Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | This Is the Night | Stephen | |
| 1932 | Sinners in the Sun | Ridgeway | |
| 1932 | Singapore Sue | First Sailor | Short subject |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Charlie Baxter | UK title: Merrily We Go to _____ |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Lieutenant Jaeckel | |
| 1932 | Blonde Venus | Nick Townsend | |
| 1932 | Hot Saturday | Romer Sheffield | |
| 1932 | Madame Butterfly | Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton | |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Capt. Cummings | |
| 1933 | The Woman Accused | Jeffrey Baxter | |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Henry Crocker | |
| 1933 | Gambling Ship | Ace Corbin | |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Jack Clayton | |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | The Mock Turtle | |
| 1934 | Thirty-Day Princess | Porter Madison III | |
| 1934 | Born to Be Bad | Malcolm Trevor | |
| 1934 | Kiss and Make-Up | Dr. Maurice Lamar | |
| 1934 | Ladies Should Listen | Julian De Lussac | |
| 1935 | Enter Madame | Gerald Fitzgerald | |
| 1935 | Wings in the Dark | Ken Gordon | |
| 1935 | The Last Outpost | Michael Andrews | |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett | Jimmy Monkley | |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Det. Sgt. Danny Barr | |
| 1936 | Suzy | Andre | |
| 1936 | The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss | Ernest Bliss | Alternative titles: Romance and Riches The Amazing Adventure |
| 1936 | Wedding Present | Charlie | |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Jimmy Hudson | UK title: For You Alone |
| 1937 | Topper | George Kerby | |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Nicholas "Nick" Boyd | |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Jerry Warriner | |
| 1938 | Bringing up Baby | Dr. David Huxley | |
| 1938 | Holiday | John "Johnny" Case | |
| 1939 | Gunga Din | Sgt. Archibald Cutter | |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Geoff Carter | |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Alec Walker | |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Walter Burns | |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife | Nick | |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Matt Howard | UK title: The Tree of Liberty |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | C.K. Dexter Haven | |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | Roger Adams | nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1941 | Suspicion | Johnnie | |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Leopold Dilg aka Joseph | |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Patrick "Pat" O'Toole | |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky | Joe Adams/Joe Bascopolous | |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo | Capt. Cassidy | |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Jerry Flynn | |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Mortimer Brewster | |
| 1944 | None But the Lonely Heart | Ernie Mott | nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | himself (cameo) | |
| 1946 | Night and Day | Cole Porter | |
| 1946 | Notorious | T.R. Devlin | |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Dick | UK title: Bachelor Knight |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Dudley | |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Jim Blandings | |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Dr. Madison W. Brown | |
| 1949 | I Was a Male War Bride | Capt. Henri Rochard | UK title: You Can't Sleep Here |
| 1950 | Crisis | Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson | |
| 1951 | People Will Talk | Dr. Noah Praetorius | |
| 1952 | Room for One More | George "Poppy" Rose | |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Dr. Barnaby Fulton | |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Clemson Reade | |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | John Robie | |
| 1957 | The Pride and the Passion | Anthony | |
| 1957 | An Affair to Remember | Nickie Ferrante | |
| 1957 | Kiss Them for Me | Cmdr. Andy Crewson | |
| 1958 | Indiscreet | Philip Adams | nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Tom Winters | |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Roger O. Thornhill | |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman | nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1960 | The Grass Is Greener | Victor Rhyall, Earl | nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1962 | That Touch of Mink | Philip Shayne | nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1963 | Charade | Peter Joshua / Alexander Dyle / Adam Canfield / Brian Cruikshank | nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1964 | Father Goose | Walter Christopher Eckland | |
| 1966 | Walk, Don't Run | Sir William Rutland |
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