Allen Jenkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 8, 1900
- Died
- July 20, 1974 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Front Page
Movie · as Telegrapher
Getting Away from It All
Movie · as Doorman
Adam-12
TV · as Jobey · 1 ep
The Spy in the Green Hat
Movie · as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Movie · as Joe Bonney
Batman
TV · as Little Al · 1 ep
Honey West
TV · as Gate Guard · 1 ep
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie · as Vermin
For Those Who Think Young
Movie · as Col. Leslie Jenkins
I'd Rather Be Rich
Movie · as Fred
Bewitched
TV · as Janitor · 3 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto · 2 eps
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)
Top Cat
TV · as Officer Dibble (voice) · 30 eps
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
Pillow Talk
Movie · as Harry
Three Men on a Horse
Movie · as Harry
Wagon Train
TV · as Mr. Gillespie · 1 ep
Hey, Jeannie!
TV · as Al Murray · 26 eps
December Bride
TV · 1 ep
The Duke
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · 1 ep
Chained for Life
Movie · as Hinkley
Oklahoma Annie
Movie · as Lou
The WAC from Walla Walla
Movie · as Mr. Redington
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Fingers · 1 ep
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Retired Actors Home Man on Street · 1 ep
Let's Go Navy!
Movie · as CPO Mervin Longnecker
Crazy Over Horses
Movie · as Weepin' Willie
Behave Yourself!
Movie · as Police Plainclothesman
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
Boston Blackie
TV · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Muggsy · 3 eps
I Love Lucy
TV · as Policeman · 3 eps
The Big Wheel
Movie · as George
Bodyhold
Movie · as Slats Henry
The Inside Story
Movie · as Eddie
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Movie · as Farrell
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Movie · as Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
The Hat Box Mystery
Movie · as 'Harvard'
Fun on a Weekend
Movie · as Joe Morgan
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie · as Nick
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie · as Self
Wild Harvest
Movie · as Higgins
Meet Me on Broadway
Movie · as Deacon McGill
The Dark Horse
Movie · as Willis Trimble
Singin' in the Corn
Movie · as Glenn Cummings
Lady on a Train
Movie · as Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Wonder Man
Movie · as Chimp
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Allen Jenkins
Three Cheers for the Girls
Movie · as Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Wife's an Angel
Movie · as Sam
A Date with the Falcon
Movie · as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
They All Kissed the Bride
Movie · as Johnny Johnson
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie · as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Eyes in the Night
Movie · as Marty
Tortilla Flat
Movie · as Portagee Joe
Maisie Gets Her Man
Movie · as 'Pappy' Goodring
Ball of Fire
Movie · as Garbage Man
The Gay Falcon
Movie · as Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
Footsteps in the Dark
Movie · as Wilfred
Dive Bomber
Movie · as Lucky James
Time Out for Rhythm
Movie · as Off-Beat Davis
Go West, Young Lady
Movie · as Hank
Brother Orchid
Movie · as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Meet the Wildcat
Movie · as Max Schwydel
Tin Pan Alley
Movie · as Casey
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Movie · as Ed aka The Weasel
Margie
Movie · as Kenneth
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie · as Self
Destry Rides Again
Movie · as Gyp Watson
Five Came Back
Movie · as Pete
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Movie · as Steve McBride
Naughty but Nice
Movie · as Joe Dirk
Sweepstakes Winner
Movie · as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie · as Mike
Going Places
Movie · as Droopy
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Movie · as Okay
Swing Your Lady
Movie · as Shiner Ward
Racket Busters
Movie · as Skeets Wilson
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie · as Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
Fools for Scandal
Movie · as Dewey Gibson
Heart of the North
Movie · as Bill Hardsock
Hard to Get
Movie · as Roscoe
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marked Woman
Movie · as Louie
Dead End
Movie · as Hunk
Sh! The Octopus
Movie · as Dempsey
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie · as J. Van Courtland
Dance Charlie Dance
Movie · as Alf Morgan
Marry the Girl
Movie · as Specs
The Perfect Specimen
Movie · as Pinky
A Day at Santa Anita
Movie · as Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
Movie · as Jake Edgall
The Singing Marine
Movie · as Sergeant Mike
Talent Scout
Movie · as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie · as Self
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Movie · as Self
Three Men on a Horse
Movie · as Charlie
The Singing Kid
Movie · as Joe Eddy
Cain and Mabel
Movie · as Dodo
Sing Me a Love Song
Movie · as Chris Cross
Sins of Man
Movie · as Crusty
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie · as Self
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie · as Spudsy Drake
Miss Pacific Fleet
Movie · as Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
Sweet Music
Movie · as Barney Cowan
Page Miss Glory
Movie · as Petey
Broadway Hostess
Movie · as Fishcake Carter
The Irish in Us
Movie · as Carbarn Hammerschlog
A Night at the Ritz
Movie · as Gyp
I Live for Love
Movie · as Mac
The Case of the Curious Bride
Movie · as Spudsy
While the Patient Slept
Movie · as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Things You Never See on the Screen
Movie · as Self
Jimmy the Gent
Movie · as Lou
The Big Shakedown
Movie · as Lefty
Bedside
Movie · as Sam Sparks
The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie · as Sgt. Holcomb
Happiness Ahead
Movie · as Chuck
The Merry Frinks
Movie · as Emmett Frink
The St. Louis Kid
Movie · as Buck Willetts
I've Got Your Number
Movie · as John 'Johnny'
Whirlpool
Movie · as Mac
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Movie · as Pete
42nd Street
Movie · as Mac Elroy
Blondie Johnson
Movie · as Louie
Employees' Entrance
Movie · as Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell
Movie · as Mike
The Mind Reader
Movie · as Frank
Hard to Handle
Movie · as radio announcer
Tomorrow at Seven
Movie · as Dugan
The Keyhole
Movie · as Hank Wales
Professional Sweetheart
Movie · as O'Connor
Havana Widows
Movie · as Herman Brody
The Silk Express
Movie · as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
Bureau of Missing Persons
Movie · as Detective Joe Musik
King Kong
Movie · as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Movie · as Barney Sykes
Three on a Match
Movie · as Dick
Blessed Event
Movie · as Frankie Wells
Lawyer Man
Movie · as Izzy Levine
Grand Hotel
Movie · as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
Rackety Rax
Movie · as Mike Dumphy
The Girl Habit
Movie · as Tony Maloney