- Ragtime
1981 Delmas
- Scout's Honor
1980 Mr. Caboose
- The End
1978 Ben Lawson
- Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977 President of the Senate
- Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976 Jimmy, the morgue attendant
- The Sky's the Limit
1975 Abner Therman
- Amanda Fallon
1973 Emory
- The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972 Hallelujah Harry
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972 Sgt. McGll
- The Phynx
1970 Pat O’Brien
- The Over the Hill Gang
1969 Captain Oren Hayes
- Town Tamer
1965 Judge Murcott
- Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
1962 Narrator
- The Road to Hong Kong
1962 Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
- Some Like It Hot
1959 Detective Mulligan
- The Last Hurrah
1958 John Gorman
- Kill Me Tomorrow
1957 Bart Crosbie
- Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957 Sheriff Kyle Bickford
- Inside Detroit
1955 Gus Linden
- Jubilee Trail
1954 Ernest 'Texas' Conway
- Ring of Fear
1954 Frank Wallace
- Okinawa
1952 Lt. Cmdr. Hale
- The People Against O'Hara
1951 Det. Vincent Ricks
- Criminal Lawyer
1951 James 'Jimmy' Regan
- Johnny One-Eye
1950 Martin Martin
- The Fireball
1950 Father O'Hara
- A Dangerous Profession
1949 Joe Farley
- The Boy with Green Hair
1948 Gramp Fry
- Fighting Father Dunne
1948 Father Peter J. Dunne
- Riff-Raff
1947 Dan Hammer
- Crack-Up
1946 George Steele
- Perilous Holiday
1946 Patrick Nevil
- Having Wonderful Crime
1945 Michael J. Malone
- Man Alive
1945 Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
- Secret Command
1944 Sam Gallagher
- Marine Raiders
1944 Maj. Steve Lockhart
- The Iron Major
1943 Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
- Bombardier
1943 Chick Davis
- His Butler's Sister
1943 Martin Murphy
- Flight Lieutenant
1942 Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
- Broadway
1942 Dan McCorn
- The Navy Comes Through
1942 Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
- Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 Tim Reardon
- Castle on the Hudson
1940 Warden Walter Long
- Knute Rockne All American
1940 Knute Rockne
- The Fighting 69th
1940 Father Duffy
- Torrid Zone
1940 Steve Case
- 'Til We Meet Again
1940 Steve Burke
- Flowing Gold
1940 Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
- Escape to Glory
1940 Mike Farrough
- The Kid from Kokomo
1939 William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
- Slightly Honorable
1939 John Webb
- Off the Record
1939 Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
- Indianapolis Speedway
1939 Joe Greer
- The Night of Nights
1939 Dan O'Farrell
- Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 Jerry Connolly
- Boy Meets Girl
1938 J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
- Swingtime in the Movies
1938 Himself (uncredited)
- Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 Roy Chadwick
- Garden of the Moon
1938 John Quinn
- Women Are Like That
1938 Bill Landin
- Out Where the Stars Begin
1938 Pat O'Brien
- Breakdowns of 1938
1938 Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
- San Quentin
1937 Capt. Stephen Jameson
- The Great O'Malley
1937 James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
- Submarine D-1
1937 Butch Rogers
- Slim
1937 Red Blayd
- Back in Circulation
1937 Bill Morgan
- Ceiling Zero
1936 Jake L. Lee
- China Clipper
1936 Dave Logan
- Public Enemy's Wife
1936 Lee Laird
- I Married a Doctor
1936 Dr. William P. Kennicott
- Page Miss Glory
1935 Click Wiley
- The Irish in Us
1935 Pat O'Hara
- Oil for the Lamps of China
1935 Stephen Chase
- Stars Over Broadway
1935 Al McGillevray
- In Caliente
1935 Larry MacArthur
- Devil Dogs of the Air
1935 Lieut. Brannigan
- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935 Himself (uncredited)
- A Dream Comes True
1935 Himself (uncredited)
- Flirtation Walk
1934 "Scrapper" Thornhhill
- Here Comes the Navy
1934 Biff Martin
- Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934 Rush Blake
- Gambling Lady
1934 Charlie Lang
- The Personality Kid
1934 Ritzy
- I've Got Your Number
1934 Terry Riley
- I Sell Anything
1934 "Spot Cash" Cutler
- Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934 Himself
- Bombshell
1933 Jim Brogan
- Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 Detective Butch Saunders
- Laughter in Hell
1933 Barney Slaney
- The World Gone Mad
1933 Andy Terrell
- Destination Unknown
1933 Matt Brennan
- College Coach
1933 Coach Gore
- American Madness
1932 Matt Brown
- Virtue
1932 Jimmy Doyle
- Air Mail
1932 Duke Talbot
- The Final Edition
1932 Sam Bradshaw
- Scandal for Sale
1932 Waddell
- Hell's House
1932 Matt Kelly
- The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932 Frank Deane
- Flaming Gold
1932 Ben Lear
- Hollywood Speaks
1932 Jimmy Reed
- The Front Page
1931 Hildy Johnson
- Honor Among Lovers
1931 Conroy (uncredited)
- Consolation Marriage
1931 Steve Porter
- Flying High
1931 Sport Wardell
- Personal Maid
1931 Peter Shea
- Crimes Square
1931 Marty
- My Mistake
1930
- Compliments of the Season
1930 Police Detective (uncredited)
