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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)
2011 The Best of 'The Temptations' on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (video short)
 
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
 
2006 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
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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