Movie | 1992 | You Must Remember This | Gus | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Thornton Bentley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | President Kole | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | Dark Kat (voice) | 3 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Challenge of the GoBots | | 5 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Static Shock | Morris Grant / Soul Power (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | King M'Bala | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Great Adventure | Joe Bailey | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Pretender | Henry Cockran | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | The Bionic Woman | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Baretta | | 2 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Commish | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Pirates of Dark Water | Bloth (voice) | 21 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Medical Center | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Cato | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Night Gallery | Logoda (segment "Logoda's Heads") | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Walter DuBruis | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Henry McCord | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | Sam Benedict | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Felony Squad | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Rawhide | Phinn Harper | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | Run for Your Life | Lieutenant Wallace | 1 |
| TV Show | 1964 | Daniel Boone | Pompey | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Outcasts | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Police Story | | 2 |
| TV Show | 1970 | McCloud | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Galtar and the Golden Lance | Tormack (voice) | 21 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Nicholas | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The Loner | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Judd for the Defense | | 2 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | Usula (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Ramath (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Dr. Jomo / Poacher (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Jomo (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Lucius Fox (voice) | 8 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Spicy City | Bird (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | Seventh Avenue | Sgt. Rollins | 3 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Guest Interviewee | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jesse Dillard | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Ab Decker | 7 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | The Pool (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Snorch's Voicebox (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Ogre | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | The Shaman (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Masai (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Isadore Jaconey | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Mod Squad | Johnny Pell | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Joseph Sisko | 5 |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Jacob Willis / Earl Barnes | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | DuckTales | Druid (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Johnny Bravo | Chronos (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Black Beauty | Mr. Carmichael | 5 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Pacific Station | Ray Taylor | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Samurai Jack | Lazzor (Elder) (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Chief Opposer Solon | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Mannix | Sonny Carter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Gravedale High | Boneyard (voice) | 6 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
