Acting

2023		AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2023		Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

as Self (archive footage)

2017

as Self (archive footage)

2014

as Self (archive footage)

2009

as Self (archive footage)

2008		Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self (archive footage)
2008		You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self (archive footage)

2005		Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? as Self (archive footage)
2005		White Heat: Top of the World as Self (archive footage)
2005		Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public as Self (archive footage)

2004		Remembering Ragtime as NY Police Commissioner Rheinlander Waldo (archive footage)
2004		Los Angeles Plays Itself as Tom Powers in The Public Enemy (archive footage)

2003

as Self (archive footage)

2002

as Self (archive footage)

1998

as Self

1997

as Self (archive footage)

1993

as Self (archive footage)

1992

as Self (Archive footage)

1991

as Self (archive footage)

1988

as Self (archive footage)

1985		That's Dancing! as From 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (archive footage)
1985		Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)

1984		Terrible Joe Moran as Joe Moran
1984		Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1983		Zelig as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983		Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982		Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1982		Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
1982		Night of 100 Stars as Self

1981		James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
1981		Ragtime as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

1979

as Self

1976		That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976		It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)

1975

as Self (archive footage)

1968

as Narrator

1966

as Narrator (voice)

1964

as (archive footage)

1962

as Narrator

1961

as C.R. MacNamara

1960

as Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey

1959		Shake Hands with the Devil as Sean Lenihan
1959		Never Steal Anything Small as Jake MacIllaney

1957		Short Cut to Hell as Himself (prologue)
1957		Man of a Thousand Faces as Lon Chaney

1956		These Wilder Years as Steve Bradford
1956		Tribute to a Bad Man as Jeremy Rodack

1955		The Seven Little Foys as George M. Cohan
1955		Mister Roberts as The Captain
1955		Love Me or Leave Me as Martin Snyder
1955		Run for Cover as Matt Dow

1953

as Hank Martin

1952

as Captain Flagg

1951		Starlift as James Cagney
1951		Come Fill the Cup as Lew Marsh

1950		The West Point Story as Elwin Bixby
1950		Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye as Ralph Cotter

1949

as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett

1948

as Joseph

1947		Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
1947		13 Rue Madeleine as Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

1946

as Tommy Powers (archive footage)

1945

as Nick Condon

1943		The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
1943		Johnny Come Lately as Tom Richards
1943		Show-Business at War as Self
1943		You, John Jones! as John Jones

1942		Yankee Doodle Dandy as George M. Cohan
1942		Captains of the Clouds as Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
1942		Calling All Girls as Himself (archive footage)

1941		Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941		The Bride Came C.O.D. as Steve Collins
1941		The Strawberry Blonde as Biff Grimes

1940		Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1940		City for Conquest as Danny Kenny
1940		Torrid Zone as Nick Butler
1940		The Fighting 69th as Jerry Plunkett

1939		Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
1939		The Roaring Twenties as Eddie Bartlett
1939		Each Dawn I Die as Frank Ross
1939		Hollywood Hobbies as Himself (uncredited)
1939		The Oklahoma Kid as Jim Kincaid

1938		Angels with Dirty Faces as Rocky Sullivan
1938		Boy Meets Girl as Robert Law

1937

as Terrence 'Terry' Rooney

1936		Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
1936		Great Guy as Johnny 'Red' Cave
1936		Ceiling Zero as Dizzy Davies

1935		A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
1935		Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
1935		Frisco Kid as Bat Morgan
1935		Mutiny on the Bounty as (uncredited)
1935		A Midsummer Night's Dream as Bottom
1935		The Irish in Us as Danny O'Hara
1935		'G' Men as ‘Brick' Davis
1935		Devil Dogs of the Air as Tommy O'Toole
1935		A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself (uncredited)

1934		The St. Louis Kid as Eddie Kennedy
1934		The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
1934		Here Comes the Navy as Chesty O'Conner
1934		He Was Her Man as Flicker Hayes, aka Jerry Allen
1934		Jimmy the Gent as Jimmy Corrigan
1934		Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself

1933		Lady Killer as Dan Quigley
1933		Footlight Parade as Chester Kent
1933		The Mayor of Hell as Richard 'Patsy' Gargan
1933		Picture Snatcher as Daniel Patrick "Danny" Kean
1933		Hard to Handle as Lefty Merrill

1932		Winner Take All as Jim 'Jimmy' Kane
1932		The Crowd Roars as Joe Greer

1931		Taxi! as Matt Nolan
1931		Intimate Interviews: James Cagney as Himself
1931		Blonde Crazy as Albert 'Bert' Harris
1931		Smart Money as Jack
1931		The Millionaire as Schofield
1931		The Public Enemy as Tom Powers
1931		How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots' as Himself
1931		Other Men's Women as Ed 'Eddie' Bailey

1930		The Doorway to Hell as Steve Mileaway
1930		Sinners' Holiday as Harry Delano

1928

as Handsy Patron at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

Production

1960

… Producer

Directing

1957

… Director