Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Co-stars | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Love Me Tender | Clint Reno | Richard Egan, Debra Paget | (b&w) The only film in which Presley did not get top billing; also the only film he made where his character was killed on screen |
| 1957 | Loving You | Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers) | Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart | (color) The Jordanaires appear for the first time, and Presley's parents are in the audience |
| Jailhouse Rock | Vince Everett | Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy | Judy Tyler and her husband were killed in a car wreck on July 3, 1957, just days after filming ended; composer Mike Stoller appears as the band pianist; and D.J. Fontana, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black (Elvis' regular band at that time) also appear | |
| 1958 | King Creole | Danny Fisher | Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dean Jagger, Dolores Hart | (b&w) Based on a 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins; Presley's favorite of the films he made; and his last movie before going into the Army |
| 1960 | G.I. Blues | Tulsa McLean | Juliet Prowse | Elvis' first movie after his Army release; The 32nd Armored Division was Presley's regiment when he was in the Army, so it was used for the film; the soundtrack album went to No. 1 on Billboard and spent over two years (111 weeks) on the Billboard charts |
| Flaming Star | Pacer Burton | Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores del Rio, John McIntire | The second movie that Elvis' character dies, but after the outcry following Love Me Tender, Elvis' character rides into the wilderness to die offscreen; Andy Warhol's famous diptych of Presley as a cowboy came from a shot in this movie | |
| 1961 | Wild in the Country | Glenn Tyler | Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins | Millie Perkins broke her arm when she had to slap Presley's character |
| Blue Hawaii | Chad Gates | Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury | The soundtrack for this movie became Presley's most successful chart album, spending 20 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top LP's chart in 1961–62; Angela Lansbury plays the role of Elvis' mother, although in reality she was only nine years Elvis' senior | |
| 1962 | Follow That Dream | Toby Kwimper | Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm | Filmed in Citrus County, Florida and Levy County, Florida |
| Kid Galahad | Walter Gulick / Kid Galahad | Charles Bronson, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman | A remake of a 1937 film | |
| Girls! Girls! Girls! | Ross Carpenter | Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin | The only one of his feature films to be nominated for a Golden Globe | |
| 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Mike Edwards | Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu | Kurt Russell makes his movie debut as an uncredited kid who kicks Elvis in the shin (Russell would portray Elvis in the 1979 TV biopic Elvis) |
| Fun in Acapulco | Mike Windgren | Ursula Andress, Elsa Cardenas, Alejandro Rey, | Teri Garr makes her movie debut as dancer (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | Kissin' Cousins | Josh Morgan / Jodie Tatum | Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack Albertson, Pamela Austin, Yvonne Craig | Elvis' first dual role; Presley loathed the "strawberry blond" wig he had to wear as the hillbilly cousin in this film, in part because it made him look as he had before deciding to dye his hair black in 1957 |
| Viva Las Vegas | Lucky Jackson | Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest | Presley's most successful film at the box office, returning more than $9 million to MGM on an investment of less than $1 million; David Winters' first of four films he choreographed for Elvis | |
| Roustabout | Charlie Rogers | Barbara Stanwyck, Leif Erickson, Joan Freeman | Presley insisted on doing his own stunt work, including a fight scene in which he incurred a head wound; since a motorcycle accident had been filmed, it was decided to write the head wound into the script | |
| 1965 | Girl Happy | Rusty Wells | Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Mary Ann Mobley, Nita Talbot | Fabares' first of three films in which she co-starred with Elvis; Elvis would get so disgusted at the music he was given to sing, he wouldn't return to the studio for another session for eight months |
| Tickle Me | Lonnie Beale / Panhandle Kid | Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney | The only movie for which Presley did not record a new soundtrack; all songs had been recorded between 1960 and 1963 and already released | |
| Harum Scarum | Johnny Tyronne | Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries | Col. Tom Parker wanted a talking camel in the movie | |
| 1966 | Frankie and Johnny | Johnny | Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Anne Langdon | One of several movie variations based on the mid-19th century song of the same title |
| Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Rick Richards | Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Donna Butterworth | This was 10-year-old Donna Butterworth's second and final film | |
| Spinout | Mike McCoy | Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley, Carl Betz | The final film of veteran actress Una Merkel; President Lyndon Johnson visited Elvis on the set of this film | |
| 1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Lt. (j.g.) Ted Jackson | Dodie Marshall, Pat Priest, Pat Harrington, Jr., Elsa Lanchester | The ship featured in the first part of the movie is the USS Gallant, an ocean-going minesweeper |
| Double Trouble | Guy Lambert | Annette Day, John Williams, Norman Rossington | This was the only movie Annette Day ever made. | |
| Clambake | Scott Heyward | Shelley Fabares, Will Hutchins, Gary Merrill, Bill Bixby | The first of two films where Bixby co-stars with Presley—in this one, Bixby is the antagonist; the red sports car in this film is a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Racer | |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Joe Lightcloud | Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado | Elvis as an Indian rodeo rider; filmed after Speedway |
| Speedway | Steve Grayson | Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallert | Several parts of this movie were filmed on location at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, featuring cameos by several professional NASCAR drivers, including, among others, Richard Petty | |
| Live a Little, Love a Little | Greg Nolan | Michele Carey, Rudy Vallee, Don Porter, Dick Sargent | Albert, the Great Dane in the movie, was portrayed by Presley's real-life dog, Brutus; Presley's father appears uncredited as an model for one of the magazine photoshoots for one of the firms Presley's character works for | |
| 1969 | Charro! | Jess Wade | Ina Balin, Victor French | The only Presley film in which Elvis never sings a song, and the only one where he wears a beard; Gunsmoke producer Charles Marquis Warren was the director and screenwriter |
| The Trouble with Girls | Walter Hale | Marlyn Mason, Sheree North | Anissa Jones, best known for playing Buffy on the TV sitcom Family Affair, makes her only movie appearance; upon completion, Presley begins recording non-soundtrack material at American Sound Studios in Memphis | |
| Change of Habit | Dr. John Carpenter | Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, Edward Asner | Presley's only movie for Universal Studios and last feature film role; This was made a year before Tyler Moore and Asner would star in TV's Mary Tyler Moore Show | |
| 1970 | Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Himself | The Imperials, The Sweet Inspirations | Concert documentary; filmed during Presley's third season in Las Vegas |
| 1972 | Elvis On Tour | Himself | J.D. Sumner & The Stamps | Concert documentary; 1973 Golden Globe winner for Best Documentary film (it tied with Walls of Fire ) |
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