| Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) | Stanley Fields | McKay | criminal | [none] |
| Traveling Husbands (1931) | Evelyn Brent | Ruby Smith | leading lady, criminal | [none] |
| High Stakes (1931) | Leyland Hodgson | Louis Winkler aka Louis DeSalta | secret lover, criminal | [none] |
| The Public Defender (1931) | Purnell Pratt | John Kirk | criminal, business man | [none] |
| The Public Defender (1931) | Frank Sheridan | Charles Harmer | criminal, business man | [none] |
| The Public Defender (1931) | Carl Gerard | Cyrus Pringle | criminal, business man | [none] |
| Three Who Loved (1931) | Conrad Nagel | John Hanson | leading man, banker, criminal | [none] |
| Girl of the Rio (1932) | Leo Carrillo | Don Jose Tostado | leading man, celebrity, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Richard Dix | Duke Ellis | leading man, prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Tom Brown | Johnny Ellis | brother, prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Charles Middleton | Matthew the Hermit | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Clarence Muse | Rascal | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Sandy Roth | Blind Maxie | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Fuzzy Knight | Society Red | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | Warren Hymer | Steele | criminal | [none] |
| Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | G. Pat Collins | Whitey | criminal | [none] |
| Men of America (1932) | Ralph Ince | Cicero | criminal | [none] |
| Men of America (1932) | Eugene Strong | Bugs | criminal | [none] |
| Men of America (1932) | Frank Mills | Frank | criminal, murderer | [none] |
| Secrets of the French Police (1932) | John Warburton | Leon Renault | criminal, love interest | [none] |
| Emergency Call (1933) | George E. Stone | Sammie Miller | criminal | [none] |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | Roland Young | Holmes | criminal | [none] |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | Ralph Bellamy | Steele | criminal | [none] |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | John Miljan | Regan | criminal | [none] |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | Henry Stephenson | Major Thorne | criminal | [none] |
| Blind Adventure (1933) | Tyrell Davis | Gerald Fairfax | criminal | [none] |
| Gridiron Flash (1934) | Eddie Quillan | Thomas Burke | leading man, prisoner, athlete, thief, criminal | [none] |
| Gridiron Flash (1934) | Grant Mitchell | Howard Smith | criminal, friend | [none] |
| Another Face (1935) | Brian Donlevy | Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III | gangster, criminal, boss | [none] |
| Star of Midnight (1935) | Paul Kelly | Jimmy Kinland | criminal, suspect | [none] |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Harland Tucker | Gunman | criminal | [none] |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | Dr. Clitterhouse | leading man, doctor, criminal, thief, murderer, mob boss | The Amazing Doctor |
| Crime School (1938) | Leo Gorcey | Spike | teenager, criminal | The Discus Thrower, Gangster Blues |
| Crime School (1938) | Cy Kendall | Morgan | warden, criminal | The Warden |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Elia Kazan | Googi | gangster, criminal, murderer | Mysterioso |
| Out of the Fog (1941) | John Garfield | Harold Goff | leading man, criminal | Russian Barcarolle, Gangster |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Bette Davis | Stanley Timberlake | leading lady, sister, criminal, suspect, murderer | Stanley, Stanley B, Stanley Introduction, South American Way |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | Zachary Scott | Steve Maddux | leading man, gambler, murderer, criminal, victim | It Had to Be You |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | Harry Lewis | Candy | henchman, criminal | Candy |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | Sheldon Leonard | Felix Bender | gambler, criminal, victim | [none] |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | John Ridgely | Eddie Mars | criminal, suspect, victim | [none] |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Bob Steele | Lash Canino | criminal, murderer | Canino's Death |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Louis Jean Heydt | Joe Brody | criminal, victim, suspect | [none] |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Ann Sheridan | Chris Hunter | leading lady, victim, criminal, suspect | Chris, Chris 2, Unfaithful |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Sydney Greenstreet | Count Alessandro Fosco | leading man, antagonist, criminal, murderer, hypnotist, victim, royalty | Fosco, Hypnosis |
| The Woman in White (1948) | John Emery | Sir Percival Glyde | criminal, murderer, husband | [none] |
| Flamingo Road (1949) | Sydney Greenstreet | Sheriff Titus Semple | sheriff, politician, antagonist, criminal | Titus, Titus 2, The Sheriff |
| The Breaking Point (1950) | Wallace Ford | F.R. Duncan | criminal, victim, lawyer | [none] |
| The Breaking Point (1950) | Victor Sen Yung | Mr. Sing | criminal | [none] |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Raymond Burr | Brock Benedict | antagonist, criminal, murderer | Benedict |
| Illegal (1955) | Edward G. Robinson | Victor Scott | leading man, lawyer, politician, criminal, victim | Scott |
| Illegal (1955) | Hugh Marlowe | Ray Borden | lawyer, husband, spy, criminal | [none] |
| Illegal (1955) | Jan Merlin | Andy Garth | criminal, gangster, murderer | Menace, Frank Garland |
| Illegal (1955) | James McCallion | Allen Parker | criminal | [none] |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | George Sanders | Clementi Sabourin | leading man, criminal, seducer, thief, suspect, murderer, victim | Clementi A, Clementi B, Clementi C, Death 1 |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | Bob Morgan | Chuck Kelly | criminal, victim | [none] |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Fay Roope | Dwight McCutcheon | criminal, murderer, banker | [none] |