Partial Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Fighting Blood | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| The Battle | wagon driver | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| The Miser's Heart | Directed by D. W. Griffith | |||
| 1912 | Friends | Grizzley Fallon (Dandy Jack's friend) | Directed by D. W. Griffith | |
| The Chief's Blanket | Directed by D. W. Griffith | |||
| Heredity | woodsman | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| The New York Hat | minister | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| 1913 | The Tender Hearted Boy | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| Oil and Water | In First Audience/In Second Audience/Visitor | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| Almost a Wild Man | In audience | |||
| The Work Habit | The father | |||
| The Strong Man's Burden | John | |||
| The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Directed by D. W. Griffith | |||
| Death's Marathon | The Financial Backer | Directed by D. W. Griffith | ||
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | extra | Directed by D. W. Griffith | |
| Strongheart | Billy Saunders | |||
| 1917 | The Millionaire's Double | |||
| 1920 | The Copperhead | Title role | ||
| 1921 | The Great Adventure | Priam Farll | ||
| 1923 | Enemies of Women | Prince Lubimoff | ||
| 1923 | The Eternal City | Baron Bonelli | ||
| 1924 | I Am the Man | James McQuade | ||
| 1925 | Fifty-Fifty | Frederick Harmon | ||
| The Woman Who Did | Allan Merrick | |||
| 1926 | The Bells | Mathias | ||
| The Temptress | Canterac | |||
| 1927 | The Show | The Greek | ||
| Body and Soul | Dr. Leyden | |||
| The Thirteenth Hour | Professor LeRoy | |||
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Alfred Davidson | ||
| West of Zanzibar | Mr. Crane | |||
| 1929 | Madame X | director Nominated — Academy Award for Best Director |
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| The Unholy Night | director | |||
| The Mysterious Island | Count Dakkar | This film began production in 1927 as a silent. It was completed and released with sound and talking sequences in 1929. | ||
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | director (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Ten Cents a Dance | director | ||
| A Free Soul | Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney | Academy Award for Best Actor | ||
| Guilty Hands | Richard Grant | |||
| The Yellow Ticket | Baron Igor Andrey | |||
| Mata Hari | Gen. Serge Shubin | |||
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby | Dr. Holderlin | ||
| Arsène Lupin | Det. Guerchard | |||
| Grand Hotel | Otto Kringelein | |||
| Rasputin and the Empress | Rasputin | includes John, Ethel, and Lionel | ||
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Oliver Jordan | ||
| One Man's Journey | Eli Watt | |||
| Sweepings | Daniel Pardway | |||
| 1933 | Should Ladies Behave? | Augustus Merrick | ||
| 1934 | Carolina | Bob Connelly | ||
| The Girl from Missouri | Thomas Randall 'T.R.' Paige | |||
| Treasure Island | Billy Bones | |||
| 1935 | David Copperfield | Dan’l Peggotty | ||
| The Little Colonel | Col. Lloyd | |||
| Mark of the Vampire | Professor | |||
| Public Hero No. 1 | Dr. Josiah Glass | |||
| Ah, Wilderness! | Nat Miller | |||
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Spring Davis | ||
| The Road to Glory | Pvt. Moran | |||
| The Devil-Doll | Paul Lavond | |||
| The Gorgeous Hussy | Andrew Jackson | |||
| Camille | Monsieur Duval | |||
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Captain Disko Troop | ||
| A Family Affair | Judge James K. Hardy | |||
| Navy Blue and Gold | Capt. 'Skinny' Dawes | |||
| Saratoga | Grandpa Clayton | |||
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Dan Sheridan | ||
| Test Pilot | Howard B. Drake | |||
| You Can't Take It with You | Grandpa Martin Vanderhof | |||
| Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. Gillespie | |||
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring | Thomas Logan | ||
| Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| On Borrowed Time | Julian Northrup (Gramps) | |||
| The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie | |||
| 1940 | The Stars Look Down | Narrator | voice, uncredited | |
| Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| 1941 | The Penalty | 'Grandpop' Logan | ||
| The Bad Man | Uncle Henry Jones | |||
| The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Lady Be Good | Judge Murdock | |||
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | ||
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | |||
| Tennessee Johnson | Thaddeus Stevens | |||
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | ||
| The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Gramps | |||
| A Guy Named Joe | The General | |||
| 1944 | Three Men in White | Dr. Leonard B. Gillespie | ||
| Since You Went Away | Clergyman | |||
| Dragon Seed | Narrator | voice, uncredited | ||
| 1945 | Between Two Women | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | ||
| The Valley of Decision | Pat Rafferty | |||
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Dr. Richard Gaunght | ||
| It's a Wonderful Life | Henry F. Potter | |||
| The Secret Heart | Dr. Rossiger | |||
| Duel in the Sun | Sen. Jackson McCanles | |||
| 1947 | Dark Delusion | Dr. Leonard Gillespie | ||
| 1948 | Key Largo | James Temple | ||
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Capt. Bering Joy | ||
| Malaya | John Manchester | |||
| 1950 | Right Cross | Sean O'Malley | ||
| 1951 | Bannerline | Hugo Trimble | ||
| 1952 | Lone Star | Andrew Jackson | ||
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Himself (with his sister Ethel) | ||
| 1953 | Seven Angry Men |
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