Will Geer: movies and TV shows
Will Geer has 112 credits in the archive: 75 films and 37 TV series, from 1932 to 2019. Highest rated: Columbo (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1932 – 2019 · busiest year: 1972 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 | Narrator | Film | — | 117 |
| 2019 | Will Geer: America's Grandpa | Film | 2.0 | 117 | |
| 2017 | In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s | Self | Film | — | 115 |
| 2005 | Mysterious Miracles: World Beyond Death | Host | Film | — | 103 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 85 |
| 1981 | The New Deal for Artists | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 1979 | The Man Who Loved Bears | Narrator | Film | 4.0 | 77 |
| 1978 | Unknown Powers | Host | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 1978 | The Mafu Cage | Zom | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 1978 | A Woman Called Moses | Thomas Garrett | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1978 | Rip Van Winkle | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 76 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Franklyn Bootherstone | TV | 6.3 | 75 |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | TV | 6.2 | 75 | |
| 1977 | The Billion Dollar Hobo | Choo-Choo Trayne | Film | 5.8 | 75 |
| 1977 | Bunco | Film | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Grandfather | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 1976 | Moving Violation | Rockfield | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 1976 | Law and Order | Pat Crowley | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Commodore Atwater | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 1975 | The Night That Panicked America | Reverend Davis | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 1975 | The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery | Dr. Simpson | Film | 5.5 | 73 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | TV | 3.5 | 72 |
| 1974 | Silence | Crazy Jack | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1974 | The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | TV | 9.0 | 72 | |
| 1974 | The Hanged Man | Nameless | Film | 4.5 | 72 |
| 1974 | Honky Tonk | Judge Cotton | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1974 | Hurricane | Dr. McCutcheon | Film | 5.4 | 72 |
| 1974 | Memory of Us | Motel Manager | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Ferguson | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot | Paul Bartlett | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1973 | Savage! | Joel Ryker | Film | 5.5 | 71 |
| 1973 | Isn't It Shocking? | Lemuel Lovell | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 1973 | A Gift of Terror | Ben | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1973 | Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On | Len McNeil | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1973 | Brock's Last Case | J. Smiley Krenshaw | Film | 5.0 | 71 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Grandfather Walton | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | TV | 6.3 | 70 | |
| 1972 | Jeremiah Johnson | Bear Claw | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha | Grandpa | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1972 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Ben | TV | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Judge Emmitt Marcus | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 1972 | Dear Dead Delilah | Roy Jurroe | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 1972 | Scarecrow | Justice Gilead Merton | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1972 | The Rowdyman | Stan | Film | 4.0 | 70 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Edmund Hidemann | TV | 8.1 | 69 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | Seth | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1971 | Brother John | Doc Thomas | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1971 | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Simon Anderson | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Senator | Senator Homer Bryant Wydell | TV | 4.7 | 68 |
| 1970 | The Moonshine War | Mr. Baylor | Film | 5.7 | 68 |
| 1970 | Pieces of Dreams | The Bishop | Film | 4.6 | 68 |
| 1970 | The Brotherhood of the Bell | Mike Patterson | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | TV | 6.4 | 67 | |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Harry I. Madison | TV | 6.2 | 67 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Kane | TV | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Oliver Hidemann | TV | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Boss | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Professor Harold Lochner | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Captain Charles Wolford | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1968 | Bandolero! | Pop Chaney | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1968 | Certain Honorable Men | Malcolm Stoddard | Film | 10.0 | 66 |
| 1968 | Of Mice and Men | Candy | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Hank Willis | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | TV | 8.1 | 65 | |
| 1967 | In Cold Blood | Prosecutor | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1967 | The President's Analyst | Dr. Lee-Evan | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 1967 | The Crucible | Giles Corey | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Doc | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 1966 | Seconds | Old Man | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Judge David P. Andrews | TV | 7.1 | 63 |
| 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Judge Lindemann | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1964 | Bewitched | TV | 7.9 | 62 | |
| 1964 | Bewitched | George Washington | TV | 7.9 | 62 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Adam Jarrett | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1964 | Black Like Me | Truckdriver | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senate Minority Leader | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Zach Randolph | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Ferris Callahan | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Calvin Butler | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 54 |
| 1956 | Mobs, Inc. | Harry Robinson | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Slocum | TV | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1954 | Salt of the Earth | Sheriff | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1951 | Bright Victory | Mr. Nevins | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Homer Crowley | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1951 | Double Crossbones | Tom Botts | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Dan Paget - Miami Mayor / Postmaster | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1950 | Broken Arrow | Ben Slade | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 | Wyatt Earp | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1950 | The Kid from Texas | O'Fallon | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1950 | Convicted | Convict Mapes | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1950 | Comanche Territory | Dan'l Seeger | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1950 | It's a Small World | William Musk - Father | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1950 | To Please a Lady | Jack Mackay | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1949 | Lust for Gold | Deputy Ray Covin | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1949 | Intruder in the Dust | Sheriff Hampton | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1949 | Johnny Allegro | Schultzy | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1949 | Anna Lucasta | Noah | Film | 4.2 | 47 |
| 1948 | Deep Waters | Nick Driver | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1940 | Men and Dust | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1940 | The Fight for Life | Ballou | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1940 | Tall Tales | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Foreman (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1935 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Village Lamplighter (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp | Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1934 | Spitfire | West Fry | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1934 | Wild Gold | Poker Player (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1932 | The Misleading Lady | McMahon - Asylum Guard | Film | 7.0 | 30 |