| The French Maid | |
| Through the Breakers | At the Club |
| The Golden Supper | Courtier / Monk |
| A Plain Song | At Station |
| Sunshine Sue | Head of the Sweatshop |
| Winning Back His Love | At Stage Door |
| The Adventures of Billy | First Tramp |
| The Battle | A Union Soldier |
| Conscience | Policeman |
| A Decree of Destiny | At the Club / At the Wedding |
| The Diving Girl | A Bather |
| The Failure | A Bank Employee |
| Fate's Turning | The Valet |
| Heart Beats of Long Ago | Courtier |
| Her Awakening | Accident Witness |
| In the Days of '49 | |
| The Italian Barber | At Ball |
| The Lily of the Tenements | |
| The Long Road | A Servant / The Landlord |
| The Making of a Man | Actor / Backstage |
| The Miser's Heart | Policeman |
| Out from the Shadow | At Dance |
| The Poor Sick Men | Policeman |
| The Primal Call | |
| The Squaw's Love | Extra |
| Swords and Hearts | At Frazier House / Bushwacker |
| The Two Paths | Footman |
| What Shall We Do with Our Old? | Night Court Bailiff |
| The White Rose of the Wilds | |
| A Wreath of Orange Blossoms | A Servant / In Office |
| The Eternal Mother | In Field |
| In the Elemental World | The Husband |
| The Inner Circle | |
| The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Rival Gang Member |
| Black and White | |
| By Man's Law | Brother Owner |
| The Mothering Heart | Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) |
| Near to Earth | |
| Olaf-An Atom | The Beggar |
| Pirate Gold | |
| The Sheriff's Baby | |
| Two Men of the Desert | |
| Another Chance | |
| Another Chance | |
| Ashes of the Past | |
| At Dawn | |
| The Availing Prayer | |
| The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| The Battle of the Sexes | Frank Andrews |
| At Dawn | |
| Down the Hill to Creditville | |
| Down the Hill to Creditville | |
| The Escape | 'Bull' McGee |
| The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part | |
| Her Father's Silent Partner | |
| Her Mother's Necklace | |
| Her Mother's Necklace | |
| Home, Sweet Home | The Mother's Son |
| A Lesson in Mechanics | |
| The Little Country Mouse | |
| The Mountain Rat | Steve |
| The Mysterious Shot | |
| The Mysterious Shot | |
| The Newer Woman | |
| The Newer Woman | |
| The Niggard | |
| The Niggard | |
| Over the Ledge | |
| Sands of Fate | |
| The Sisters | |
| The Soul of Honor | |
| The Tavern of Tragedy | |
| The Tavern of Tragedy | |
| Their First Acquaintance | |
| Their First Acquaintance | (unconfirmed) |
| The Warning | |
| The Warning | |
| The Birth of a Nation | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
| The Blue or the Gray | |
| The Commanding Officer | Col. Archer (the Commandant) |
| The Foundling | (scenes deleted) |
| A Girl of Yesterday | A.H. Monroe |
| How Hazel Got Even | |
| The Love Route | Harry Marshall |
| May Blossom | Steve Harland |
| An Old-Fashioned Girl | |
| An Old-Fashioned Girl | |
| Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) |
| Ramona | |
| Ramona | Jim Farrar (as James Needham) |
| The Bond Between | |
| The Countess Charming | |
| Eyes of the World | |
| His Sweetheart | |
| Joan the Woman | |
| Lost in Transit | |
| The Marcellini Millions | |
| The Clever Mrs. Carfax | |
| Believe Me, Xantippe | |
| The Firefly of France | |
| The Goat | |
| The House of Silence | |
| Jules of the Strong Heart | |
| Less Than Kin | |
| Rimrock Jones | |
| Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Battling Burrows |
| It Pays to Advertise | |
| Johnny Get Your Gun | |
| Love Insurance | |
| The Poor Boob | |
| Putting It Over | |
| Something to Do | |
| Under the Top | |
| Venus in the East | |
| A Very Good Young Man | |
| The Way of a Man with a Maid | |
| Why Smith Left Home | |
| Held by the Enemy | |
| Miss Hobbs | |
| The Six Best Cellars | |
| Too Much Johnson | |
| Appearances | |
| The Barbarian | |
| The Bonnie Brier Bush | |
| The Bonnie Brier Bush | Lachlan Campbell |
| The Princess of New York | |
| Tell Your Children | |
| Ponjola | |
| The Navigator | |
| The Navigator | Face on picture at porthole (uncredited) |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Sebastian |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Sebastian |
| The Black Pirate | MacTavish |
| Sunny Side Up | |
| Young April | |
| Dress Parade | |
| The Fighting Eagle | |
| Man Bait | |
| Nobody's Widow | |
| Vanity | |
| The Cop | |
| The River Pirate | Caxton |
| Stand and Deliver | |
| Stand and Deliver | London Club Member (uncredited) |
| The Viking | Leif Ericsson |
| The Pagan | Mr. Roger Slater |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Colonel Moran |
| Trent's Last Case | Sigsbee Manderson |
| The Runaway Bride | |
| Scotland Yard | Charles Fox |
| Kick In | Police Commisioner Harvey |
| Svengali | The Laird |
| A Passport to Hell | Sgt. Snyder |
| Red Dust | Guidon |
| Broadway Bad | Darrall |
| British Agent | Marshall O'Reilly (scenes deleted) |
| The Crime Doctor | District Attorney |
| The Key | Peadar Conlan |
| The Life of Vergie Winters | Mike Davey |
| The Little Minister | Doctor McQueen |
| What Every Woman Knows | Mr. David Wylie |
| Laddie | Mr. Pryor |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Burkitt |
| Oil for the Lamps of China | J.T. McCarger |
| Vanessa: Her Love Story | George, the Inn Owner |
| Beloved Enemy | Liam Burke |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Col. Campbell |
| Mary of Scotland | Lord Huntley |
| The White Angel | Dr. Hunt |
| A Woman Rebels | Judge Byron Thistlewaite |
| Confession | Presiding Judge |
| The Great O'Malley | Police Captain Cromwell |
| Parnell | Michael Davitt |
| That Certain Woman | Jack V. Merrick Sr. |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Police Inspector Lewis Lane |
| The Beloved Brat | Mr. John Morgan |
| Comet Over Broadway | Joe Grant |
| The Dawn Patrol | Phipps |
| Jezebel | Dr. Livingstone |
| Sergeant Murphy | Colonel Todd Carruthers |
| The Sisters | Tim Hazelton |
| Valley of the Giants | Andy Stone |
| Daughters Courageous | Samuel 'Sam' Sloane |
| Juarez | Gen. Marechal Achille Bazaine |
| The Oklahoma Kid | Judge Hardwick |
| The Old Maid | Dr. Lanskell |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Francis Bacon |
| Sons of Liberty | Alexander McDougall |
| Wuthering Heights | Dr. Kenneth |
| Brother Orchid | Brother Superior |
| City for Conquest | Scotty MacPherson |
| Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Minister Althoff |
| Knute Rockne All American | Father John Callahan |
| The Sea Hawk | Sir John Burleson |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Sir Charles Emery |
| How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Morgan |
| Shining Victory | Dr. Drewett |
| The Battle of Midway | Main narrator (voice) |
| The Gay Sisters | Ralph Pedloch |
| Forever and a Day | Capt. Martin |
| Lassie Come Home | Sam Carraclough |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | J.B. Pond |
| National Velvet | Mr. Brown |
| The Uninvited | Commander Beech |
| Son of Lassie | Sam Carraclough |
| The Valley of Decision | William Scott |
| Ramrod | Sheriff Jim Crew |
| Hills of Home | Drumsheugh |
| Whispering Smith | Barney Rebstock |
| Challenge to Lassie | 'Jock' Gray |
| Bright Leaf | Major Singleton |
| Home Town Story | John MacFarland |
| Prince Valiant | King Aguar |
| The Long Gray Line | Old Martin |
| The Man from Laramie | Alec Waggoman |
| Drango | Judge Allen |
| Saddle the Wind | Dennis Deneen |
| The Last Hurrah | Cardinal Martin Burke |
| A Dog of Flanders | Jehan Daas |
| Pollyanna | Mayor Karl Warren |
| Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog | James Brown |
| Spencer's Mountain | Grandpa Spencer |
| Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) |
| The Clever Mrs. Carfax | |
| The Cook of Canyon Camp | |
| The Cook of Canyon Camp | |
| The Cook of Canyon Camp | |
| A Roadside Impresario | |
| Hamlet - Act I: Scene V | Marcellus |
| Screen Actors | Himself (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth | (archive footage) |
| The Blue or the Gray | First Rival |
| For Auld Lang Syne | Himself - 2nd M.C. introducing Paul Muni (uncredited) |
| The 25th Annual Academy Awards | Himself |
| Help Wanted | In Corridor |
| The Birthday Present | |
| The Bracelet | |