Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Captain Holt |
| 1952 | Talk About a Stranger | William J. Wardlaw |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) | The Cardinal |
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Georges de Valmorin |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown | Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr. |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play | Ben Gavery Snelerr |
| 1948 | State of the Union | Sam Thorndyke |
| 1946 | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy |
| 1942 | Andy Hardy's Double Life | Judge James K. Hardy |
| 1941 | Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Judge James K. `'Jim'` Hardy |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Judge James K. Hardy |
| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Judge James K. `'Jim'` Hardy |
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Judge James K. `'Jim'` Hardy |
| 1938 | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Judge James K. Hardy |
| 1938 | Stolen Heaven | Joseph Langauer |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children | Judge James K. Hardy |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack | Maj. Walter Reed |
| 1936 | Miracle in the Sand | "Doc" |
| 1935 | David Copperfield (2000) | Mr. Wickfield |
| 1935 | China Seas | Davids |
| 1934 | Treasure Island | Captain Smollett |
| 1934 | The Girl From Missouri | Frank Cousins |
| 1933 | Queen Christina | Oxenstierna |
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons | Police Captain Webb |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Dr. Otternschlag |
| 1932 | Red Headed Woman | William 'Will' Legendre Sr. |
| 1932 | Unashamed | Henry Trask |
| 1932 | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Nayland Smith |
| 1931 | Mata Hari | Andriani |
| 1931 | Strictly Dishonorable | The Judge |
| 1931 | Always Goodbye | John Graham |
| 1930 | The Big House | Warden James Adams |
| 1929 | Wild Orchids | John Sterling |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Hugh |
| 1926 | Midnight Lovers | Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC |
| 1925 | The Lost World | Sir John Roxton |
| 1922 | The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) | Rudolf Rassendyll/King Rudolf |
| 1921 | Beau Revel | Lawrence "Beau" Revel |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North | Cpl. O'Connor |
