| Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) | Hugh Herbert | Hotel House Detective | detective | [none] |
| Traveling Husbands (1931) | Stanley Fields | Dan Murphy | detective | [none] |
| The Public Defender (1931) | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Detective Brady | detective | [none] |
| Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | James Gleason | Oscar Piper | leading man, detective | [none] |
| Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Frank Morgan | François St. Cyr | detective | [none] |
| The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Ricardo Cortez | Gary Curtis | leading man, gangster, detective, mob boss | [none] |
| Before Dawn (1933) | Oscar Apfel | John F. O'Hara | detective | [none] |
| Before Dawn (1933) | Stuart Erwin | Dwight Wilson | leading man, detective | [none] |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Tom Herbert | Detective McTeague | detective | [none] |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Edgar Kennedy | Detective Donahue | detective, victim | [none] |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Regis Toomey | Detective Smiley North | detective | [none] |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | James Gleason | Inspector Oscar Piper | leading man, detective | [none] |
| Star of Midnight (1935) | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Police Sgt. Cleary | detective | [none] |
| We're Only Human (1935) | Preston Foster | Det. Sgt. Pete 'Mac' McCaffrey | detective, love interest | Isn't This a Night For Love, |
| We're Only Human (1935) | James Gleason | Detective Danny Walsh | victim | , |
| Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | James Gleason | Detective Daniels | detective | [none] |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Donald Crisp | Inspector Lane | detective | [none] |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Claude Rains | Detective Phelan | detective | [none] |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | William B. Davidson | Chief Inspector Ennis | detective | [none] |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Moroni Olsen | Inspector Peterson | detective | [none] |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Dan Seymour | Lieutenant Zuenon | detective | [none] |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Alan Ladd | Steve Rollins | leading man, husband, ex-cop, ex-convict, detective | Hell on Frisco Bay, Steve |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | William Demarest | Dan Bianco | detective, friend | [none] |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Peter Hansen | Detective Connors | detective | [none] |
| Illegal (1955) | Stuart Nedd | Phillips | detective | [none] |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Morris Ankrum | Captain LaFarge - Homicide Squad | detective | [none] |