James Gleason: movies and TV shows
James Gleason has 168 credits in the archive: 157 films and 11 TV series, from 1922 to 1958. Highest rated: The Night of the Hunter (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1922 – 1958 · busiest year: 1930 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Female Animal | Tom Maloney | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Cuke Gillen | Film | 7.2 | 76 |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Doc Simpkins | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Henry Devers | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 1958 | Man or Gun | Sheriff Jim Jackson | Film | 4.0 | 76 |
| 1958 | Once Upon a Horse... | Postmaster | Film | 8.3 | 76 |
| 1958 | No Time at All | Dolph Grimes | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Pete | TV | 6.9 | 75 |
| 1957 | Spring Reunion | Collie | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 1957 | Loving You | Carl Meade | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Hank James | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust | Orval Jones | Film | 5.1 | 74 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | TV | 6.1 | 73 | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Charles Hartford Simpson | TV | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Jorgy | TV | 7.8 | 73 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Howard Fieldstone | TV | 7.8 | 73 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Ed Shafer | TV | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Uncle Birdie Steptoe | Film | 7.9 | 73 |
| 1955 | The Girl Rush | Ether Ferguson | Film | 5.3 | 73 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Reverend Mr. McCarkle | TV | 3.8 | 72 |
| 1954 | Suddenly | Peter 'Pop' Benson | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 1954 | Hollywood Thrill-Makers | Risky Russell | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1953 | Forever Female | Eddie Woods | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Noah Larkin | TV | 4.6 | 70 |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | General Cokely | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | Duffy | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 1952 | The Story of Will Rogers | Bert Lynn | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 69 | |
| 1951 | Triple Cross | Knobby Walsh | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Fred Townsend | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 1951 | Come Fill the Cup | Charley Dolan | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1951 | Two Gals and a Guy | Max Howard | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1950 | Riding High | Racing Secretary | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1950 | Key to the City | Sergeant Hogan | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1950 | The Jackpot | Harry Summers | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Mickey Corkins | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1950 | Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle | Knobby Walsh | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Timothy Gleason | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1949 | Take One False Step | Captain Gledhill | Film | 5.4 | 67 |
| 1949 | The Life of Riley | Gillis | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1949 | Bad Boy | Chief | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1948 | The Dude Goes West | Sam Briggs | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1948 | Smart Woman | Sam Corkle | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1948 | The Return of October | Uncle Willie Ramsey | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1948 | When My Baby Smiles at Me | Lefty Moore | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1947 | Down to Earth | Max Corkle | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1947 | Tycoon | Pop Mathews | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Sylvester | Film | 7.1 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Homestretch | Doc Kilborne | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1946 | Lady Luck | Sacramento Sam | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Snarp | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1946 | The Well Groomed Bride | Captain Hornby | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1946 | Home Sweet Homicide | Sgt. O'Hare | Film | 4.5 | 64 |
| 1945 | The Clock | Al Henry | Film | 7.1 | 63 |
| 1945 | This Man's Navy | Jimmy Shannon | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | McGarrity | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Tom Clark | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Lt. Rooney | Film | 7.6 | 62 |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Rev. Dr. Wilbur Fiske | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Moke McGillicuddy | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1944 | A Guy Named Joe | “Nails” Kilpatrick | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1943 | Crash Dive | Chief Mike 'Mac' McDonnell | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1942 | Hay Foot | Colonel J. A. Barkley | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Father Joe | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1942 | The Falcon Takes Over | Inspector Mike O'Hara | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal | Pat Hawley | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade | Bruce McKay | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1942 | Manila Calling | Tim O'Rourke | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1942 | A Date with the Falcon | Inspector Michael 'Mike' O'Hara | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Henry Connell | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1941 | Affectionately Yours | 'Chet' Phillips | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 1941 | Babes on Broadway | Thornton Reed | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Max Corkle | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Sergeant Daniels | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Tanks a Million | Col. 'Spitfire' Barkley | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1940 | Earl of Puddlestone | Joe Higgins | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1940 | Grandpa Goes To Town | Joe Higgins | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1939 | On Your Toes | Phil Dolan Sr. | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 1939 | My Wife's Relatives | Joe Higgins | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Should Husbands Work? | Joe Higgins | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Money To Burn | Joe Higgins | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | The Covered Trailer | Joe Higgins | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1938 | Army Girl | Hennessy | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1938 | The Higgins Family | Joe Higgins | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 | James Gleason | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 1937 | Forty Naughty Girls | Police Insp. Oscar Piper | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1937 | Cinema Circus | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Danny The Duck | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Inspector Corrigan | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens | Police Insp. Oscar Piper | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path | Police Insp. Oscar Piper | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1936 | The Big Game | George Scott | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1936 | Don't Turn 'em Loose | Detective Daniels | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Yours for the Asking | Saratoga | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1935 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Hot Tip | Jimmy McGill | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Hot Tip | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon | Police Insp. Oscar Piper | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Joe 'Bags' | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | Film | 6.6 | 53 | |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | Detective Danny Walsh | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | Helldorado | Sam Barnes | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1934 | The Meanest Gal in Town | Duke Slater | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Film | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 1934 | Search for Beauty | Dan Healy | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1934 | Murder on the Blackboard | Police Insp. Oscar Piper | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1933 | Hoopla | Jerry | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1933 | Clear All Wires! | Lefty Williams | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1933 | The Bowery | Film | 5.4 | 51 | |
| 1933 | The Billion Dollar Scandal | "Ratsy" Harris | Film | — | 51 |
| 1933 | Orders Is Orders | Ed Waggermeyer | Film | — | 51 |
| 1933 | Orders Is Orders | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1932 | The Penguin Pool Murder | Police Insp. Oscar Piper | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1932 | Blondie of the Follies | Pa McClune | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1932 | The All-American | Chick Knipe | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1932 | High Hats and Low Brows | Danny Ruff | Film | — | 50 |
| 1932 | The Crooked Circle | Arthur Crimmer | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1932 | The Devil Is Driving | 'Beef' Evans | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1932 | Fast Companions | Silk Henley | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Pin Streaver | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1932 | Off His Base | Picture in Opening Credits | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1932 | Off His Base | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 1932 | Rule 'Em and Weep | Spike Mc Gorey | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1932 | Yoo-Hoo | Jimmy Gleason | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1932 | Always Kickin' | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1931 | Sweepstakes | Sleepy Jones | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1931 | It's a Wise Child | Cool Kelly | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1931 | Three Hollywood Girls | Film | 3.3 | 49 | |
| 1931 | The Big Gamble | Fred 'Squint' Dugan | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Eddie | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1931 | Suicide Fleet | Skeets | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 1931 | Beyond Victory | Jim Mobley | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1931 | Beyond Victory | Film | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 1930 | Her Man | Steve | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1930 | Mammy | Film | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1930 | Big Money | Tom | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1930 | Rain or Shine | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1930 | The Fall Guy | Film | 6.3 | 48 | |
| 1930 | The Matrimonial Bed | Gustave Corton | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1930 | Puttin' on the Ritz | James 'Jimmy' Tierney | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1930 | Puttin' on the Ritz | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1930 | Swellhead | Johnny Trump | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1930 | Swellhead | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1930 | What a Widow! | Film | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1930 | What a Widow! | Film | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1930 | Dumb-bells in Ermine | Mike | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1930 | Dumb-bells in Ermine | Film | 5.7 | 48 | |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1930 | Don't Believe It | Jimmy | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1929 | The Broadway Melody | Music Publisher (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1929 | The Broadway Melody | Film | 5.1 | 47 | |
| 1929 | The Flying Fool | Film | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 1929 | Oh, Yeah! | Dusty | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1929 | Fairways and Foul | Husband | Film | — | 47 |
| 1929 | The Shannons of Broadway | Mickey Shannon | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1929 | The Shannons of Broadway | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1929 | Meet the Missus | Bert La Motte | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1929 | High Voltage | Film | 5.2 | 47 | |
| 1929 | High Voltage | Film | 5.2 | 47 | |
| 1929 | His First Command | Film | 8.5 | 47 | |
| 1929 | His First Command | Film | 8.5 | 47 | |
| 1928 | The Count of Ten | Johnny's Manager | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1922 | Polly of the Follies | Paul Gordon | Film | 7.0 | 40 |