| Movie | 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jim Taylor | |
| Movie | 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Pawnee Bill | |
| Movie | 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Meet John Doe | D.B. Norton | |
| Movie | 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Anthony P. Kirby | |
| Movie | 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Joe Lorgan | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Houston Story | Paul Atlas | |
| Movie | 1953 | City That Never Sleeps | Penrod Biddel | |
| Movie | 1933 | I'm No Angel | Big Bill Barton | |
| Movie | 2008 | Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Johnny Eager | John Benson Farrell | |
| Movie | 1941 | All That Money Can Buy | Daniel Webster | |
| Movie | 1956 | Miami Exposé | Oliver Tubbs | |
| Movie | 1935 | The Glass Key | Paul Madvig | |
| Movie | 1932 | Three on a Match | Ace | |
| Movie | 1933 | Roman Scandals | Emperor Valerius | |
| Movie | 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") | |
| Movie | 1944 | Kismet | The Grand Vizier | |
| Movie | 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Achille Weber | |
| Movie | 1934 | Sadie McKee | Brennan | |
| Movie | 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Inspector Porfiry | |
| Movie | 1934 | Hide-Out | Det. Lt. 'Mac' MacCarthy | |
| Movie | 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Robert Cain Sr. | |
| Movie | 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Amory Stilham | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Toast of New York | Jim Fisk | |
| Movie | 1937 | Easy Living | J.B. Ball | |
| Movie | 1932 | Okay, America! | Duke Morgan | |
| Movie | 1952 | Belles on Their Toes | Sam Harper | |
| Movie | 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Richard M. Gresham | |
| Movie | 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Duncan 'Mac' Maclain | |
| Movie | 1935 | Remember Last Night? | Danny Harrison | |
| Movie | 1936 | Come and Get It | Barney Glasgow | |
| Movie | 1941 | Unholy Partners | Merrill Lambert | |
| Movie | 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Martin Edley | |
| Movie | 1941 | Design for Scandal | Judson M. 'J.M.' / 'Judsy' Blair | |
| Movie | 1941 | Nothing But the Truth | T.T. Ralston | |
| Movie | 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Capt. Duncan Maclain | |
| Movie | 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Elliot Fulton | |
| Movie | 1947 | The Hucksters | David 'Dave' Lash | |
| Movie | 1945 | Main Street After Dark | Lt. Lorrgan | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Martin Creavy | |
| Movie | 1946 | No Leave, No Love | Hobart Canford Stiles | |
| Movie | 1916 | The Misleading Lady | Sidney Parker | |
| Movie | 1916 | The Return of Eve | Seymour Purchwell | |
| Movie | 1947 | Dear Ruth | Judge Harry Wilkins | |
| Movie | 1949 | Dear Wife | Judge Wilkins | |
| Movie | 1947 | The Mighty McGurk | Mike Glenson | |
| Movie | 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Burton V. Lyons | |
| Movie | 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Vincent Cushing | |
| Movie | 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Robert Nelson | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey | |
| Movie | 1933 | Secret of the Blue Room | Commissioner Forster | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | James 'Jim' Cork | |
| Movie | 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Mr. 'Feydie' Feydak | |
| Movie | 1933 | The White Sister | Father Saracinesca | |
| Movie | 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Charles G. Bledsoe | |
| Movie | 1951 | Dear Brat | Senator Wilkins | |
| Movie | 1936 | Meet Nero Wolfe | Nero Wolfe | |
| Movie | 1940 | Lillian Russell | Diamond Jim Brady | |
| Movie | 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Dillon | |
| Movie | 1948 | Wallflower | Andrew J. Linnett | |
| Movie | 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Sen. Brander | |
| Movie | 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Jim Knox | |
| Movie | 1949 | Big Jack | Mahoney | |
| Movie | 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Ira Collins | |
| Movie | 1952 | Ellis in Freedomland | The Range (voice) | |
| Movie | 1944 | Janie | Charles Conway | |
| Movie | 1946 | Janie Gets Married | Charles Conway | |
| Movie | 1934 | Wednesday's Child | Ray Phillips | |
| Movie | 1944 | Standing Room Only | T.J. Todd | |
| Movie | 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Theodore Findley | |
| Movie | 1948 | Big City | Judge Martin O. Abercrombie | |
| Movie | 1942 | Inflation | The Devil | |
| Movie | 1937 | John Meade's Woman | John Meade | |
| Movie | 1939 | Man About Town | Sir John Arlington | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Barbarian | Achmed Pasha | |
| Movie | 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Johan (John) Sutter | |
| Movie | 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Jim Cain | |
| Movie | 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress | Doctor Remezov | |
| Movie | 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Louis XIII | |
| Movie | 1935 | Diamond Jim | Diamond Jim | |
| Movie | 1949 | John Loves Mary | Sen. James McKinley | |
| Movie | 1939 | Land of Liberty | Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim') | |
| Movie | 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Inspector Ennis | |
| Movie | 1934 | The President Vanishes | Secretary of War Wardell | |
| Movie | 1948 | Command Decision | Congressman Arthur Malcolm | |
| Movie | 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Vincent Shelton | |
| Movie | 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Penalty | Martin 'Stuff' Nelson | |
| Movie | 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Adm. Homer Thorndyke | |
| Movie | 1916 | Sherlock Holmes | Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap | |
| Movie | 1933 | Duck Soup | Politician (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1954 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #10 | |
| Movie | 1954 | Living It Up | The Mayor of New York | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Ambassador's Daughter | Ambassador William Fisk | |
| Movie | 1934 | Madame Spy | Schultz | |
| Movie | 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | |
| Movie | 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Jig Skelli | |
| Movie | 1934 | Unknown Blonde | Frank Rodie | |
| Movie | 1919 | Phil-for-Short | Tom Wentworth | |
| Movie | 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | |
| Movie | 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | |
| Movie | 1933 | Her Bodyguard | Orson Bitzer | |
| Movie | 1953 | Man of Conflict | J.R. Compton | |
| Movie | 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1919 | A Broadway Saint | Mr. Frewen | |
| Movie | 1932 | Murder in the Pullman | | |
| Movie | 1920 | The Cost | Hampden Scarborough | |
| Movie | 1916 | The Higher Destiny | John Standing | |
| Movie | 1916 | The Despoiler | Richard Warner | |
| TV Show | 1948 | Studio One | Juror #10 | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Climax! | Jock Fathian | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | Cavalcade of America | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | John Prescott / Mayor Underwood | 1 |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Climax! | Lieutenant Shipley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | 1 |
