Filmography

• 1953Column South — Posick
• 1953Cruisin' Down the River — Young Jack
• Racket Squad
• 1950Hills of Oklahoma — Square Dance Caller
• Captain Billy's Mississippi Music Hall
• 1946The Kid from Brooklyn — Master of Ceremonies
• 1945Forever Yours — Ricky
• 1945Rhapsody in Blue — Dancer
• 1944Trocadero — Johnny Edwards
• 1944Twilight on the Prairie — Bucky
• 1944What a Man! — Henry Burrows
• 1943Adventures of the Flying Cadets — Danny Collins
• 1943Campus Rhythm — 'Scoop' Davis
• 1943Harvest Melody — Tommy Nelson
• 1942Behind the Eight Ball — Danny
• 1942Freckles Comes Home — Freckles Winslow
• 1942Groom and Bored — Jimmy Warren
• 1942Kiss and Wake Up
• 1942The Gay Nineties — Johnny
• 1942The Mad Monster — Tom Gregory
• 1941Adam Had Four Sons — David Stoddard
• 1941All-American Co-Ed — Bob Sheppard / Bobbie DeWolfe
• 1941Honeymoon for Three — Chester T Farrington III
• 1941I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire — 'Buck' Roberts
• 1941Moonlight in Hawaii — Pete Fleming
• 1941Redhead — Ted Brown
• 1941Sing Another Chorus — Andy Peyton
• 1940I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby — Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther
• 1940Melody and Moonlight — Danny O'Brian
• 1940Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot — Johnny
• 1940Slightly Tempted — Jimmy Duncan
• 1939A Child is Born — Johnny Norton
• 1939Bad Boy — John Fraser
• 1939First Offenders — Fred Gray
• 1939Hawaiian Nights — Ted Hartley
• 1939Laugh It Off — Stephen 'Steve' Hannis
• 1939Parents on Trial — Don Martin
• 1938Algiers — Pierrot
• 1938Hold That Co-ed — Dink
• 1938Hunted Men — Frank Martin
• 1938It's in the Stars — Dorothy's Boyfriend
• 1938Once Over Lightly — Bob Bradley
• 1938Swing, Sister, Swing — Johnny Bennett
• 1937Blonde Trouble — Fred Stevens
• 1937Clarence — Bobbie
• 1937Thrill of a Lifetime — Stanley
• 1937Turn Off the Moon — Terry Keith
• 1936College Holiday — Johnny Jones
• 1936Everybody's Old Man — Tommy Sampson
• 1936Pigskin Parade — Chip Carson
• 1936The Arizona Raiders — Lonesome Alonzo Q. Mulhall
• 1936The First Baby — Johnny Ellis
• 1935College Scandal — Paul Gedney
• 1935Coronado — Johnny Marvin
• 1935Pirate Party on Catalina Isle — Singer/Tap Dancer (uncredited)
• 1935So Red the Rose — Yankee boy
• 1935The Virginia Judge — Bob Stuart
• 1934Babes in Toyland — Little Boy Blue (uncredited)
• 1933Strange Case of Hennessy — Husband
• 1931The High School Hoofer — High School Student
• 1928The Crowd — John, age 12 (uncredited)
• 1928The Trail of '98 — Mother's Boy
• 1927Bring Home the Turkey — Johnny
• 1927Chicken Feed — Professor Presto Misterio (uncredited)
• 1927Outlaws of Red River — Tom Morley (prologue) (as Jimmy Downs)
• 1927Seeing the World — Johnny
• 1927The Valley of the Giants — Bryce, as a Boy (uncredited)
• 1926Baby Clothes — Johnny
• 1926Buried Treasure — Johnnie
• 1926Good Cheer — Johnny
• 1926Monkey Business — Johnny
• 1926Shivering Spooks — Johnny
• 1926Telling Whoppers — Toughey Thompson
• 1926The Fourth Alarm — Johnny
• 1926Thundering Fleas — Johnny
• 1926Uncle Tom's Uncle — Johnny / 'Marks the Lawyer'
• 1926War Feathers — Johnny
• 1925Better Movies — Johnny
• 1925Boys Will Be Joys — Johnny
• 1925Dog Days — Rich Kid
• 1925Official Officers — Johnny
• 1925One Wild Ride — Johnny
• 1925Red Pepper — Boy with Ice Cream (uncredited)
• 1925Shootin' Injuns — Johnnie
• 1925Your Own Back Yard — Johnny Downs

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 192645 Minutes from Hollywood — Himself (archive footage)