Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | The Murder Man | Shorty | Tim Whelan | — |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | John Flower | W. S. Van Dyke | — |
| Next Time We Love | Christopher Tyler | Edward H. Griffith | — | |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Dave | Clarence Brown | — | |
| Small Town Girl | Elmer | William A. Wellman | — | |
| Speed | Terry Martin | Edwin L. Marin | — | |
| The Gorgeous Hussy | Roderick "Rowdy" Dow | Clarence Brown | — | |
| Born to Dance | Ted Barker | Roy Del Ruth | — | |
| After the Thin Man | David Graham | W. S. Van Dyke | — | |
| 1937 | Seventh Heaven | Chico | Henry King | — |
| The Last Gangster | Paul North Sr. | Edward Ludwig | — | |
| Navy Blue and Gold | John "Truck Cross/John Cross Carter | Sam Wood | — | |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Jason Wilkins | Clarence Brown | — |
| Vivacious Lady | Prof. Peter Morgan Jr. | George Stevens | — | |
| The Shopworn Angel | Pvt. William "Texas" Pettigrew | H. C. Potter | — | |
| You Can't Take It With You | Tony Kirby | Frank Capra | — | |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | John Horace "Johnny" Mason | John Cromwell | — |
| The Ice Follies of 1939 | Larry Hall | Reinhold Schünzel | — | |
| It's a Wonderful World | Guy Johnson | W. S. Van Dyke | — | |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jefferson Smith | Frank Capra | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor |
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| Destry Rides Again | Thomas Jefferson Destry Jr. | George Marshall | — | |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner | Alfred Kralik | Ernst Lubitsch | — |
| The Mortal Storm | Martin Breitner | Frank Borzage | — | |
| No Time for Comedy | Gaylord "Gay" Esterbrook | William Keighley | — | |
| The Philadelphia Story | Macaulay "Mike" Connor | George Cukor | Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me | Bill Smith | Clarence Brown | — |
| Pot o' Gold | James Hamilton "Jimmy" Haskel | George Marshall | — | |
| Ziegfeld Girl | Gilbert "Gil" Young | Robert Z. Leonard | — | |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | George Bailey | Frank Capra | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1947 | Magic Town | Lawrence "Rip" Smith | William A. Wellman | — |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | P.J. McNeal | Henry Hathaway | — |
| On Our Merry Way | Slim | King Vidor Leslie Fenton John Huston George Stevens |
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| Rope | Rupert Cadell | Alfred Hitchcock | — | |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Marvin Payne | H.C. Potter | — | |
| 1949 | The Stratton Story | Monty Stratton | Sam Wood | — |
| Malaya | John Royer | Richard Thorpe | — | |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 | Lin McAdam | Anthony Mann | — |
| Broken Arrow | Tom Jeffords | Delmer Daves | — | |
| Harvey | Elwood P. Dowd | Henry Koster | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
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| The Jackpot | Bill Lawrence | Walter Lang | — | |
| 1951 | No Highway in the Sky | Theodore Honey | Henry Koster | — |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Buttons | Cecil B. DeMille | — |
| Bend of the River | Glyn McLyntock | Anthony Mann | — | |
| Carbine Williams | David Marshall "Marsh" Williams | Richard Thorpe | — | |
| 1953 | The Naked Spur | Howard Kemp | Anthony Mann | — |
| Thunder Bay | Steve Martin | Anthony Mann | — | |
| The Glenn Miller Story | Glenn Miller | Anthony Mann | Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor | |
| 1954 | Rear Window | L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries | Alfred Hitchcock | — |
| The Far Country | Jeff Webster | Anthony Mann | — | |
| 1955 | Strategic Air Command | Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland | Anthony Mann | — |
| The Man from Laramie | Will Lockhart | Anthony Mann | — | |
| Artists and Models | Man on balcony | Frank Tashlin | Cameo | |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Dr. Ben McKenna | Alfred Hitchcock | — |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Augustus "Slim" Lindbergh | Billy Wilder | — |
| Night Passage | Grant McLaine | James Neilson | — | |
| 1958 | Vertigo | Det. John "Scottie" Ferguson | Alfred Hitchcock | San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| Bell, Book and Candle | Shepherd "Shep" Henderson | Richard Quine | — | |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Paul Biegler | Otto Preminger | Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor |
| The FBI Story | John Michael "Chip" Hardesty | Mervyn LeRoy | — | |
| 1960 | The Mountain Road | Major Baldwin | Daniel Mann | — |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Marshal Guthrie McCabe | John Ford | Nominated - Laurel Award for Top Action Performance |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Ransom Stoddard | John Ford | Bronze Wrangler for Theatrical Motion Picture |
| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Roger Hobbs | Henry Koster | Silver Bear for Best Actor Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated - Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
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| How the West Was Won | Linus Rawlings | Henry Hathaway | — | |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine | Frank Michaelson | Henry Koster | Nominated - Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Wyatt Earp | John Ford | — |
| 1965 | Dear Brigitte | Prof. Robert Leaf | Henry Koster | — |
| Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | Andrew McLaglen | — | |
| The Flight of the Phoenix | Capt. Frank Towns | Robert Aldrich | — | |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed | Sam Burnett | Andrew McLaglen | — |
| 1968 | Firecreek | Johnny Cobb | Vincent McEveety | — |
| Bandolero! | Mace Bishop | Andrew McLaglen | — | |
| 1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club | John O'Hanlan | Gene Kelly | — |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade | Mattie Appleyard | Andrew McLaglen | — |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Dr. E.W. Hostetler | Don Siegel | — |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Philip Stevens | Jerry Jameson | — |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | General Sternwood | Michael Winner | — |
| The Magic of Lassie | Clovis Mitchell | Don Chaffey | — | |
| 1981 | Afurika Monogatari (A Tale of Africa, released in the U. S. as The Green Horizon) | Old Man | Susumu Hani | — |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Wylie Burp | Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells |
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| ^ I denotes film preservation in the United States National Film Registry. | ||||
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