| No Way Out Doctor Luther Brooks | 1950 |
| Cry, the Beloved Country Reverend Msimangu | 1951 |
| Red Ball Express Robertson | 1952 |
| Go, Man, Go! | 1954 |
| Blackboard Jungle Gregory Miller | 1955 |
| Good-bye, My Lady | 1956 |
| Goodbye, My Lady | 1956 |
| Something of Value | 1957 |
| Band of Angels Rau-Rau | 1957 |
| Edge of the City Tommy Tyler | 1957 |
 | Defiant Ones Noah Cullen | 1958 |
 | Mark of the Hawk Oban | 1958 |
| Porgy and Bess Porgy | 1959 |
| Virgin Island Marcus | 1959 |
| All the Young Men Sgt. Eddie Towler | 1960 |
| Paris Blues Eddie Cook | 1961 |
| Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger | 1961 |
| Pressure Point Doctor | 1962 |
| Lilies of the Field Homer Smith | 1963 |
 | Long Ships Aly Mansuh | 1964 |
| Greatest Story Ever Told Simon of Cyrene | 1965 |
| Bedford Incident Ben Munceford | 1965 |
| Patch of Blue Gordon Ralphe | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
 | Slender Thread Alan Newell | 1965 |
| Duel at Diablo Toller | 1966 |
 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner John Wade Prentice | 1967 |
| In the Heat of the Night Virgil Tibbs | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
 | To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray | 1967 |
| For Love of Ivy Jack Parks | 1968 |
| Lost Man Jason Higgs | 1969 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
 | They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs | 1970 |
| Brother John | 1971 |
 | Buck and the Preacher Buck | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
 | Organization Virgil Tibbs | 1971 |
| Warm December Mait Younger | 1973 |
| Uptown Saturday Night Steve Jackson | 1974 |
| Wilby Conspiracy Shack Twala | 1975 |
| Let's Do It Again Clyde Williams | 1975 |
| Piece of the Action Manny Durrell | 1977 |
| Shoot to Kill Warren Stantin | 1987 |
| Little Nikita Roy Parmenter | 1988 |
| Separate But Equal Thurgood Marshall | 1991 |
| Sneakers Donald Crease | 1992 |
| Children of the Dust Gypsy Smith | 1995 |
 | Jackal Carter Preston | 1997 |
| Simple Life of Noah Dearborn Noah Dearborn | 1999 |