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- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her → Self (archive footage)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → Self (archive footage)
- MGM Parade (TV)
- The Judge Steps Out → Colonel Bright (uncredited)
- That's My Man → Steward
- That Hagen Girl → Mr. Bowman (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy's Dilemma → Peter Premium
- My Darling Clementine → Saloon Owner (uncredited)
- The Cat Creeps → James Walsh
- The Plainsman and the Lady → Russell
- Ding Dong Williams → Mr. Saul Dana
- Blonde Alibi → Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf → Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)
- They Were Expendable → Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Dillinger → Bank President (uncredited)
- See My Lawyer → Judge
- Circumstantial Evidence → Board of Appeals Chairman
- Tell It to a Star → Brannigan
- Sing Your Way Home → F.T. Johnson
- The Man Who Walked Alone → Governor
- Blonde Ransom → Police Captain
- In Society → Parker
- Up in Arms → Maxwell (uncredited)
- Make Your Own Bed → Mr. Linklater
- Greenwich Village → Dance Director
- Shine on Harvest Moon → Tim Donovan (uncredited)
- A Night of Adventure → Gilbert J. Regan (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow → Senator (uncredited)
- The Good Fellows → Blake
- Truck Busters → Stephen S. Gray
- Hers to Hold → Al
- Calaboose → Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)
- Murder on the Waterfront → Capt. Towne
- Over the Wall → Warden Ed
- Gentleman Jim → Donovan (uncredited)
- Larceny, Inc. → McCarthy
- The Affairs of Martha → Homer Jacell
- In This Our Life → Jim Purdy
- The Male Animal → Alumnus
- The Magnificent Dope → Mr. Reindel
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine → Cyrus Ballard
- Over My Dead Body → Crole (as William Davidson)
- Careful, Soft Shoulders → Mr. Aldrich
- Hold That Ghost → Moose Matson
- The Great Man's Lady → Sen. Knobs
- Sun Valley Serenade → Jack Murray
- Week-End in Havana → Captain Moss
- In the Navy → Capt. Richards (uncredited)
- Highway West → Gorman
- Keep 'Em Flying → Gonigle
- Remember the Day → Committeeman
- Thieves Fall Out → Harrison "Harry" Eckles
- The Lady from Cheyenne → Nye Dunbar
- Man-Made Monster → District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley
- Three Sons o' Guns → Henry Baxter
- Uncle Joe → Mr. Day
- Three Girls About Town → Labor Leader
- Seven Sinners → Police Chief
- Florian → Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Lillian Russell → President Cleveland
- My Little Chickadee → Sheriff of Little Bend (uncredited)
- San Francisco Docks → Dist. Atty. Craig
- Lady with Red Hair → Stock Company Manager (uncredited)
- Maryland → John Addison
- On Their Own → Judge Bull
- Hired Wife → Mumford (as William Davidson)
- Tin Pan Alley → Hotel Manager
- Granny Get Your Gun → Fitzgerald
- Girl in 313 → George Grayson
- Charter Pilot → Mr. Wentworth
- My Love Came Back → Agent
- A Night at Earl Carroll's → Mayor Green of San Bernardino
- Half a Sinner → Slick
- Sailor's Lady → Judge Hinsdale
- Sandy Gets Her Man → Councilman Charles J. Clark
- Dust Be My Destiny → Work Farm Warden
- Invisible Stripes → Montgomery (uncredited)
- They Made Me a Criminal → Ennis
- Each Dawn I Die → Bill Mason
- Blondie Meets the Boss → Elderly Man in Café (uncredited)
- Off the Record → Scotty
- Naughty But Nice → Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher
- Honeymoon in Bali → Store Detective
- Sudden Money → Sam
- Indianapolis Speedway → Duncan Martin
- Tail Spin → Sales Manager (Uncredited)
- Blackwell's Island → Hempel
- Private Detective → Inspector Evans
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up → Stock Broker
- Smashing the Money Ring → Warden Denby
- Hidden Power → Foster
- On Trial → Mr. Gray
- The Honeymoon's Over → Crane
- The Jury's Secret → Page
- Hollywood Hotel → Director Kelton
- You and Me → N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)
- Racket Busters → Trucking Chairman (uncredited)
- Illegal Traffic → Dalton
- Sergeant Murphy → Maj. Gruff (uncredited)
- Cowboy from Brooklyn → Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey
- Cocoanut Grove → Hawtrey
- Blockade → Commandant
- There Goes My Heart → Skipper Jackson (uncredited)
- Letter of Introduction → Mr. Raleigh (uncredited)
- Mr. Doodle Kicks Off → Ellory Bugs
- Marked Woman → Bob Crandall
- The Hurricane → The Bully (uncredited)
- Easy Living → Mr. Hyde
- Ever Since Eve → Henderson
- Midnight Court → Alfred H. Kruger
- The Road Back → Bartscher
- Behind the Mike → Cyrus Wittles
- Love on Toast → Jonathan
- Let Them Live → The Editor
- Something to Sing About → Mr. Richards (as William Davidson)
- Paradise Isle → Hoener
- It Happened in Hollywood → Al Howard
- Melody for Two → Mr. Hale
- Marry the Girl → Drake
- Fatal Lady → Detective (uncredited)
- The Singing Kid → Barney Hammond
- Gold Diggers of 1937 → Andy Callahan
- Earthworm Tractors → Mr. Jackson
- Road Gang → Attorney General Mardsen
- You May Be Next! → Official (uncredited)
- Love on a Bet → A.W. Hutchinson
- Murder by an Aristocrat → Bayard Thatcher
- Satan Met a Lady → City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)
- The Big Noise → Welford Andrews
- Dangerous → Reed Walsh
- Bordertown → Dr. Carter
- Special Agent → Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
- Woman Wanted → Collins
- Devil Dogs of the Air → Adjutant
- Show Them No Mercy! → Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson)
- Go Into Your Dance → Tom McGee
- Redheads on Parade → Theatre Manager
- Sweet Music → Billie Madison
- Straight from the Heart → Prosecuting Attorney
- Oil for the Lamps of China → E.H. Swaley
- In Person → Director Bill Sutter (uncredited)
- A Night at the Ritz → Connolly
- Death Flies East → Police Captain Barrie
- Imitation of Life → Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)
- Upperworld → City Editor (uncredited)
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney → Stephen Prime
- The Dragon Murder Case → Greeff
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head → Charles (as William Davidson)
- The Secret Bride → Representative McPherson
- The St. Louis Kid → Joe Hunter
- Fog Over Frisco → Editor Joe Hogue
- Laughing Boy → Hartshone (as William Davidson)
- Housewife → Nan's Attorney
- The Big Shakedown → District Attorney (uncredited)
- Lady Killer → Director Williams
- Female → Department Head (Uncredited)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum → Detective (Uncredited)
- I'm No Angel → Ernest Brown
- Meet the Baron → General Broadcasting Representative
- The Intruder → Det. Lt. Samson
- Torch Singer → Jarrett
- The Billion Dollar Scandal → Jim Lawrence
- Hello, Everybody! → Mr. Parker
- Dangerously Yours → George Carr
- How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action → Himself
- Scarface → Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
- The Most Dangerous Game → Captain
- The Thirteenth Guest → Police Captain Brown (uncredited)
- Is My Face Red? → O'Sullivan
- Central Park → Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Sky Devils → Captain
- The Sport Parade → Kendricks (uncredited)
- The Animal Kingdom → Chess Player
- The Pride of the Legion → Sgt. Arnold
- Guilty or Not Guilty → Chief
- The Menace → John Utterson
- The Lost Squadron → Lelewer
- Her Mad Night → District Attorney
- Dishonored
- No Limit → Wilkie
- Graft → M.H. Thomas
- The Vice Squad → Magistrate Tom Morrison
- The Secret Call → Jim Blake
- Captain Applejack → Bill Dennett
- Half Holiday → Jerry - Andy's Pal
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots' → Himself - Golfer
- Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
- Hell's Angels → Staff Major
- The Silver Horde → Tom Hilliard
- Scarlet Pages → Jackson
- A Man from Wyoming → Major
- The Costello Case → Saunders
- Sunny → First Ship's Officer
- Playboy of Paris → Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)
- For the Defense → Dist. Atty. Stone
- Oh, for a Man! → Kerry Stokes
- Hook, Line and Sinker → Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
- Men Are Like That → Frank Hyland
- Woman Trap → Watts
- The Carnation Kid → Blythe
- Blaze o' Glory → District Attorney (as William Davidson)
- Queen of the Night Clubs → Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson)
- Always Faithful → George W. Mason
- Good Morning, Judge → Elton (as William Davidson)
- Sharp Tools
- Cradle Snatchers → Roy Ladd
- A Gentleman of Paris → Henri Dufour
- The Last Trail → Kurt Morley
- Hearts and Spurs → Victor Dufresne
- Ports of Call → Randolph Sherman
- Recompense → Col. Donovan
- Women and Gold → Señor Ortego
- The Valley of Doubt → Macy
- The Storm Daughter → Rennert
- Adam and Eva → Dr. Delamater
- The Dumb-Bell
- The Girl from Nowhere → Jimmy Ryder
- Nobody → John Rossmore
- Partners of the Night → Robert Clifford
- Lure of Ambition → Hon. Cyril Ralston
- The Capitol → Congressman Blake
- A Woman There Was → Rev. Winthrop Stark
- La belle Russe → Brand
- Impossible Catherine → John Henry Jackson
- The Gold Cure → Michael Darcy
- Why I Would Not Marry → Undetermined Role
- In Pursuit of Polly → Larry O'Malley
- Ashes of Love
- Our Little Wife → Dr. Elliott
- Friend Husband → John Sparr
- The White Raven → The Stranger
- The Greatest Power → John Conrad
- Mary Lawson's Secret → Dr. Brundage
- The Lifted Veil → Malcolm Grant
- A Modern Cinderella
- Persuasive Peggy → Ed Trowbridge
- American Maid → David Starr
- Her Second Husband → John Kirby
- The Call of Her People → Nicholas Van Kleet
- Lady Barnacle → Krishna Dhwaj
- A Magdalene of the Hills → Bud Weaver
- More Truth Than Poetry → Allen Danby
- Her Debt of Honor → John Hartfield
- The Pretenders → Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
- Dorian's Divorce → Henry Morgan (as William Davidson)
- In the Diplomatic Service → Lynn Hardi
- The Price of Malice → Capt. Mills
- The Child of Destiny → Calvin Baker
- A Yellow Streak → Jack Rader
- For the Honor of the Crew → Robert Brent