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