Allen Jenkins
Acting • Born 1900-04-08 – Died 1974-07-20
Biography
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.
Filmography
152 credits
42nd Street
Movie • 1933
Mac Elroy
Blondie Johnson
Movie • 1933
Louie
Pillow Talk
Movie • 1959
Harry
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Movie • 1936
Self
Marked Woman
Movie • 1937
Louie
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Willie 'The Knife' Corson
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie • 1938
Mike
Dead End
Movie • 1937
Hunk
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Movie • 1932
Barney Sykes
Ball of Fire
Movie • 1941
Garbage Man
Three on a Match
Movie • 1932
Dick
Chained for Life
Movie • 1952
Hinkley
Blessed Event
Movie • 1932
Frankie Wells
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Movie • 1947
Farrell
A Date with the Falcon
Movie • 1942
Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
They All Kissed the Bride
Movie • 1942
Johnny Johnson
Destry Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Gyp Watson
Employees' Entrance
Movie • 1933
Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie • 1942
Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
The Gay Falcon
Movie • 1941
Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
Footsteps in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Wilfred
Going Places
Movie • 1938
Droopy
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Movie • 1938
Okay
Dive Bomber
Movie • 1941
Lucky James
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie • 1964
Vermin Witowski
Five Came Back
Movie • 1939
Pete
Swing Your Lady
Movie • 1938
Shiner Ward
Jimmy the Gent
Movie • 1934
Lou
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Movie • 1947
Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
Eyes in the Night
Movie • 1942
Marty
Sh! The Octopus
Movie • 1937
Dempsey
Racket Busters
Movie • 1938
Skeets Wilson
The Big Wheel
Movie • 1949
George
Time Out for Rhythm
Movie • 1941
Off-Beat Davis
The Big Shakedown
Movie • 1934
Lefty
The Mayor of Hell
Movie • 1933
Mike
Tortilla Flat
Movie • 1942
Portagee Joe
Maisie Gets Her Man
Movie • 1942
'Pappy' Goodring
For Those Who Think Young
Movie • 1964
Col. Leslie Jenkins
The Hat Box Mystery
Movie • 1947
'Harvard'
The Mind Reader
Movie • 1933
Frank
Lawyer Man
Movie • 1932
Izzy Levine
Bodyhold
Movie • 1949
Slats Henry
Bedside
Movie • 1934
Sam Sparks
The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie • 1934
Sgt. Holcomb
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie • 1938
Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
Three Men on a Horse
Movie • 1936
Charlie
Happiness Ahead
Movie • 1934
Chuck
Let's Go Navy!
Movie • 1951
CPO Mervin Longnecker
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie • 1935
Spudsy Drake
The Merry Frinks
Movie • 1934
Emmett Frink
Hard to Handle
Movie • 1933
radio announcer
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie • 1937
J. Van Courtland
The Singing Kid
Movie • 1936
Joe Eddy
Miss Pacific Fleet
Movie • 1935
Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
Tomorrow at Seven
Movie • 1933
Dugan
The Inside Story
Movie • 1948
Eddie
Sweet Music
Movie • 1935
Barney Cowan
Dance Charlie Dance
Movie • 1937
Alf Morgan
I'd Rather Be Rich
Movie • 1964
Fred
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Movie • 1939
Steve McBride
Fools for Scandal
Movie • 1938
Dewey Gibson
Cain and Mabel
Movie • 1936
Dodo
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie • 1963
Cop (uncredited)
The St. Louis Kid
Movie • 1934
Buck Willetts
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Petey
Broadway Hostess
Movie • 1935
Fishcake Carter
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
Joe Morgan
Heart of the North
Movie • 1938
Bill Hardsock
The Irish in Us
Movie • 1935
Carbarn Hammerschlog
The Keyhole
Movie • 1933
Hank Wales
Marry the Girl
Movie • 1937
Specs
A Night at the Ritz
Movie • 1935
Gyp
I Live for Love
Movie • 1935
Mac
Professional Sweetheart
Movie • 1933
O'Connor
Havana Widows
Movie • 1933
Herman Brody
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Nick
Go West, Young Lady
Movie • 1941
Hank
Oklahoma Annie
Movie • 1952
Lou
Hard to Get
Movie • 1938
Roscoe
I've Got Your Number
Movie • 1934
John 'Johnny'
The Perfect Specimen
Movie • 1937
Pinky
Whirlpool
Movie • 1934
Mac
The Silk Express
Movie • 1933
Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
The Spy in the Green Hat
Movie • 1967
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
A Day at Santa Anita
Movie • 1937
Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
Movie • 1937
Jake Edgall
The Singing Marine
Movie • 1937
Sergeant Mike
Wonder Man
Movie • 1945
Chimp
Sing Me a Love Song
Movie • 1936
Chris Cross
Meet Me on Broadway
Movie • 1946
Deacon McGill
The WAC from Walla Walla
Movie • 1952
Mr. Redington
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Movie • 1934
Pete
Meet the Wildcat
Movie • 1940
Max Schwydel
The Case of the Curious Bride
Movie • 1935
Spudsy
Crazy Over Horses
Movie • 1951
Weepin' Willie
Naughty But Nice
Movie • 1939
Joe Dirk
Sweepstakes Winner
Movie • 1939
Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
While the Patient Slept
Movie • 1935
Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Sins of Man
Movie • 1936
Crusty
Bureau of Missing Persons
Movie • 1933
Detective Joe Musik
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Allen Jenkins
Tin Pan Alley
Movie • 1940
Casey
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Movie • 1940
Ed aka The Weasel
Margie
Movie • 1940
Kenneth
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie • 1936
Self
The Dark Horse
Movie • 1946
Willis Trimble
Talent Scout
Movie • 1937
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie • 1947
Self
The Front Page
Movie • 1974
Telegrapher
Wild Harvest
Movie • 1947
Higgins
Grand Hotel
Movie • 1932
Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three Cheers for the Girls
Movie • 1943
Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie • 1937
Self
Things You Never See on the Screen
Movie • 1935
Self
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie • 1940
Self
Rackety Rax
Movie • 1932
Mike Dumphy
Complicated Women
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Singin' in the Corn
Movie • 1946
Glenn Cummings
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
King Kong
Movie • 1933
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Movie • 1967
Joe Bonney
Behave Yourself!
Movie • 1951
Police Plainclothesman
The Girl Habit
Movie • 1931
Tony Maloney
Getting Away from It All
Movie • 1972
Doorman
My Wife's an Angel
Movie • 1943
Sam
Three Men on a Horse
Movie • 1957
Harry
December Bride
TV • 1954
Batman
TV • 1966
Little Al
Top Cat
TV • 1961
Officer Dibble (voice)
Bewitched
TV • 1964
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Honey West
TV • 1965
Gate Guard
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV • 1952
Boston Blackie
TV • 1951
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Al Murray
The Duke
TV • 1954
Johnny
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Janitor
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Mr. Gillespie
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Jobey
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Fingers
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Muggsy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Studio 57
TV • 1954
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Policeman
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
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