Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Grandpa Spencer |
| 1961 | Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Mayor Karl Warren |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | His Eminence Cardinal Martin Burke |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Dennis Deneen |
| 1955 | The Man From Laramie | Alec Waggoman |
| 1955 | The Long Gray Line | Old Martin |
| 1951 | Home Town Story | John MacFarland |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Barney Rebstock |
| 1947 | Ramrod | Sheriff Jim Crew |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | William Scott |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Sam Carraclough |
| 1944 | National Velvet | Mr. Brown |
| 1944 | ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN+FESTIVAL OF CLAYMATION | J.B. Pond |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Sam Carraclough |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Gwilym Morgan |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) | Sir Charles Emery |
| 1940 | Sea Hawk | Sir John Burleson |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne, All American | Father John Callahan |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Minister Althoff |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Scotty MacPherson |
| 1939 | Wuthering Heights (1939) | Dr. Kenneth |
| 1939 | Juarez | Gen. Marechal Achille Bazaine |
| 1939 | The Old Maid | Dr. Lanskell |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Francis Bacon |
| 1938 | Valley Of The Giants | Andy Stone |
| 1938 | Jezebel (1938) | Dr. Livingstone |
| 1938 | The Sisters | Tim Hazelton |
| 1938 | Dawn Patrol (1938) | Phipps |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | Maitre Labori |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Jack V. Merrick Sr. |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Colonel Campbell |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Huntly |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | Liam Burke |
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels | Judge Byron Thistlewaite |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | Burkitt |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Doctor McQueen |
| 1934 | What Every Woman Knows | Mr. David Wyliee |
| 1933 | Broadway Bad | Darrall |
| 1932 | Red Dust (2004) | Guidon |
| 1931 | Svengali | The Laird |
| 1931 | Kick In | Police Commisioner Harvey |
| 1930 | Scotland Yard | Charles Fox |
| 1929 | Trent's Last Case | Sigsbee Manderson |
| 1928 | The River Pirate | Caxton |
| 1926 | The Black Pirate | MacTavish |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Sebastian |
| 1924 | The Navigator | Director |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms | Battling Burrows |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation (1915) | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1914 | The Little Country Mouse | Director |
