Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1950 | Malaya | John Manchester |
| 1949 | Down to the Sea in Ships | Capt. Bering Joy |
| 1948 | Key Largo | James Temple |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | Mr. Henry F. Potter |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Sen. Jackson McCanles |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Pat Rafferty |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Clergyman |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | The General |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good | Judge Murdock |
| 1941 | The Bad Man | Uncle Henry Jones |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Gillespie |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Howard B. Drake |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It With You | Grandpa Martin Vanderhof |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford | Dan Sheridan |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Capt. Disko Troop |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Grandpa Clayton |
| 1936 | The Devil Doll | Paul Lavond, aka Madame Mandelip |
| 1936 | Camille (1936) | Monsieur Duval |
| 1936 | The Road to Glory | Papa La Roche/Pvt. Morin |
| 1935 | The Little Colonel | Col. Lloyd |
| 1935 | David Copperfield (2000) | Dan Peggotty |
| 1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Nat Miller |
| 1935 | Mark of the Vampire | Professor Zelen |
| 1934 | Treasure Island | Billy Bones |
| 1934 | The Girl From Missouri | T.R. Paige |
| 1933 | One Man's Journey | Eli Watt |
| 1933 | Dinner at Eight | Oliver Jordan |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Otto Kringelein |
| 1932 | Arsene Lupin | Detective Guerchard |
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby | Dr. H. Holderlin |
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Stephen Ashe, Defense Attorney |
| 1931 | Mata Hari | General Shubin |
| 1931 | Ten Cents a Dance | Director |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self |
| 1928 | West of Zanzibar | Crane |
| 1928 | Alias Jimmy Valentine | Doyle |
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Alfred Davidson |
| 1926 | The Temptress | Canterac |
| 1926 | Bells | Mathias |
| 1924 | America (2014) | Capt. Walter Butler |
| 1920 | The Penalty | Actor |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The Young Woman's Father |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | Preacher Bolton |
