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Allen Jenkins

Born · April 8, 1900

Died · July 20, 1974 (74 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

Bio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Allen Jenkins (April 9, 1900 – July 20, 1974) was an American character actor on stage, screen and television. He was born Alfred McGonegal on Staten Island, New York. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In his first stage appearance, he danced next to James Cagney in a chorus line for an off-Broadway musical called Pitter-Patter. He made five dollars a week. He also appeared one thousand times in Broadway plays between 1924 and 1962, including The Front Page with Lee Tracy (1928). His big break came when he replaced Spencer Tracy for three weeks in the Broadway play The Last Mile. He was called to Hollywood by Darryl F. Zanuck and signed first to Paramount Pictures and shortly afterwards to Warner Bros. He originated the character of Frankie Wells in the Broadway production of Blessed Event and reprised the role in the film adaptation, both in 1932. With the advent of talking pictures, he made a career out of playing comic henchmen, stooges, policemen and other "tough guys" in numerous films of the 1930s and 1940s, especially for Warner Bros. He was labeled the "greatest scene-stealer of the 1930s" by the New York Times. He voiced the character of "Officer Dibble" on the Hanna-Barbera television cartoon Top Cat and was a regular on the 1956-1957 television situation comedy Hey, Jeannie! (1956), starring Jeannie Carson. He was also a guest star on The Red Skelton Show, I Love Lucy, Playhouse 90, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Zane Grey Theater, and The Sid Caesar Show. Eleven days before his death he made his final appearance, at the end of Billy Wilder's 1974 film adaptation of The Front Page. He went public with his alcoholism and was the first actor to speak in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate about it. He helped start the first Alcoholics Anonymous programs in California prisons for women. Jenkins, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh were the original members of the so-called "Irish Mafia". He was the seventh member of the Screen Actors Guild. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Self (archive footage)

6.0

2006

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

6.7

2003

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

6.0

1988

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

1983

The Front Page

Telegrapher

7.3

1974

Getting Away from It All

Doorman

0.0

1972

Adam-12

Jobey · (1 episode)

7.1

1968

Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!

Joe Bonney

5.5

1967

The Spy in the Green Hat

Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto

6.5

1967

Batman

Little Al · (1 episode)

7.3

1966

Honey West

Gate Guard · (1 episode)

7.0

1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto · (1 episode)

7.2

1964

Bewitched

(3 episodes)

7.9

1964

Bewitched

Janitor · (1 episode)

7.9

1964

I'd Rather Be Rich

Fred

5.8

1964

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Vermin Witowski

6.0

1964

For Those Who Think Young

Col. Leslie Jenkins

5.2

1964

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Cop (uncredited)

7.0

1963

Ben Casey

(1 episode)

Mr. Redington

0.0

1952

Mr. & Mrs. North

(1 episode)

4.3

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Fingers · (1 episode)

6.1

1952

Oklahoma Annie

Lou

8.0

1952

Chained for Life

Hinkley

4.1

1952

I Love Lucy

Policeman · (3 episodes)

7.9

1951

The Red Skelton Show

Muggsy · (2 episodes)

7.3

1951

Behave Yourself!

Police Plainclothesman

6.1

1951

Crazy Over Horses

Weepin' Willie

5.5

1951

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

(1 episode)

4.0

1951

Let's Go Navy!

CPO Mervin Longnecker

7.0

1951

Racket Squad

(1 episode)

6.0

1951

Bodyhold

Slats Henry

3.0

1949

The Big Wheel

George

5.8

1949

The Inside Story

Eddie

6.5

1948

The Senator Was Indiscreet

Farrell

5.4

1947

Blow-Ups of 1947

Self

6.3

1947

Wild Harvest

Higgins

0.0

1947

The Case of the Baby-Sitter

Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan

4.0

1947

The Hat Box Mystery

'Harvard'

4.2

1947

Fun on a Weekend

Joe Morgan

7.0

1947

Easy Come, Easy Go

Nick

0.0

1947

Singin' in the Corn

Glenn Cummings

0.0

1946

The Dark Horse

Willis Trimble

0.0

1946

Meet Me on Broadway

Deacon McGill

7.0

1946

Lady on a Train

Danny (Waring chauffeur)

6.5

1945

Wonder Man

Chimp

6.6

1945

Stage Door Canteen

Allen Jenkins

6.1

1943

My Wife's an Angel

0.0

1943

Three Cheers for the Girls

Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.2

1943

Eyes in the Night

Marty

6.0

1942

They All Kissed the Bride

Johnny Johnson

5.8

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

'Pappy' Goodring

6.5

1942

The Falcon Takes Over

Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke

6.0

1942

Tortilla Flat

Portagee Joe

5.4

1942

A Date with the Falcon

Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke

6.5

1942

Ball of Fire

Garbage Man

7.4

1941

Go West, Young Lady

Hank

6.9

1941

The Gay Falcon

Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke

6.2

1941

Time Out for Rhythm

Off-Beat Davis

6.2

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

Wilfred

6.9

1941

Dive Bomber

Lucky James

6.3

1941

Breakdowns of 1940

Self

4.0

1940

Tin Pan Alley

Casey

5.0

1940

Meet the Wildcat

Max Schwydel

0.0

1940

Margie

Kenneth

0.0

1940

Brother Orchid

Willie 'The Knife' Corson

6.4

1940

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

Ed aka The Weasel

5.7

1940

Destry Rides Again

Gyp Watson

7.2

1939

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

Steve McBride

6.0

1939

Five Came Back

Pete

6.2

1939

Naughty But Nice

Joe Dirk

6.2

1939

Sweepstakes Winner

Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey

3.7

1939

Going Places

Droopy

6.2

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

1938

Heart of the North

Bill Hardsock

3.7

1938

Hard to Get

Roscoe

6.0

1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Okay

7.2

1938

Racket Busters

Skeets Wilson

5.1

1938

Gold Diggers in Paris

Duke 'Dukie' Dennis

5.5

1938

Fools for Scandal

Dewey Gibson

6.2

1938

A Slight Case of Murder

Mike

6.1

1938

Swing Your Lady

Shiner Ward

4.2

1938

Breakdowns of 1937

Self

6.0

1937

Sh! The Octopus

Dempsey

5.7

1937

The Perfect Specimen

Pinky

5.7

1937

Dead End

Hunk

7.0

1937

Talent Scout

Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

1937

Ever Since Eve

Jake Edgall

5.8

1937

Marry the Girl

Specs

5.0

1937

Dance Charlie Dance

Alf Morgan

6.0

1937

The Singing Marine

Sergeant Mike

4.0

1937

A Day at Santa Anita

5.0

1937

Marked Woman

Louie

6.5

1937

Ready, Willing and Able

J. Van Courtland

5.2

1937

Breakdowns of 1936

Self

0.0

1936

Sing Me a Love Song

Chris Cross

0.0

1936

Three Men on a Horse

Charlie

6.2

1936

Cain and Mabel

Dodo

6.2

1936

Sins of Man

Crusty

0.0

1936

The Singing Kid

Joe Eddy

4.0

1936

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

Self

6.0

1936

Miss Pacific Fleet

Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins

4.0

1935

Broadway Hostess

Fishcake Carter

5.2

1935

Things You Never See on the Screen

Self

5.0

1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Spudsy Drake

6.0

1935

I Live for Love

Mac

4.8

1935

Page Miss Glory

Petey

6.3

1935

The Irish in Us

Carbarn Hammerschlog

7.7

1935

The Case of the Curious Bride

Spudsy

6.0

1935

A Night at the Ritz

Gyp

3.0

1935

While the Patient Slept

Police Sgt. Jim Jackson

6.4

1935

Sweet Music

Barney Cowan

5.7

1935

The St. Louis Kid

Buck Willetts

5.8

1934

Happiness Ahead

Chuck

6.0

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

Sgt. Holcomb

6.5

1934

The Merry Frinks

Emmett Frink

3.7

1934

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Pete

6.0

1934

Whirlpool

Mac

6.1

1934

Jimmy the Gent

Lou

6.3

1934

I've Got Your Number

John 'Johnny'

6.0

1934

Bedside

Sam Sparks

5.6

1934

The Big Shakedown

Lefty

5.6

1934

Havana Widows

Herman Brody

5.8

1933

Bureau of Missing Persons

Detective Joe Musik

5.6

1933

The Mayor of Hell

Mike

7.1

1933

Professional Sweetheart

O'Connor

5.0

1933

Tomorrow at Seven

Dugan

6.0

1933

The Silk Express

Robert 'Rusty' Griffith

4.7

1933

The Mind Reader

Frank

6.3

1933

The Keyhole

Hank Wales

4.9