Allen Jenkins
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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.
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Acted in
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Front Page
1974
as Telegrapher
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Doorman
Adam-12
1968
as Jobey
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
as Joe Bonney
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Batman
1966
as Little Al
Honey West
1965
as Gate Guard
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Bewitched
1964
Bewitched
1964
as Janitor
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Fred
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Vermin Witowski
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Col. Leslie Jenkins
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Cop (uncredited)
Ben Casey
1961
Top Cat
1961
as Officer Dibble (voice)
Pillow Talk
1959
as Harry
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Gillespie
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Al Murray
December Bride
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Duke
1954
as Johnny
General Electric Theater
1953
The WAC From Walla Walla
1952
as Mr. Redington
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Fingers
Oklahoma Annie
1952
as Lou
Chained for Life
1952
as Hinkley
I Love Lucy
1951
as Policeman
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Police Plainclothesman
Crazy Over Horses
1951
as Weepin' Willie
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
1951
Let's Go Navy!
1951
as CPO Mervin Longnecker
Racket Squad
1951
Bodyhold
1949
as Slats Henry
The Big Wheel
1949
as George
The Inside Story
1948
as Eddie
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Farrell
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
Wild Harvest
1947
as Higgins
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
as 'Harvard'
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Joe Morgan
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Nick
Singin' in the Corn
1946
as Glenn Cummings
The Dark Horse
1946
as Willis Trimble
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
as Deacon McGill
Lady on a Train
1945
as Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Wonder Man
1945
as Chimp
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Allen Jenkins
My Wife's an Angel
1943
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943
as Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
1942
as Marty
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Johnny Johnson
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as 'Pappy' Goodring
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Tortilla Flat
1942
as Portagee Joe
A Date with the Falcon
1942
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Ball of Fire
1941
as Garbage Man
Go West, Young Lady
1941
as Hank
The Gay Falcon
1941
as Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
as Off-Beat Davis
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Wilfred
Dive Bomber
1941
as Lucky James
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Casey
Meet the Wildcat
1940
as Max Schwydel
Margie
1940
as Kenneth
Brother Orchid
1940
as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940
as Ed aka The Weasel
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Gyp Watson
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939
as Steve McBride
Five Came Back
1939
as Pete
Naughty But Nice
1939
as Joe Dirk
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
Going Places
1938
as Droopy
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the North
1938
as Bill Hardsock
Hard to Get
1938
as Roscoe
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Okay
Racket Busters
1938
as Skeets Wilson
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
Fools for Scandal
1938
as Dewey Gibson
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Mike
Swing Your Lady
1938
as Shiner Ward
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
Sh! The Octopus
1937
as Dempsey
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Pinky
Dead End
1937
as Hunk
Talent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Jake Edgall
Marry the Girl
1937
as Specs
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
as Alf Morgan
The Singing Marine
1937
as Sergeant Mike
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
Marked Woman
1937
as Louie
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as J. Van Courtland
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
as Chris Cross
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Charlie
Cain and Mabel
1936
as Dodo
Sins of Man
1936
as Crusty
The Singing Kid
1936
as Joe Eddy
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
as Self
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Fishcake Carter
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as Spudsy Drake
I Live for Love
1935
as Mac
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Petey
The Irish in Us
1935
as Carbarn Hammerschlog
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Spudsy
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Gyp
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Sweet Music
1935
as Barney Cowan
The St. Louis Kid
1934
as Buck Willetts
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Chuck
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Sgt. Holcomb
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Emmett Frink
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Pete
Whirlpool
1934
as Mac
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Lou
I've Got Your Number
1934
as John 'Johnny'
Bedside
1934
as Sam Sparks
The Big Shakedown
1934
as Lefty
Havana Widows
1933
as Herman Brody
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Detective Joe Musik
The Mayor of Hell
1933
as Mike
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as O'Connor
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Dugan
The Silk Express
1933
as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
The Mind Reader
1933
as Frank
The Keyhole
1933
as Hank Wales
King Kong
1933
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
42nd Street
1933
as Mac Elroy
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Louie
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
Hard to Handle
1933
as radio announcer
Lawyer Man
1932
as Izzy Levine
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Barney Sykes
Three on a Match
1932
as Dick
Rackety Rax
1932
as Mike Dumphy
Blessed Event
1932
as Frankie Wells
Grand Hotel
1932
as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
The Girl Habit
1931
as Tony Maloney