Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Judge Henry G. Blake |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Jon Day Griffith |
| 1952 | High Noon (1952) | Mayor Jonas Henderson |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light | Gandy |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Joseph Foster |
| 1949 | The Big Wheel | Arthur "Red" Stanley |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | William Bailey |
| 1946 | The Dark Mirror | Lt. Stevenson |
| 1945 | Adventure | Mudgin |
| 1944 | Wilson (1944) | Joseph Tumulty |
| 1944 | Dark Waters (1945) | Mr. Sydney |
| 1944 | The Fighting Sullivans | Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | Ned Buntline |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Willie Tulloch |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Pat Garrett |
| 1943 | Bataan | Cpl. Jake Feingold |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Septimus Podgers |
| 1942 | Moontide | Tiny |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Tom "Tommie" Blue |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris | Father Antoine |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | John Halloway |
| 1942 | This Above All | Monty |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | Jonah Goodwin |
| 1940 | Rita Hayworth: Angels Over Broadway | Gene Gibbons |
| 1940 | Our Town | Dr. Gibbs |
| 1940 | The Swiss Family Robinson | William Robinson |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Driscoll |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind (1940) | Gerald O'Hara |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | Diz Moore |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Kid Dabb |
| 1939 | Stagecoach (1939) | Dr. Josiah Boone |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) | Clopin |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Commissioner Blackton |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow | George Cooper |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon (1937) | Henry Barnard |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Jed Waterbury |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Phil Bane |
