DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Known for
Acting
Born
June 21, 1871
Died
March 1, 1937 (aged 65)
Birthplace
Cameron, Missouri, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65.

Known For

Filmography

1942
Thru Different Eyes poster

Thru Different Eyes

Movie · as Paducah

1937
That I May Live poster

That I May Live

Movie · as Chief of Police

1937
We Who Are About to Die poster

We Who Are About to Die

Movie · as Mike Brannigan

1937
This Is My Affair poster

This Is My Affair

Movie · as Bradley Wallace

1937
Slave Ship poster

Slave Ship

Movie · as Snodgrass

1937
Fifty Roads to Town poster

Fifty Roads to Town

Movie · as Captain Galloway

1936
Exclusive Story poster

Exclusive Story

Movie · as Captain (uncredited)

1936
The Accusing Finger poster

The Accusing Finger

Movie · as Prison Warden

1936
Sins of Man poster

Sins of Man

Movie · as Twichelesko

1936
Kelly the Second poster

Kelly the Second

Movie · as Judge

1936
Sing, Baby, Sing poster

Sing, Baby, Sing

Movie · as Mr. Lee, the Landlord

1935
Murder on a Honeymoon poster

Murder on a Honeymoon

Movie · as Captain Beegle

1935
I Dream Too Much poster

I Dream Too Much

Movie · as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

1935
Village Tale poster

Village Tale

Movie · as Sheriff Ramsey

1935
A Dog of Flanders poster

A Dog of Flanders

Movie · as Carl Cogez

1935
Mary Jane's Pa poster

Mary Jane's Pa

Movie · as Sheriff

1935
The Daring Young Man poster

The Daring Young Man

Movie · as Mayor's Committee Official

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty poster

Mutiny on the Bounty

Movie · as Fryer

1935
Front Page Woman poster

Front Page Woman

Movie · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1934
Little Man, What Now? poster

Little Man, What Now?

Movie · as Emil Kleninholz

1934
The Fighting Rookie poster

The Fighting Rookie

Movie · as Police Commissioner

1934
Massacre poster

Massacre

Movie · as Sheriff Jennings

1934
A Man's Game poster

A Man's Game

Movie · as Chief Jordan

1934
The President Vanishes poster

The President Vanishes

Movie · as Cullen

1934
Secret of the Chateau poster

Secret of the Chateau

Movie · as Louis Bardou

1934
Take the Stand poster

Take the Stand

Movie · as Police Commissioner

1934
The Meanest Gal in Town poster

The Meanest Gal in Town

Movie · as Police Chief (uncredited)

1934
Death on the Diamond poster

Death on the Diamond

Movie · as Patterson

1934
A Wicked Woman poster

A Wicked Woman

Movie · as The Sheriff

1934
Charlie Chan's Courage poster

Charlie Chan's Courage

Movie · as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum poster

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Movie · as Police Captain, 12th Precinct

1933
A Lady's Profession poster

A Lady's Profession

Movie · as Mr. Stephens

1933
I Loved a Woman poster

I Loved a Woman

Movie · as Banker (uncredited)

1933
On Your Guard poster

On Your Guard

Movie · as Joshua Perkins

1933
One Year Later poster

One Year Later

Movie · as Deputy Russell

1933
Ladies They Talk About poster

Ladies They Talk About

Movie · as Detective Tracy (uncredited)

1933
Strictly Personal poster

Strictly Personal

Movie · as Captain Reardon

1933
Golden Harvest poster

Golden Harvest

Movie · as Sheriff (uncredited)

1933
Police Car 17 poster

Police Car 17

Movie · as Captain T. J. Hart

1933
Reform Girl poster

Reform Girl

Movie · as Capt. Balfour

1933
Made on Broadway poster

Made on Broadway

Movie · as Moriarty

1932
Silver Dollar poster

Silver Dollar

Movie · as George, the Mine Foreman

1932
The Match King poster

The Match King

Movie · as Bodensky (uncredited)

1932
Dancers in the Dark poster

Dancers in the Dark

Movie · as Police Sergeant McGroody

1932
Midnight Morals poster

Midnight Morals

Movie · as Dan McKennan

1932
Night Court poster

Night Court

Movie · as Court Policeman (uncredited)

1932
Central Park poster

Central Park

Movie · as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

1932
Movie Crazy poster

Movie Crazy

Movie · as Mr. Hall

1932
By Whose Hand? poster

By Whose Hand?

Movie · as City Editor (uncredited)

1931
The Secret Six poster

The Secret Six

Movie · as Chief of Police Donlin

1931
The Criminal Code poster

The Criminal Code

Movie · as Yard Captain Gleason

1931
Caught Plastered poster

Caught Plastered

Movie · as Police Chief H.A. Morton

1931
Arrowsmith poster

Arrowsmith

Movie · as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

1931
The Squaw Man poster

The Squaw Man

Movie · as Sheriff Bud Hardy

1931
Trapped poster

Trapped

Movie · as Police Chief

1931
The Primrose Path poster

The Primrose Path

Movie · as Joe Malone

1931
A Dangerous Affair poster

A Dangerous Affair

Movie · as City Editor

1931
Salvation Nell poster

Salvation Nell

Movie · as McGovern

1930
The Big House poster

The Big House

Movie · as Wallace

1930
The Night Ride poster

The Night Ride

Movie · as Capt. O'Donnell

1930
Captain of the Guard poster

Captain of the Guard

Movie · as Priest

1930
The Bat Whispers poster

The Bat Whispers

Movie · as Police Captain

1930
Min and Bill poster

Min and Bill

Movie · as Groot

1930
Those Who Dance poster

Those Who Dance

Movie · as Captain O'Brien

1930
The Big Trail poster

The Big Trail

Movie · as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

1929
Seven Footprints to Satan poster

Seven Footprints to Satan

Movie · as Uncle Joe

1929
The Valiant poster

The Valiant

Movie · as Warden Holt

1929
The Trial of Mary Dugan poster

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Movie · as Inspector Hunt

1929
Seven Keys to Baldpate poster

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Movie · as Jim Cargan

1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 poster

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Movie · as Jay Darrell

1929
Alibi poster

Alibi

Movie · as Officer O'Brien

1929
Thru Different Eyes poster

Thru Different Eyes

Movie · as Paducah

1929
Red Hot Speed poster

Red Hot Speed

Movie · as Judge O'Brien

1928
The Night Flyer poster

The Night Flyer

Movie · as Bucks

1928
The Crash poster

The Crash

Movie · as Supt. Carleton

1928
The Air Mail Pilot poster

The Air Mail Pilot

Movie

1928
Me, Gangster poster

Me, Gangster

Movie · as Police Chief

1928
Marry the Girl

Marry the Girl

Movie · as Martin Wayland

1927
McFadden's Flats poster

McFadden's Flats

Movie · as Patrick Halloran

1927
Two Arabian Knights poster

Two Arabian Knights

Movie · as American Consul

1927
The Great Mail Robbery poster

The Great Mail Robbery

Movie · as Captain Davis

1927
Home Made poster

Home Made

Movie · as Mr. White

1926
The Fire Brigade poster

The Fire Brigade

Movie · as Fire Chief Wallace

1926
Chip of the Flying U poster

Chip of the Flying U

Movie · as J.G. Whitmore

1926
While London Sleeps poster

While London Sleeps

Movie · as Inspector Burke

1926
The Ice Flood

The Ice Flood

Movie

1926
Exit Smiling poster

Exit Smiling

Movie · as Orlando Wainwright

1925
Go Straight! poster

Go Straight!

Movie · as The Hunter

1925
The Splendid Road poster

The Splendid Road

Movie · as Capt. Bashford

1925
Don't poster

Don't

Movie · as Mr. Moffat

1925
The Mystic poster

The Mystic

Movie · as Director of Police

1925
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent poster

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

Movie · as Detective Ross

1924
The Deadwood Coach poster

The Deadwood Coach

Movie · as Jim Shields - in play

1924
The Desert Outlaw poster

The Desert Outlaw

Movie · as Doc McChesney

1924
Hit and Run poster

Hit and Run

Movie · as Joe Burns

1924
Name the Man poster

Name the Man

Movie · as Dan Collister

1924
By Divine Right poster

By Divine Right

Movie · as Tug Wilson

1924
The Silent Watcher poster

The Silent Watcher

Movie · as Detective Stuart

1924
The Enemy Sex poster

The Enemy Sex

Movie · as Harrigan Blood

1924
Merton of the Movies poster

Merton of the Movies

Movie · as Jeff Baird

1924
The Heart Bandit poster

The Heart Bandit

Movie · as Pat O'Connell

1924
The Gaiety Girl poster

The Gaiety Girl

Movie · as John Kershaw

1924
Along Came Ruth

Along Came Ruth

Movie · as Captain Miles Standish

1923
Circus Days poster

Circus Days

Movie · as Daly

1923
Blinky poster

Blinky

Movie · as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

1923
Out of Luck poster

Out of Luck

Movie · as Capt. Bristol

1923
Within the Law poster

Within the Law

Movie · as Inspector Burke

1922
Flesh and Blood poster

Flesh and Blood

Movie · as Detective Doyle

1922
Mixed Faces poster

Mixed Faces

Movie · as Murray McGuire

1922
The Right That Failed poster

The Right That Failed

Movie · as Mr. Talbot

1922
Sherlock Brown poster

Sherlock Brown

Movie · as J. J. Wallace

1921
The Poverty of Riches poster

The Poverty of Riches

Movie · as Lyons

1921
Alias Ladyfingers poster

Alias Ladyfingers

Movie · as Lt. Ambrose

1921
Beating the Game poster

Beating the Game

Movie · as G.B. Lawson

1921
There Are No Villains poster

There Are No Villains

Movie · as Detective Flint

1921
The Golden Snare poster

The Golden Snare

Movie · as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald

1921
The Greater Claim

The Greater Claim

Movie · as Richard Everard Sr.

1918
The Hillcrest Mystery poster

The Hillcrest Mystery

Movie · as Tom Cameron

1917
The Little American poster

The Little American

Movie · as English Barrister

1915
At Bay poster

At Bay

Movie · as Judson Flagg