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- Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You → Self (archive footage)
- Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood → Self (archive footage)
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel → Self / Various roles (archive footage)
- Complicated Women → Self (archive footage)
- The Mesmerist → The Innkeeper (archive footage)
- D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life → Self (archive footage)
- Super Duper Bloopers → Self
- That's Entertainment, Part II → (archive footage)
- Hooray for Hollywood → Self (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! → (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory → Self (archive footage)
- Brasileiros em Hollywood → Self (archive footage)
- Our Mr. Sun → Father Time (voice)
- MGM Parade (TV)
- MGM Parade (TV) → Self
- MGM Parade (TV) → self
- Film Fun → (archive footage)
- Main Street to Broadway → Self
- Yesterday and Today → (archive footage)
- Lone Star → Andrew Jackson
- Bannerline → Hugo Trimble
- The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story → Himself - Giving Introduction
- Screen Actors → Self (uncredited)
- Right Cross → Sean O'Malley
- Down to the Sea in Ships → Bering Joy
- Malaya → John Manchester
- Breakdowns of 1949 → Self
- Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership → Himself
- The Ed Sullivan Show (TV) → Self
- Key Largo → James Temple
- Dark Delusion → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The Way of the World → Grizzley Fallon (Archive Footage)
- It's a Wonderful Life → Mr. Potter
- Duel in the Sun → Sen. Jackson McCanles
- The Secret Heart → Dr. Rossiger
- Three Wise Fools → Dr. Richard Gaunght
- The Valley of Decision → Pat Rafferty
- Between Two Women → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- A Guy Named Joe → The General
- Since You Went Away → Clergyman
- Dragon Seed → Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Twenty Years After → (archive footage)
- 3 Men in White → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith → Gramps
- Calling Dr. Gillespie → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Tennessee Johnson → Thaddeus Stevens
- Dr. Kildare's Victory → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The Bad Man → Uncle Henry Jones
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The People Vs. Dr. Kildare → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Lady Be Good → Judge Murdock
- The Penalty → 'Grandpop' Logan
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards → Self (archive footage)
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound → Self
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- The Stars Look Down → Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World → Self
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- On Borrowed Time → Julian Northrup aka Gramps
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- Land of Liberty → (archive footage)
- Calling Dr. Kildare → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- From the Ends of the Earth → Self
- Let Freedom Ring → Thomas Logan
- The Movies March On → Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
- You Can't Take It with You → Martin Vanderhof
- A Yank at Oxford → Dan Sheridan
- Test Pilot → Howard B. Drake
- Young Dr. Kildare → Dr. Leonard Gillespie
- A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore → Self
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 → Lionel Barrymore
- Captains Courageous → Captain Disko Troop
- Saratoga → Grandpa Clayton
- A Family Affair → Judge Hardy
- Navy Blue and Gold → Captain 'Skinny' Dawes
- Camille → Monsieur Duval
- The Road to Glory → Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
- The Gorgeous Hussy → Andrew Jackson
- The Devil-Doll → Paul Lavond
- The Voice of Bugle Ann → Springfield Davis
- David Copperfield → Dan Peggotty
- Mark of the Vampire → Professor Zelin
- The Little Colonel → Colonel Lloyd
- Ah, Wilderness! → Nat Miller
- Public Hero Number 1 → Dr. Josiah Glass
- The Return Of Peter Grimm → Peter Grimm
- Treasure Island → Billy Bones
- The Girl from Missouri → T.R. Paige
- Carolina → Bob Connelly
- This Side of Heaven → Martin Turner
- Dinner at Eight → Oliver Jordan
- Night Flight → Robineau
- One Man's Journey → Eli Watt
- Sweepings → Daniel Pardway
- Looking Forward → Tim Benton
- The Stranger's Return → Grandpa Cyrus Tatum Storr
- Christopher Bean → Dr. Milton Haggett
- Should Ladies Behave → Augustus Merrick
- Grand Hotel → Otto Kringelein
- Broken Lullaby → Dr. H. Holderlin
- Rasputin and the Empress → Grigori Rasputin
- Arsène Lupin → Detective Guerchard
- The Washington Masquerade → Jefferson "Jeff" Keane
- The Movie Album → (archive footage)
- Mata Hari → General Serge Shubin
- A Free Soul → Stephen Ashe
- The Christmas Party → Himself (uncredited)
- The Yellow Ticket → Baron Igor Andreeff
- Guilty Hands → Richard Grant
- Free and Easy → Bedroom Scene
- Estrellados → Self (Guest Appearance)
- The Mysterious Island → Andre Dakkar
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 → Self - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited)
- West of Zanzibar → Crane
- Sadie Thompson → Alfred Davidson
- Drums of Love → Duke Cathos de Alvia
- Road House → Henry Grayson
- The Lion and the Mouse → John Ryder
- Alias Jimmy Valentine → Doyle
- The River Woman → Bill Lefty
- The Show → The Greek
- Women Love Diamonds → Hugo Harlan
- Body and Soul → Dr. Leyden
- The Thirteenth Hour → Prof. Leroy
- The Bells → Mathias
- The Temptress → Canterac
- Brooding Eyes → Slim Jim Carey
- The Barrier → Stark Bennett
- Wife Tamers → Mr. Barry
- The Lucky Lady → Count Ferranzo
- Paris at Midnight → Vautrin
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ → Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- The Woman Who Did → Allan Merrick
- The Splendid Road → Dan Clehollis
- The Wrongdoers → Daniel Abbott
- The Girl Who Wouldn't Work → Gordon Kent
- A Man of Iron → Philip Durban
- Children of the Whirlwind → Joe Ellison
- Fifty-Fifty → Frederick Harmon
- America → Capt. Walter Butler
- Meddling Women → Edwin Ainsworth / John Wells (duel role)
- Decameron Nights → Saladin
- I Am the Man → James McQuade
- Enemies of Women → Prince Lubimoff
- The Eternal City → Baron Bonelli
- Unseeing Eyes → Conrad Dean
- The Face in the Fog → Boston Blackie Dawson
- Boomerang Bill → Boomerang Bill
- Jim the Penman → James Ralston
- The Great Adventure → Priam Farll
- The Devil's Garden → William Dale
- The Copperhead → Milt Shanks
- The Master Mind → Henry Allen
- The End of the Tour → Byron Bennett
- The Millionaire's Double → Bide Bennington
- National Red Cross Pageant
- His Father's Son → J. Dabney Barro
- The Upheaval → Jim Gordon
- Dorian's Divorce → Richard Dorian
- The Quitter → Happy Jack Lewis
- The Brand of Cowardice → Cyril Hamilton
- Wildfire → John Keefe
- The Romance of Elaine → Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
- A Yellow Streak → Barry Dale
- Dora Thorne → Lord Earle
- The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde → Judge Randolph Legarde
- The Flaming Sword → Steve
- A Modern Magdalen → Lindsay
- Judith of Bethulia → Extra (uncredited)
- Strongheart → Billy Saunders
- Her Father's Silent Partner
- Classmates → Bubby Dumble
- The Power of the Press → Steve Carson
- The Woman in Black → Robert Crane
- The Exploits of Elaine
- Men and Women → Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens
- The Cracksman's Gratitude
- The Seats of the Mighty → Monsieur Doltaire
- Under the Gaslight → William Byke
- Woman Against Woman → Gilbert Craven
- The Span of Life → Richard Blunt
- The Bartered Crown → The Landlord
- The Wanderer → The Male Lover
- The Mirror → Daisy's Father
- The Vengeance of Galora
- All for Science → Detective
- The Ranchero's Revenge → The Ranchero
- A Gamble with Death → Jim Benton, the Bartender
- So Runs the Way
- The Well → The Farmer
- In Diplomatic Circles → The Japanese Ambassador
- Three Friends → Second Friend
- A Misunderstood Boy → The Father
- The Wrong Bottle → The Father
- I Was Meant for You → Lavina's Father
- The Lady and the Mouse → The Father
- The House of Darkness → The Doctor
- The Enemy's Baby → Postmaster Ben Brown
- An Indian's Loyalty → The Cattle Buyer
- The Little Tease → In Bar
- Red Hicks Defies the World → The Referee
- An Adventure in the Autumn Woods → The Father
- The Switchtower → First Counterfeiter
- The Perfidy of Mary → Mary's Father
- Death's Marathon → The Financial Backer
- Oil and Water → The Idealist's Friend
- The Telephone Girl and the Lady → The Desk Sergeant
- The Stolen Treaty → The Japanese Diplomat
- The Sheriff's Baby → Third Bandit
- A Timely Interception → Uncle James - The Farmer's Brother
- The Tender Hearted Boy → (uncredited)
- Fate → Father, Loving Family
- The House of Discord → The Husband
- Near To Earth → Gato
- Almost a Wild Man → In Audience (uncredited)
- The Unwelcome Guest → At Auction (uncredited)
- The Strong Man's Burden → John - the Elder Brother
- Under the Shadow of the Law → Charles Darnton - the Employer
- The Work Habit → The Father
- The Suffragette Minstrels → (unconfirmed)
- Love in an Apartment Hotel → In Hotel Lobby
- A Chance Deception → 2nd Policeman
- The Crook and the Girl → The Nephew
- The Yaqui Cur → The Easterner
- Pa Says → Teddy's Rival
- Just Gold → The Stay-at-Home Brother
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley → The Musician's Friend
- The Informer → Union Soldier
- The New York Hat → Minister
- Brutality → At Wedding
- My Baby → At table
- My Hero
- The Burglar’s Dilemma → The Householder
- So Near, Yet So Far → In Club
- The Chief's Blanket → The Young Man
- Friends → Grizzley Fallon - Dandy Jack's Friend
- The Painted Lady → At Ice Cream Festival
- The God Within → The Woman of the Camp's Lover
- Heredity → Woodsman
- Gold and Glitter → The Lover
- The One She Loved → The Neighbor
- A Cry for Help → The Tramp
- The Battle → Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- The Miser's Heart → Jules - the Thief
- Fighting Blood
- The White Caps