| The Last Brickmaker in America | 2001 | actor |
| The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | 1999 | actor |
| David and Lisa | 1998 | actor |
| Free of Eden | 1998 | actor |
| The Jackal | 1997 | actor |
| Mandela and de Klerk | 1997 | actor |
| To Sir, with Love II | 1996 | actor |
| Children of the Dust | 1995 | actor |
| Sneakers | 1992 | actor |
| Separate But Equal | 1991 | actor |
| Little Nikita | 1988 | actor |
| Shoot to Kill | 1988 | actor |
| A Piece of the Action | 1977 | actor |
| Let's Do It Again | 1975 | actor |
| The Wilby Conspiracy | 1975 | actor |
| Uptown Saturday Night | 1974 | actor |
| A Warm December | 1973 | actor |
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | actor |
| The Organization | 1971 | actor |
| Brother John | 1971 | actor |
| They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | 1970 | actor |
| The Lost Man | 1969 | actor |
| For Love of Ivy | 1968 | actor |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 | actor |
| In the Heat of the Night | 1967 | actor |
| To Sir, with Love | 1967 | actor |
| Duel at Diablo | 1966 | actor |
| A Patch of Blue | 1965 | actor |
| The Slender Thread | 1965 | actor |
| The Bedford Incident | 1965 | actor |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | 1965 | actor |
| The Long Ships | 1964 | actor |
| Lilies of the Field | 1963 | actor |
| Pressure Point | 1962 | actor |
| Paris Blues | 1961 | actor |
| A Raisin in the Sun | 1961 | actor |
| All the Young Men | 1960 | actor |
| Porgy and Bess | 1959 | actor |
| Our Virgin Island | 1958 | actor |
| The Defiant Ones | 1958 | actor |
| The Mark of the Hawk | 1957 | actor |
| Band of Angels | 1957 | actor |
| Something of Value | 1957 | actor |
| Edge of the City | 1957 | actor |
| Good-bye, My Lady | 1956 | actor |
| Repertory Theatre | 1952-1955 | actor |
| Ponds Theater | 1955 | actor |
| Blackboard Jungle | 1955 | actor |
| Go Man Go | 1954 | actor |
| Omnibus | 1952 | actor |
| Red Ball Express | 1952 | actor |
| CBS Television Workshop | 1952 | actor |
| Cry, the Beloved Country | 1951 | actor |
| No Way Out | 1950 | actor |
| Sepia Cinderella | 1947 | actor |
| Ghost Dad | 1990 | director |
| Fast Forward | 1985 | director |
| Hanky Panky | 1982 | director |
| Stir Crazy | 1980 | director |
| A Piece of the Action | 1977 | director |
| Let's Do It Again | 1975 | director |
| Uptown Saturday Night | 1974 | director |
| A Warm December | 1973 | director |
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | director |
| The 41st Annual Academy Awards | 1969 | soundtrack |
| Lilies of the Field | 1963 | soundtrack |
| Porgy and Bess | 1959 | soundtrack |
| The Defiant Ones | 1958 | soundtrack |
| Band of Angels | 1957 | soundtrack |
| Free of Eden | 1998 | producer |
| Summer Knowledge | 1993 | producer |
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | producer |
| Brother John | 1971 | producer |
| For Love of Ivy | 1968 | writer |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham | 2013 | thanks |
| Salvation Road | 2010/I | thanks |
| Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! | 2010 | thanks |
| Scales of Injustice | | self |
| History | 2019 | self |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | 2018 | self |
| Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart | 2017 | self |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2016 | self |
| The Edison Language Academy | 2015 | self |
| Inside Edition | 2014 | self |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2009-2014 | self |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2014 | self |
| The Oscars | 2014 | self |
| The March | 2013 | self |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2013 | self |
| Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | 2013 | self |
| 44th NAACP Image Awards | 2013 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Shirley MacLaine | 2012 | self |
| Oprah's Master Class | 2012 | self |
| 43rd NAACP Image Awards | 2012 | self |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | self |
| Islands of Life | 2011 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Morgan Freeman | 2011 | self |
| Sing Your Song | 2011 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2010 | self |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2009 | self |
| Artists of the Bahamas | 2008 | self |
| Stand Up to Cancer | 2008 | self |
| Tavis Smiley | 2008 | self |
| Larry King Live | 2008 | self |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | 2008 | self |
| 39th NAACP Image Awards | 2008 | self |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | 2007 | self |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | 2000-2007 | self |
| Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy | 2007 | self |
| The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special | 2007 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2006 | self |
| Ali Rap | 2006 | self |
| 2006 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards | 2006 | self |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies | 2006 | self |
| Legends Ball | 2006 | self |
| Festival international de Cannes | 2006 | self |
| The Lew Rudin Way | 2006 | self |
| 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards | 2005 | self |
| The Black Movie Awards | 2005 | self |
| 36th NAACP Image Awards | 2005 | self |
| Hollywood Legenden | 2004 | self |
| Tell Them Who You Are | 2004 | self |
| The Making of 'Sneakers' | 2003 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2002 | self |
| The Making of 'Changing Lanes' | 2002 | self |
| Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years | 2002 | self |
| Corazn, corazn | 2002 | self |
| The 74th Annual Academy Awards | 2002 | self |
| 2002 Trumpet Awards | 2002 | self |
| Exclusif | 2002 | self |
| Muhammad Ali's All-Star 60th Birthday Celebration! | 2002 | self |
| Bravo Profiles | 2001 | self |
| American Masters | 2001 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | 2001 | self |
| 32nd NAACP Image Awards | 2001 | self |
| Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey | 2001 | self |
| The BBC and the BAFTA Tribute to Michael Caine | 2000 | self |
| Biography | 2000 | self |
| 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2000 | self |
| ABC 2000: The Millennium | 1999 | self |
| The Howard Stern Radio Show | 1999 | self |
| The Directors | 1999 | self |
| The Making of 'The Jackal' | 1998 | self |
| League of Legends | 1998 | self |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | self |
| The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1997 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1997 | self |
| The 68th Annual Academy Awards | 1996 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1995 | self |
| Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | 1995 | self |
| CBS This Morning | 1995 | self |
| A Century of Cinema | 1994 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | 1993 | self |
| An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration | 1993 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier | 1992 | self |
| Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come | 1990 | self |
| 7th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1990 | self |
| 22nd NAACP Image Awards | 1990 | self |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1989 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gregory Peck | 1989 | self |
| Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier | 1989 | self |
| The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant | 1988 | self |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | self |
| Cinema 3 | 1988 | self |
| The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards | 1988 | self |
| Good Morning America | 1985-1988 | self |
| The Annual ACLU Honors: A Salute to Michael Douglas | 1987 | self |
| The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala | 1987 | self |
| Bopha! | 1986 | self |
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | 1986 | self |
| The 58th Annual Academy Awards | 1986 | self |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | self |
| The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1982 | self |
| The Third Annual Black Achievement Awards | 1980 | self |
| Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | 1979 | self |
| The 16th Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner of National Conference of Christians and Jews | 1979 | self |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1969-1979 | self |
| The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special | 1977 | self |
| The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies | 1977 | self |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1975 | self |
| ABC Late Night | 1975 | self |
| Film '72 | 1975 | self |
| The New Bill Cosby Show | 1972 | self |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1972 | self |
| Film Night | 1972 | self |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | 1970 | self |
| The 41st Annual Academy Awards | 1969 | self |
| The 40th Annual Academy Awards | 1968 | self |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1968 | self |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967 | self |
| The 39th Annual Academy Awards | 1967 | self |
| ABC Stage 67 | 1967 | self |
| The Strolling '20s | 1966 | self |
| A Cinderella Named Elizabeth | 1965 | self |
| The 37th Annual Academy Awards | 1965 | self |
| Freedom Spectacular | 1964 | self |
| The 36th Annual Academy Awards | 1964 | self |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | self |
| Cinpanorama | 1961 | self |
| The 15th Annual Tony Awards | 1961 | self |
| Sunday Showcase | 1959 | self |
| From Whence Cometh My Help | 1949 | self |
| The Movies | 2019 | archive_footage |
| Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' | 2018 | archive_footage |
| Quincy | 2018 | archive_footage |
| Dooley's Not Dooby | 2018 | archive_footage |
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | 2018 | archive_footage |
| Mr. Soul! | 2018 | archive_footage |
| Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | 2017 | archive_footage |
| The Oscars | 2017 | archive_footage |
| Nunca es tarde | 2017 | archive_footage |
| National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts | 2017 | archive_footage |
| A Football Life | 2016 | archive_footage |
| I Am Not Your Negro | 2016 | archive_footage |
| The Oscars | 2015 | archive_footage |
| Too Young to Die | 2014 | archive_footage |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014 | archive_footage |
| The Oscars | 2013 | archive_footage |
| B.B. King: The Life of Riley | 2012 | archive_footage |
| Lulu: Something to Shout About | 2011 | archive_footage |
| The Loving Story | 2011 | archive_footage |
| These Amazing Shadows | 2011 | archive_footage |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | 2010 | archive_footage |
| Founding Fathers: Sir Stafford Sands | 2009 | archive_footage |
| Sidney Poitier, un outsider Hollywood | 2008 | archive_footage |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2008 | archive_footage |
| Cmara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia | 2007 | archive_footage |
| Bicentennial Nigger | 2006 | archive_footage |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | 2005 | archive_footage |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004 | archive_footage |
| A Century of Black Cinema | 2003 | archive_footage |
| American Dreams | 2003 | archive_footage |
| Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion | 2002 | archive_footage |
| American Masters | 2000-2001 | archive_footage |
| Playboy: The Party Continues | 2000 | archive_footage |
| Omnibus | 2000 | archive_footage |
| Classified X | 1998 | archive_footage |
| Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | 1998 | archive_footage |
| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | 1998 | archive_footage |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | archive_footage |
| Biography | 1995 | archive_footage |
| 100 Years at the Movies | 1994 | archive_footage |
| One to One | 1992 | archive_footage |
| The Republic Pictures Story | 1991 | archive_footage |
| Black Hollywood | 1984 | archive_footage |
| America at the Movies | 1976 | archive_footage |
| Film Night | 1971 | archive_footage |
| Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | 1968 | archive_footage |
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