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- It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead → George Bailey
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas → John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Bloody Hundredth → Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
- James Stewart, l'ami américain
- Rat Pack → Self (archive footage)
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues → Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
- Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin → Self (archive footage)
- I Am Alfred Hitchcock → Self (archive footage)
- This Is Bob Hope... → Self (archive footage)
- Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America → Self (archive footage)
- Discovering Jean Harlow → archive footage
- Talking Pictures (TV) → Self (archive footage)
- John Ford & Monument Valley → Self (archive footage)
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year → Self (archive footage)
- The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth → Self (archive footage)
- Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You → Self (archive footage)
- Warner at War → Self (archive footage)
- Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films → Narrator (archive footage)
- The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s → Self (archive footage)
- Rope Unleashed → Self (archive footage)
- 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic → Self (archive footage)
- The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' → Self (archive footage)
- John Wayne-A Life on Film → Self (archive footage)
- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood → Self (archive footage)
- Frank Capra's American Dream → Self (archive footage)
- Obsessed with Vertigo → Self (archive footage)
- Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas → George Bailey (archive footage)
- No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies → Self
- La Classe américaine → Jacques (archive footage)
- Dark Galaxy → (archive footage)
- Fonda on Fonda → Self
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West → Wylie Burp (voice)
- Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... (TV) → Self
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker → Self
- Night of 100 Stars III → Self
- The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life' → Self
- Son of Dinosaurs → Self
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC → Self
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood → Self
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life → Self
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess → Self
- A Beverly Hills Christmas → Self - Host
- All Star Party for Clint Eastwood → Self
- Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special → Self
- North and South (TV) → Miles Colbert
- Night of 100 Stars II → Self
- That's Dancing! → Self (archive footage)
- All Star Party for Lucille Ball → Self
- James Bond: The First 21 Years → Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business → Self
- All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra → Self
- Right of Way → Teddy Dwyer
- Night of 100 Stars → Self
- Showbiz Goes to War → (archive footage)
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! → Self (archive footage)
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds → Self
- A Tale of Africa → Old Man
- Mr. Krueger's Christmas → Mr. Krueger
- All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman → Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors (TV) → Self
- The Big Sleep → General Sternwood
- Mickey's 50 → Self
- The Magic of Lassie → Clovis Mitchell
- Please Turn the Page (TV) → Self
- Airport '77 → Philip Stevens
- Laugh-In (TV) → Guest Performer
- The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? → Self
- The Shootist → Dr. Hostetler
- That's Entertainment, Part II → (archive footage)
- CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years → Self
- Sentimental Journey
- People's Choice Awards (TV) → Self
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → Self (archive footage)
- Dinah! (TV) → Self
- That's Entertainment! → Self - Host / Narrator
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (TV) → Self
- Hawkins (TV) → Billy Jim Hawkins
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (TV) → Self
- The Julie Andrews Hour (TV) → Self
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory → Self (archive footage)
- Harvey → Elwood P. Dowd
- Great Performances (TV) → Self
- Film '72 (TV) → Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel (TV) → Self
- The Pet Set (TV) → Self
- The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV) → Prof. James K. Howard
- Directed by John Ford
- Fools' Parade → Mattie Appleyard
- The American West of John Ford → Self - Narrator
- The Cheyenne Social Club → John O'Hanlan
- Bandolero! → Mace Bishop
- Firecreek → Johnny Cobb
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show
- Mondo Hollywood
- The Rare Breed → Sam Burnett
- The Dean Martin Show (TV)
- Shenandoah → Charlie Anderson
- The Flight of the Phoenix → Frank Towns
- Dear Brigitte → Professor Robert Leaf
- Cheyenne Autumn → Wyatt Earp
- Cheyenne Autumn Trail → Narrator
- Take Her, She's Mine → Frank Michaelson
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self - Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance → Ransom Stoddard
- How the West Was Won → Linus Rawlings
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation → Roger Hobbs
- Flashing Spikes → Slim Conway
- The Mike Douglas Show (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Mike Douglas Show (TV) → Self - Co-Host
- Alcoa Premiere (TV)
- Two Rode Together → Marshal Guthrie McCabe
- X-15 → Himself / Narrator (voice)
- My Three Sons (TV) → James Stewart
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood → Self
- The Mountain Road → Major Baldwin
- Startime (TV) → Azel Dorsey
- Anatomy of a Murder → Paul "Pauly" Biegler
- The FBI Story → John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty
- Vertigo → Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
- Bell, Book and Candle → Shep Henderson
- Lux Playhouse (TV)
- The All-Star Christmas Show → Self
- Night Passage → Grant McLaine
- The Spirit of St. Louis → Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
- Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
- The Man Who Knew Too Much → Ben McKenna
- MGM Parade (TV)
- The Man from Laramie → Will Lockhart
- Strategic Air Command → Robert "Dutch" Holland
- Rear Window → L.B. Jefferies
- The George Gobel Show (TV) → Self
- The Far Country → Jeff Webster
- The Glenn Miller Story → Glenn Miller
- Tomorrow's Drivers → the story teller
- Jamboree → Self
- The Oscars (TV) → Self
- General Electric Theater (TV) → Joe Newman
- General Electric Theater (TV) → Britt Ponset
- General Electric Theater (TV) → Bart
- The Naked Spur → Howard Kemp
- Thunder Bay → Steve Martin
- Bend of the River → Glyn McLyntock
- The Greatest Show on Earth → Buttons
- Carbine Williams → Marsh Williams
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Elwood P. Dowd
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV) → Narrator
- No Highway in the Sky → Theodore Honey
- What's My Line? (TV) → Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV) → Self
- The Jack Benny Program (TV) → Self
- The Jack Benny Program (TV) → Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
- The Jack Benny Program (TV) → Jimmy Stewart
- Broken Arrow → Tom Jeffords
- Harvey → Elwood P. Dowd
- Winchester '73 → Lin McAdam
- The Jackpot → Bill Lawrence
- And Then There Were Four → Self - Narrator (voice)
- Malaya → John Royer
- The Stratton Story → Monty Stratton
- The Ed Sullivan Show (TV) → Self
- Rope → Rupert Cadell
- Call Northside 777 → P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
- On Our Merry Way → Slim
- You Gotta Stay Happy → Marvin Payne
- 10,000 Kids and a Cop → Narrator
- Magic Town → Rip Smith
- Thunderbolt → Himself, Introduction
- Blow-Ups of 1947 → Self
- It's a Wonderful Life → George Bailey
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter / Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
- Winning Your Wings → Self
- Fellow Americans → Narrator (voice)
- Ziegfeld Girl → Gilbert Young
- Pot o' Gold → James Hamilton 'Jimmy' Haskell
- Come Live with Me → Bill Smith
- Breakdowns of 1941 → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Philadelphia Story → Macaulay 'Mike' Connor
- The Shop Around the Corner → Alfred Kralik
- The Mortal Storm → Martin Breitner
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards → Self
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound → Self
- No Time for Comedy → Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World → Self
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington → Jefferson Smith
- Destry Rides Again → Tom Destry Jr.
- Made for Each Other → John Horace Mason
- It's a Wonderful World → Guy Johnson
- The Ice Follies of 1939 → Larry Hall
- Hollywood Hobbies → Self (uncredited)
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 → James Stewart (archive footage)
- You Can't Take It with You → Tony Kirby
- Vivacious Lady → Peter
- Of Human Hearts → Jason Wilkins
- Hollywood Goes to Town → Self
- The Shopworn Angel → Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 → James Stewart
- Seventh Heaven → Chico
- The Last Gangster → Paul North Sr.
- Navy Blue and Gold → John 'Truck' Cross
- The Romance of Celluloid → Self (archive footage)
- Born to Dance → Ted Barker
- Wife vs. Secretary → Dave
- After the Thin Man → David Graham
- Small Town Girl → Elmer Clampett
- The Gorgeous Hussy → Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
- Speed → Terry Martin
- Rose Marie → John Flower
- Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) → Self
- Next Time We Love → Christopher Tyler
- Important News → Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens
- The Murder Man → Shorty
- Art Trouble → Jack Burton