| Movie | 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Pie Eye (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1934 | Murder at the Vanities | Duke Ellington | |
| Movie | 1934 | Belle of the Nineties | Piano Player | |
| Movie | 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2014 | Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58 | Self - Piano | |
| Movie | 1929 | Black and Tan | Duke Ellington | |
| Movie | 2021 | Duke Ellington in Isfahan | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1974 | On the Road with Duke Ellington | Self | |
| Movie | 1933 | A Bundle of Blues | Self | |
| Movie | 1935 | Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life | Self | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Hit Parade | Duke Ellington | |
| Movie | 1947 | Date with Duke | Self | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington | Self | |
| Movie | 1942 | Jam Session | Self - Piano | |
| Movie | 1943 | Reveille with Beverly | Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1942 | Bli-Blip | Himself | |
| Movie | 1952 | Mood Indigo | Self | |
| Movie | 1952 | Sophisticated Lady | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection | Himself | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Story Of The Blues | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Steve e il Duca | Self (archival) | |
| Movie | 2007 | Alice Babs - Swing It! | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1952 | Solitude | Self | |
| Movie | 1942 | I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good | | |
| Movie | 1949 | Symphony In Swing | | |
| Movie | 1943 | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | | |
| Movie | 1942 | Flamingo | | |
| Movie | 1950 | Salute to Duke Ellington | | |
| Movie | 2004 | Improvisation | Self | |
| Movie | 1941 | Hot Chocolate | Self (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1966 | The Strolling '20s | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943 | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | The Jazz Ambassadors | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2008 | Jazz Evolution | Self - Piano | |
| Movie | 1956 | Jazz Ball | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | Duke Ellington (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens | Self | |
| Movie | 2003 | Piano Blues | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Intimate Duke Ellington | Self | |
| Movie | 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Apollo | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1930 | Check and Double Check | Orchestra Leader | |
| Movie | 2005 | Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling | Self | |
| Movie | 1934 | Many Happy Returns | Piano Player (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom | Self - Musician (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Charlie Parker: Bird Songs | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1967 | Duke Ellington: Love You Madly | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Jazz Legends in Their Own Words | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2024 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live | Himself | |
| Movie | 1966 | Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro | Self | |
| Movie | 1966 | The First World Festival of Negro Arts | Himself | |
| Movie | 1969 | Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969 | Self | |
| Movie | 1987 | Moments without Proper Names | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1) | | |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Jazz | Self (archive footage) | 10 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 10 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | German Film Award | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1948 | Bambi | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Discorama | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 2 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Aktuelle Schaubude | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | N/A | What's Happening | Self | 1 |
