Al Jolson: movies and TV shows
Al Jolson has 47 credits in the archive: 46 films and 1 TV series, from 1926 to 2026. Highest rated: The Real Charlie Chaplin (7.7/10).
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Career timeline
1926 – 2026 · busiest year: 1939 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | O Filme que Fala | Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage) | Film | — | 140 |
| 2025 | Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 139 |
| 2022 | Sunshine State | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 136 |
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 135 |
| 2020 | Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty | archive footage | Film | 8.0 | 134 |
| 2011 | Vito | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 125 |
| 2007 | The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 121 |
| 1997 | Vaudeville | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 111 |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Film | 7.4 | 104 | |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 104 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 98 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 96 |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | TV | 5.6 | 92 | |
| 1976 | Salsa | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 90 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 89 |
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1952 | Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1951 | Purple Heart Diary | Al Jolson (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1950 | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1949 | Jolson Sings Again | Himself (singing voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story | Singing Voice / Al Jolson (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1946 | Okay for Sound | Film | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue | Al Jolson | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1944 | Take It or Leave It | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Ted Cotter | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Al Jolson | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Al Jolson | Film | 4.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Edwin P. Christy | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1938 | Hollywood Handicap | Himself | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | Al Jolson (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Al Jackson | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance | Al Howard | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1934 | Wonder Bar | Al Wonder | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1934 | Studio Highlights | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1933 | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Bumper | Film | 7.6 | 47 |
| 1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Al Jolsen | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1930 | Mammy | Al Fuller | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1930 | Big Boy | Gus | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1929 | Say It with Songs | Joe Lane | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1929 | New York Nights | Al Jolson | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 1928 | The Singing Fool | Al Stone | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1927 | The Jazz Singer | Jakie Rabinowitz | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1926 | A Plantation Act | Self | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| Farina & The Perpetual Shine Machine | Film | — | — |