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2011-2012 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Top 20 Perform, Part 2 (2012) (performer: "My Girl")
Las Vegas Callbacks (2011) (performer: "I Wish It Would Have Rained")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
Festa i ball (2012) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
 
2012/III Spin (short) (performer: "Earth Angel")
 
2011 Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (documentary) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
 
2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (performer: "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone")
 
2011 Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World (video documentary) (performer: "Cloud 9", "Papa Was A Rolling Stone")
 
2010 Detroit 1-8-7 (TV series)
Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop (2010) (performer: "Solamente Lei My Girl" - uncredited)
Pharmacy Double/Bullet Train (2010) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - uncredited)
 
2010 Death at a Funeral (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
 
2010 Saving Grace (TV series)
Hear the Birds? (2010) (performer: "My Girl" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Soloist (performer: "I Want A Love I Can See")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Round Two (2009) ("I Can't Get Next to You" - uncredited)
 
2008 Tropic Thunder (performer: "Ball of Confusion That's What The World Is Today" 1970)
 
2008 The Wire (TV series)
React Quotes (2008) (performer: "Just My Imagination")
 
2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (performer: "My Girl")
 
2007 The Game Plan (performer: "My Girl")
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Music (2007) (performer: "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "I Can't Help Myself")
 
2007 Are We Done Yet? (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You")
 
2007 Talk to Me (performer: "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me")
 
2007 Mind the Gap (performer: "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone")
 
2006 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special) (performer: "My Girl", "The Way You Do the Things You Do")
 
2005-2006 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
Everybody Hates Father's Day (2006) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
Everybody Hates the Babysitter (2005) (performer: "Smiling Faces Sometimes")
 
2006 Glory Road (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You", "Get Ready")
 
2005 Munich (performer: "My Girl")
 
2005 Cold Case (TV series)
A Perfect Day (2005) (performer: "My Girl")
 
2005 Sunday Driver (documentary) (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away with Me", "Ball of Confusion That's What the World Is Today")
 
2005 Elizabethtown (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You" 1964)
 
2005 Four Brothers (performer: "CLOUD NINE", "I WISH IT WOULD RAIN", "TAKE A LOOK AROUND", "PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE")
 
2005/I Hitch (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You" 1969)
 
2005 Are We There Yet? (performer: "Get Ready")
 
2004 Blackpool (TV series)
Episode #1.4 (2004) ("I'm Gonna Make You Love Me")
 
2003 Gothika ("Papa Was a Rolling Stone")
 
2003 In the Cut (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away With Me")
 
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away with Me")
 
2003 Calendar Girls (performer: "The Way You Do the Things You Do")
 
2003 Hollywood Homicide (performer: "My Girl")
 
2003 The Bernie Mac Show (TV series)
The Other Sister (2003) ("Just My Imagination" - uncredited)
 
2003 Cradle 2 the Grave (performer: "Fireman")
 
2002 Friday After Next (performer: "Silent Night", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
 
2002 Standing in the Shadows of Motown (documentary) (performer: "Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue", "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "My Girl", "Ball Of Confusion That's What The World Is Today", "Since I Lost My Baby")
 
2002 Un paso adelante (TV series)
Quiero bailar (2002) (performer: "Get Ready")
Desnudos (2002) (performer: "Get Ready")
 
2001 My Sassy Girl (performer: "My Girl")
 
2000 What Women Want (performer: "Night and Day")
 
2000 Remember the Titans ("Superstar Remember How You Got Where You Are", "You've Got to Earn It")
 
2000 Men of Honor (performer: "I Wish It Would Rain")
 
2000 Honest (performer: "Take a Stroll thru Your Mind")
 
2000 The Sopranos (TV series)
Funhouse (2000) (performer: "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - uncredited)
 
2000 Malcolm in the Middle (TV series)
Sleepover (2000) (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away with Me")
 
2000 Dawson's Creek (TV series)
Weekend in the Country (2000) ("Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - uncredited)
 
1999 Pitch People (documentary) (performer: "Cloud Nine")
 
1999 Love Stinks (performer: "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me")
 
1999 The '60s (TV movie) (performer: "My Girl")
 
1998 Hope Floats (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You")
 
1998 Tohuwabohu (TV series)
Blasts from the Past (1998) (performer: "My Girl" - uncredited)
 
1995-1997 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Second Chances (1997) (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away with Me" - uncredited)
Hello Goodbye (1995) (performer: "The Way You Do the Things You Do' - uncredited)
Internal Affairs (1995) (performer: "The Way You Do the Things You Do" - uncredited)
Growth Pains (1995) (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away With Me" - uncredited)
 
1997 Private Parts (performer: "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone")
 
1997 Flipping (performer: "GET READY")
 
1995 En el aire (performer: "My Girl")
 
1995 Now and Then (performer: "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me")
 
1995 Moonlight and Valentino (performer: "I Can't Get Next To You")
 
1995 Dead Presidents (performer: "Just My Imagination Running Away With Me")
 
1995 Friday (performer: "The Way You Do the Things You Do")
 
1994 My Girl 2 (performer: "MY GIRL")
 
1992 Sjans (TV series)
Voor Altijd (1992) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - uncredited)
 
1991 My Girl (performer: "MY GIRL")
 
1991 Problem Child 2 (performer: "Get Ready")
 
1991 Thelma & Louise (performer: "The Way You Do The Things You Do")
 
1991 Sleeping with the Enemy (performer: "MY GIRL")
 
1990 Working Tra$h (TV movie) (performer: "We're Gonna Work It Out")
 
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)
Talking Turkey (1990) (performer: "Ain't Too Proud To Beg")
 
1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
One on One (1990) (performer: "The Way You Do The Things You Do" - uncredited)
 
1988-1990 The Wonder Years (TV series)
Moving (1990) (performer: "My Girl")
Nemesis (1989) (performer: "My Girl")
Our Miss White (1988) (performer: "Just My Imagination")
 
1990 Coupe de Ville (performer: "Since I Lost My Baby")
 
1989 New Year's Rockin' Eve 1990 (TV special) (performer: "All I Want From You" - uncredited, "Special" - uncredited)
 
1989 Born on the Fourth of July (performer: "My Girl")
 
1989 Who's Harry Crumb? (performer: "Big Fun Harry Crumb")
 
1988 Bebê a Bordo (TV series) (performer: "I wonder who she's seeing now")
 
1988 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Resolutions: Part I (1988) (performer: "My Girl")
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Episode #1.17 (1988) (performer: "I Wonder", "The Motown Medley - My Girl/Baby, Baby/You're Alright/Get Ready/Second That Emotion/Two Lovers/You Better Shop Around/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone/Tears of a Clown/I'm Gonna Make You Love Me")
 
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw (documentary) (performer: "Ain't Too Proud To Beg")
 
1987 Hamburger Hill (performer: "I Wish It Would Rain")
 
1987 Happy New Year (performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You")
 
1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (TV series)
Here's Why Henry David Thoreau Chose the Pond (1987) (performer: "It's the Same Old Song")
 
1987 Mannequin (performer: "My Girl")
 
1986 Moonlighting (TV series)
Symphony in Knocked Flat (1986) (performer: "Psychedelic Shack" - uncredited)
Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin (1986) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
 
1986 A Fine Mess (performer: "A Fine Mess")
 
1985 The Last Dragon (performer: "Treat Her Like A Lady")
 
1985 Heaven Help Us (performer: "My Girl")
 
1983 The Big Chill (performer: "AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG", "MY GIRL")
 
1980 Loving Couples (performer: "TAKE ME AWAY", "THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM")
 
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam (performer: "Papa Was A Rollin Stone")
 
1979 Bassie en Adriaan en het geheim van de sleutel (TV mini-series)
Een dagje vissen (1979) (performer: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")
 
1976 Derrick (TV series)
Schock (1976) (performer: "I'm a Bachelor")
 
1975 French Shampoo (Homage to W. B.) (performer: "Get Ready" - uncredited)
 
1975 Las adolescentes (performer: "Happy People")
 
1975 Aloha Bobby and Rose (performer: "Just My Imagination")
 
1975 Blow Some My Way (performer: "Plastic Man" - uncredited, "Masterpiece" - uncredited, "Law of the Land" - uncredited, "Hurry Tomorrow" - uncredited)
 
1973 AWOL (performer: "Hurry Tomorrow" - uncredited)
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (1969) (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You")
 
1969 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Episode #23.1 (1969) (performer: "I Can't Get Next to You" - uncredited, "September in the Rain" - uncredited, "Autumn Leaves" - uncredited)
 
1965 It's What's Happening, Baby! (TV movie) (performer: "The Way You Do the Things You Do")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #1.23 (1965) (performer: "It's Alright", "My Girl")
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
Episode #3.177 (1994) … Musical Guest
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1991 Garfield Gets a Life (TV short) (vocals)
 
Show ShowSelf (41 titles)
2011 Motown Gold from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (video documentary)
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 17 March 2008 (2008) … Themselves
 
2008 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #14.9 (2008) … Themselves
 
2004 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 21 February 2004 (2004) … Themselves
 
2002 Motown Christmas (TV special)
Themselves
 
1999 Good Morning America (TV series)
Guest Artist
The Temptations (1999) … Guest Artist
 
1998 Super Bowl XXXII (TV movie)
Themselves - Halftime Performers
 
1996 New York Undercover (TV series)
Themselves
Deep Cover (1996) … Themselves
 
1992 Wogan (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 8 April 1992 (1992) … Themselves
 
1992 The Full Moon Show (TV series documentary)
Themselves
Detroit & the Minneapolis Sound (1992) … Themselves
 
1986-1992 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 31 January 1992 (1992) … Themselves
Episode dated 4 July 1986 (1986) … Themselves
 
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. (TV series)
Themselves
Come Ona My House (1992) … Themselves
 
1990 Motown 30: What's Goin' On! (TV special)
Themselves
 
1989 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 27 June 1989 (1989) … Themselves
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #1.16 (1989) … Themselves
 
1988 Lou Rawls Presents Black Gold Hits (TV movie)
Themselves
 
1988 Wednesday at 8 (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #4.2 (1988) … Themselves
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #1.17 (1988) … Themselves
 
1986-1987 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 3 September 1987 (1987) … Themselves
Episode dated 28 August 1986 (1986) … Themselves
 
1986 Moonlighting (TV series)
Themselves
Symphony in Knocked Flat (1986) … Themselves
 
1986 Motown on Showtime: Temptations and Four Tops (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1973-1985 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guests / Themselves - Guests
The Temptations/The Fat Boys (1985) … Themselves - Guests
Anita Baker/The Temptations (1983) … Guests
The Temptations/G.C. Cameron (1973) … Guests
 
1984 Super Night of Rock 'n' Roll (TV movie)
Themselves
 
1973 The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #4.12 (1973) … Themselves
 
1973 The Helen Reddy Show (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #1.2 (1973) … Themselves
 
1970-1973 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Guest / Guest.
Episode dated 25 January 1973 (1973) … Guest
Episode dated 5 February 1970 (1970) … Guest.
 
1972 The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 19 November 1970 (1970) … Themselves
 
1969-1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Musical Guests / Singing Group / Themselves / …
Episode #23.27 (1970) … Themselves - Singers
Episode #23.15 (1970) … Themselves
Episode #23.1 (1969) … Musical Guests
Episode #22.17 (1969) … Singing Group
 
1969 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 13 December 1969 (1969) … Themselves
 
1969 G.I.T. on Broadway (TV movie)
Themselves
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Themselves - Musical Guest
Episode #1.5 (1969) … Themselves - Musical Guest
 
1968-1969 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Themselves - Singers
Episode #6.21 (1969) … Themselves - Singers
Episode #5.21 (1968) … Themselves - Singers
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #3.37 (1968) … Themselves
 
1967 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Themselves
Episode dated 24 February 1967 (1967) … Themselves
 
1966 Where the Action Is (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #2.144 (1966) … Themselves
 
1966 Shivaree (TV series)
Themselves - Singers
Episode dated 5 March 1966 (1966) … Themselves - Singers
 
1965 Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #7.25 (1965) … Themselves
 
1965 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Themselves
Episode #2.28 (1965) … Themselves
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Themselves - Singers
Episode #1.23 (1965) … Themselves - Singers
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Themselves - Honoree (credit only)
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2010 My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2009 My Music: Motown Memories (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
Themselves
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Themselves
 
1973 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
 
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