highest rated
acting
- La Classe américaine → V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Frasier, the Sensuous Lion → Old Man on Porch
- The Streets of San Francisco (TV) → Frank Casey
- Getting Away from It All → Charlie Erickson
- The Odd Couple (TV) → Groundskeeper
- The Odd Couple (TV) → Mr. Larson
- The Odd Couple (TV) → Sam
- The Partridge Family (TV) → The Old Man
- Doc → Luke
- Hail, Hero! → Billy Hurd
- Firecreek → Hall
- P.J. → Poppa
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV) → Dr. Elmer Spritzer
- Jericho (TV)
- Shane (TV) → Old Man
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady → Jesse Buford
- Green Acres (TV) → Mr. Appleby
- Green Acres (TV) → Willie Dunhill
- The Sons of Katie Elder → Charlie Biller
- A Patch of Blue → Mr. Faber
- I'll Take Sweden → Olaf
- Cheyenne Autumn → Svenson (uncredited)
- No Time for Sergeants (TV)
- Those Calloways → Ernie Evans
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao → Luther Lindquist
- Burke's Law (TV) → Richard Prince (uncredited)
- My Favorite Martian (TV) → Matt
- Donovan's Reef → Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
- The Prize → Oscar
- The Virginian (TV) → Gosta Swenson
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance → Peter Ericson
- Dr. Kildare (TV) → Mr. Callahan
- Ben Casey (TV)
- Mister Ed (TV)
- Mister Ed (TV) → Milo Simmons
- Two Rode Together → Ole Knudsen
- The Andy Griffith Show (TV) → Henry Bennett
- Thriller (TV) → Streetcar Conductor
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV)
- Tate (TV) → Sam
- North to Alaska → Logger
- Elmer Gantry → Sam - Storekeeper
- Hell Bent for Leather → Old Ben
- The Alaskans (TV)
- Tightrope (TV)
- The Third Man (TV)
- Anatomy of a Murder → Deputy Sheriff Sulo Kangas
- Lawman (TV) → Doc Shea
- The Donna Reed Show (TV) → Zeke
- Sea Hunt (TV)
- Bronco (TV)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV)
- Yancy Derringer (TV) → Capt. Sven Larsen
- The Gun Runners → Pop
- Revolt in the Big House → Doc
- My World Dies Screaming → Jonah Snell
- Maverick (TV)
- Maverick (TV) → Leland Mills
- Sugarfoot (TV) → Jens Jensen
- The Real McCoys (TV) → Frank
- The Big Land → Sven Johnson
- The Searchers → Lars Jorgensen
- Johnny Concho → Jake
- Cheyenne (TV)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) → Mr. Stepp
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) → Elmer Shore
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV) → Mr. Crabtree
- The Millionaire (TV) → Harry Stonewall Jackson
- The Sea Chase → Chief Engineer Schmitt
- At Gunpoint → Livingstone
- Unchained → Leonard Haskins
- Man on a Bus → Second Prisoner
- Climax! (TV) → Geist
- Public Defender (TV) → Ames
- Father Knows Best (TV) → Old Man
- December Bride (TV)
- The High and the Mighty → Jose Locota
- Passion → Gaspar Melo
- The Other Woman → Papasha
- General Electric Theater (TV)
- Ambush at Tomahawk Gap → Jonas P. Travis
- I, the Jury → Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
- Hans Christian Andersen → Burgomaster
- Dragnet (TV)
- Racket Squad (TV)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV) → Pop Bradshaw
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV) → Peleg Brewster
- Goodbye, My Fancy → Professor Dingley
- Belle Le Grand → Corky McGee
- Lux Video Theatre (TV) → Eddie
- Woman on the Run → Maibus
- Buccaneer's Girl → Vegetable Seller
- The Jackpot → Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile → Lars Hansen
- Captain China → Geech
- The Big Steal → Julius Seton
- The Philco Television Playhouse (TV) → Gus Gruntle
- Hollow Triumph → Swangron
- Reaching from Heaven → The Stranger
- Alias a Gentleman → No End
- My Girl Tisa → Svenson
- 16 Fathoms Deep → Capt. Athos
- Song of Scheherazade → Lorenzo
- The Fugitive → A Refugee Doctor
- High Conquest → Peter Oberwalder Sr.
- Captain Kidd → Bart Blivens
- Adventure → Model T
- Roughly Speaking → Svend Olsen
- River Gang → Uncle Bill
- An American Romance → Anton Dubechek
- Dark Waters → Uncle Norbert
- The Impostor → Monge
- Casablanca → Berger
- Swing Shift Maisie → Horatio Curley
- Jungle Book → The Barber
- Tortilla Flat → Jose Maria Corcoran
- Larceny, Inc. → Sam Bachrach
- Arabian Nights → Aladdin
- Breakdowns of 1942 → Self
- All That Money Can Buy → Miser Stevens
- The Shepherd of the Hills → Coot Royal
- Million Dollar Baby → Dr. Patterson
- Out of the Fog → Olaf Johnson
- New Wine → Hasslinger's Clerk
- Model Wife → The Janitor
- His Girl Friday → Earl Williams
- The Grapes of Wrath → Muley Graves
- The Long Voyage Home → Axel
- Knute Rockne All American → Lars Knutson Rockne
- Blondie on a Budget → Ed Fuddle
- On Their Own → Peters
- Angels Over Broadway → Charles Engle
- Babies for Sale → Howard Anderson
- Youth Will Be Served → Clem Howie
- Saturday's Children → First Carpenter (uncredited)
- Ski Patrol → Gustaf
- Four Wives → Frank
- Stand Up and Fight → Davy
- Let Us Live → Dan (uncredited)
- Thunder Afloat → Milo
- Honeymoon in Bali → Meek Man (uncredited)
- Mickey the Kid → Mailman
- The Mad Miss Manton → Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
- The Chaser → Lars
- Joy of Living → Oswego
- Five of a Kind → Asa Wyatt
- The Strange Case of Dr. Meade → Stoner
- Nothing Sacred → Fireman (uncredited)
- She Had to Eat → Sleepy
- Seventh Heaven → Sewer Rat
- The Bad Man of Brimstone → Loco
- Fifty Roads to Town → Sheriff Dow
- Fit for a King → Otto
- Angel's Holiday → Waldo Everett
- Wife vs. Secretary → Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
- The Country Doctor → Asa Wyatt
- The Road to Glory → Duflous
- Meet Nero Wolfe → Olaf
- Girls' Dormitory → Toni
- Reunion → Asa Wyatt
- Ring Around the Moon → Bill Harvey
- Black Fury → Mike Shemanski
- Charlie Chan in Paris → Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
- Chasing Yesterday → Coccoz
- The Farmer Takes a Wife → Sol Tinker
- The Three Musketeers → Planchet
- Whipsaw → Will Dabson
- The Great Hotel Murder → Ole
- Doubting Thomas → Von Blitzen
- One More Spring → Auctioneer
- Thunder in the Night → Hotel Porter
- Orchids to You → Smith
- Man of Iron → Collins
- Silk Hat Kid → Mr. Fossbender
- Our Daily Bread → Chris (as John T. Qualen)
- Upperworld → Janitor
- Hi, Nellie! → Steve (uncredited)
- Sing and Like It → Oswald (as John M. Qualen)
- He Was Her Man → Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
- Straight Is the Way → Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
- Servants' Entrance → Detective
- 365 Nights in Hollywood → Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
- Counsellor at Law → Breitstein
- Let's Fall in Love → Bjorkman
- Let's Fall in Love → Svente Bjorkman
- Arrowsmith → Henry Novak (uncredited)
- Street Scene → Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)