Acting
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.
Filmography
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Film · 2006
Complicated Women
Film · 2003
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Film · 1987
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
The Front Page
Film · 1974
Getting Away from It All
Film · 1972
Adam-12
Series · 1968
The Spy in the Green Hat
Film · 1967
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Film · 1967
Batman
Series · 1966
Honey West
Series · 1965
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Film · 1964
For Those Who Think Young
Film · 1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
Film · 1964
Bewitched
Series · 1964
Bewitched
Series · 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Film · 1963
Top Cat
Series · 1961
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
Pillow Talk
Film · 1959
Three Men on a Horse
Film · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Hey, Jeannie!
Series · 1956
December Bride
Series · 1954
The Duke
Series · 1954
Studio 57
Series · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Chained for Life
Film · 1952
Oklahoma Annie
Film · 1952
The WAC from Walla Walla
Film · 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
Series · 1952
Let's Go Navy!
Film · 1951
Crazy Over Horses
Film · 1951
Behave Yourself!
Film · 1951
Racket Squad
Series · 1951
Boston Blackie
Series · 1951
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
I Love Lucy
Series · 1951
The Big Wheel
Film · 1949
Bodyhold
Film · 1949
The Inside Story
Film · 1948
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Film · 1947
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Film · 1947
The Hat Box Mystery
Film · 1947
Fun on a Weekend
Film · 1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Film · 1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
Film · 1947
Wild Harvest
Film · 1947
Meet Me on Broadway
Film · 1946
The Dark Horse
Film · 1946
Singin' in the Corn
Film · 1946
Lady on a Train
Film · 1945
Wonder Man
Film · 1945
Stage Door Canteen
Film · 1943
Three Cheers for the Girls
Film · 1943
My Wife's an Angel
Film · 1943
A Date with the Falcon
Film · 1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Film · 1942
The Falcon Takes Over
Film · 1942
Eyes in the Night
Film · 1942
Tortilla Flat
Film · 1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
Film · 1942
Ball of Fire
Film · 1941
The Gay Falcon
Film · 1941
Footsteps in the Dark
Film · 1941
Dive Bomber
Film · 1941
Time Out for Rhythm
Film · 1941
Go West, Young Lady
Film · 1941
Brother Orchid
Film · 1940
Meet the Wildcat
Film · 1940
Tin Pan Alley
Film · 1940
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Film · 1940
Margie
Film · 1940
Breakdowns of 1940
Film · 1940
Destry Rides Again
Film · 1939
Five Came Back
Film · 1939
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Film · 1939
Naughty but Nice
Film · 1939
Sweepstakes Winner
Film · 1939
A Slight Case of Murder
Film · 1938
Going Places
Film · 1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Film · 1938
Swing Your Lady
Film · 1938
Racket Busters
Film · 1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
Film · 1938
Fools for Scandal
Film · 1938
Heart of the North
Film · 1938
Hard to Get
Film · 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Film · 1938
Marked Woman
Film · 1937
Dead End
Film · 1937
Sh! The Octopus
Film · 1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Film · 1937
Dance Charlie Dance
Film · 1937
Marry the Girl
Film · 1937
The Perfect Specimen
Film · 1937
A Day at Santa Anita
Film · 1937
Ever Since Eve
Film · 1937
The Singing Marine
Film · 1937
Talent Scout
Film · 1937
Breakdowns of 1937
Film · 1937
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Film · 1936
Three Men on a Horse
Film · 1936
The Singing Kid
Film · 1936
Cain and Mabel
Film · 1936
Sing Me a Love Song
Film · 1936
Sins of Man
Film · 1936
Breakdowns of 1936
Film · 1936
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Film · 1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
Film · 1935
Sweet Music
Film · 1935
Page Miss Glory
Film · 1935
Broadway Hostess
Film · 1935
The Irish in Us
Film · 1935
A Night at the Ritz
Film · 1935
I Live for Love
Film · 1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
Film · 1935
While the Patient Slept
Film · 1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Film · 1935
Jimmy the Gent
Film · 1934
The Big Shakedown
Film · 1934
Bedside
Film · 1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
Film · 1934
Happiness Ahead
Film · 1934
The Merry Frinks
Film · 1934
The St. Louis Kid
Film · 1934
I've Got Your Number
Film · 1934
Whirlpool
Film · 1934
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Film · 1934
42nd Street
Film · 1933
Blondie Johnson
Film · 1933
Employees' Entrance
Film · 1933
The Mayor of Hell
Film · 1933
The Mind Reader
Film · 1933
Hard to Handle
Film · 1933
Tomorrow at Seven
Film · 1933
The Keyhole
Film · 1933
Professional Sweetheart
Film · 1933
Havana Widows
Film · 1933
The Silk Express
Film · 1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
Film · 1933
King Kong
Film · 1933
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Film · 1932
Three on a Match
Film · 1932
Blessed Event
Film · 1932
Lawyer Man
Film · 1932
Grand Hotel
Film · 1932
Rackety Rax
Film · 1932
The Girl Habit
Film · 1931