Jimmy Conlin
Acting • Born 1884-10-13 – Died 1962-05-07
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884 – May 7, 1962) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career. Conlin was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1884, and his acting career started out in vaudeville, where he and his first wife Myrtle Glass played the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuits billed as "Conlin & Glass", a song-and-dance team. They also starred together in two short films, Sharps and Flats (1928) and Zip! Boom! Bang! (1929) for Vitaphone. Conlin made another comedy short without Glass in 1930 (A Tight Squeeze), but his film career started for good in 1933, and for the next 27 years, with the single exception of 1951, every year saw the release of at least one film in which Conlin appeared – at the height of his career, often more than a dozen of them. Recognizable by his small size and odd appearance, Conlin played all sorts of small roles and bit parts, many times not receiving an onscreen credit. In the 1940s, Conlin was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. His roles in Sturges' films were often sizable and often came with good billing. One of his best performances came in Sturges' The Sin of Harold Diddlebock in 1946, when he played "Wormy", the racetrack tout who convinces Harold Lloyd to have his first drink, setting off the events of the film. The loyalty between Sturges and Conlin ran both ways, and when the former golden boy of Hollywood fell on hard times, Conlin remained a friend, stayed in contact, and helped out in any way he could. Conlin did not make many television appearances, but he did have a regular role as a bartender on Duffy's Tavern, a syndicated series from 1954. He made his final film in 1959, when he played a habitual criminal in Anatomy of a Murder.
Filmography
109 credits
The Town Went Wild
Movie • 1944
Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie • 1947
Wormy
The Palm Beach Story
Movie • 1942
Mr. Asweld
Fallen Angel
Movie • 1945
Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Movie • 1940
Arbuster (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Movie • 1940
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie • 1944
Judge Dennis
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie • 1944
Little Thief
The Great Rupert
Movie • 1950
Joe Mahoney
Whistle Stop
Movie • 1946
Al - the Barber
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
Tulsa
Movie • 1949
Homer Triplette
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Movie • 1959
Magruder
Sideshow
Movie • 1950
Johnny
Knock on Any Door
Movie • 1949
Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
It's a Joke, Son!
Movie • 1947
Senator Alexander P. Leeds
College Humor
Movie • 1933
Dr. Mandel
Sharps and Flats
Movie • 1928
Self
Operation Haylift
Movie • 1950
Ed North
No Place to Go
Movie • 1939
Rivers
Rolling Home
Movie • 1946
Grandpa Crawford
Footlight Parade
Movie • 1933
Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie • 1944
Mayor (uncredited)
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Rose Marie
Movie • 1936
Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
Blue Skies
Movie • 1946
Jeffrey - Valet (uncredited)
The Bride Comes Home
Movie • 1935
Len Noble
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Messenger (uncredited)
Petticoat Larceny
Movie • 1943
Jitters
Cross Country Cruise
Movie • 1934
Sid
The Man Who Found Himself
Movie • 1937
Nosey Watson
Hazard
Movie • 1948
Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
Smashing the Rackets
Movie • 1938
Witness
Living on Love
Movie • 1937
Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Dixie
Movie • 1943
Publisher (uncredited)
She Learned About Sailors
Movie • 1934
Irate Neighbor
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie • 1939
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
City Limits
Movie • 1934
Napoleon, Second Hobo
Cocoanut Grove
Movie • 1938
Motel Proprietor
He Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1938
Ambulance Driver
On Dangerous Ground
Movie • 1951
Doc Hyman (uncredited)
Prejudice
Movie • 1949
Young Joe
The Seven Little Foys
Movie • 1955
Stage Doorman
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Stagehand
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Movie • 1939
Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Summer Storm
Movie • 1944
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
Movie • 1941
Tim
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie • 1940
Poem Vendor (uncredited)
Crashing Hollywood
Movie • 1938
Crisby
Torchy Blane in Panama
Movie • 1938
Botkin (as James Conlon)
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Movie • 1940
Tour Bus Barker
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Movie • 1947
Sightless
The Lady Eve
Movie • 1941
Third Steward (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance
Movie • 1940
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Movie • 1939
Coroner (uncredited)
Taxi, Mister
Movie • 1943
Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
Edison, the Man
Movie • 1940
Waiter
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Murder
Movie • 1959
Clarence "One-Shot" "Smoky" Madigan
Second Chorus
Movie • 1941
Mr. Dunn
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie • 1947
Abner Small
Captains Courageous
Movie • 1937
Martin (uncredited)
King of the Lumberjacks
Movie • 1940
Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Movie • 1940
Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers
Movie • 1942
Otto Hanson
Prison Farm
Movie • 1938
Dave, the Grocer
Florian
Movie • 1940
Stock Guard
Angels Over Broadway
Movie • 1940
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Madame Spy
Movie • 1942
Caretaker Winston
The Way of All Flesh
Movie • 1940
Second Hobo
Over the Wall
Movie • 1938
Davis' Handler
And Sudden Death
Movie • 1936
Mr. Tweets
Broadway Musketeers
Movie • 1938
Hobart Skinner
Bring on the Girls
Movie • 1945
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Jazz Singer
Movie • 1953
Mr. Demming, Photographer
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie • 1947
Pete the Hermit
Ridin' on a Rainbow
Movie • 1941
Joe
A Shot in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels
Movie • 1941
Trusty
It Happens Every Thursday
Movie • 1953
Matthew
Hitler's Madman
Movie • 1943
Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
New York Town
Movie • 1941
Burt (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
Movie • 1942
Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Bartender at opera (uncredited)
The Inspector General
Movie • 1949
Turnkey (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
Movie • 1939
Sheriff (uncredited)
Grand Slam
Movie • 1933
Oscar Smelt
The Adventurous Blonde
Movie • 1937
Dr. Bolger, coroner
Blondes at Work
Movie • 1938
Coroner (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
(scene deleted)
The Gay Falcon
Movie • 1941
Bartender (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
Movie • 1943
Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Hard to Get
Movie • 1938
Dour Diner (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
Movie • 1938
Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
What, No Cigarettes
Movie • 1945
Uncle Wilbur
Lost in a Harem
Movie • 1944
Arab Follower (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie • 1946
Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Mannequin
Movie • 1938
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway
Movie • 1938
Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Movie • 1943
Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
Out of the Fog
Movie • 1941
Rose Bowl
Movie • 1936
Browning Hills
Handy Andy
Movie • 1934
Henry (uncredited)
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Newsman (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
Movie • 1942
Bum (uncredited)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie • 1933
The Bowery
Movie • 1933
Enlistee (uncredited)
Find the Witness
Movie • 1937
Swifty Mullins (uncredited)