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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Filmes (131)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Front Page
1974 · Telegrapher
Getting Away from It All
1972 · Doorman
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967 · Joe Bonney
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 · Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964 · Fred
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964 · Vermin
For Those Who Think Young
1964 · Col. Leslie Jenkins
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Cop (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
1959 · Harry
Three Men on a Horse
1957 · Harry
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952 · Mr. Redington
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Lou
Chained for Life
1952 · Hinkley
Behave Yourself!
1951 · Police Plainclothesman
Crazy Over Horses
1951 · Weepin' Willie
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · CPO Mervin Longnecker
Bodyhold
1949 · Slats Henry
The Big Wheel
1949 · George
The Inside Story
1948 · Eddie
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 · Farrell
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947 · Self
Wild Harvest
1947 · Higgins
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947 · Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
The Hat Box Mystery
1947 · 'Harvard'
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · Joe Morgan
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947 · Nick
Singin' in the Corn
1946 · Glenn Cummings
The Dark Horse
1946 · Willis Trimble
Meet Me on Broadway
1946 · Deacon McGill
Lady on a Train
1945 · Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Wonder Man
1945 · Chimp
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Allen Jenkins
My Wife's an Angel
1943 · Sam
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943 · Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Marty
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 · Johnny Johnson
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · 'Pappy' Goodring
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Tortilla Flat
1942 · Portagee Joe
A Date with the Falcon
1942 · Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Ball of Fire
1941 · Garbage Man
Go West, Young Lady
1941 · Hank
The Gay Falcon
1941 · Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
Dive Bomber
1941 · Lucky James
Time Out for Rhythm
1941 · Off-Beat Davis
Footsteps in the Dark
1941 · Wilfred
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 · Self
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Casey
Meet the Wildcat
1940 · Max Schwydel
Margie
1940 · Kenneth
Brother Orchid
1940 · Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940 · Ed aka The Weasel
Destry Rides Again
1939 · Gyp Watson
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939 · Steve McBride
Five Came Back
1939 · Pete
Naughty but Nice
1939 · Joe Dirk
Sweepstakes Winner
1939 · Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
Going Places
1938 · Droopy
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heart of the North
1938 · Bill Hardsock
Hard to Get
1938 · Roscoe
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Okay
Racket Busters
1938 · Skeets Wilson
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938 · Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
Fools for Scandal
1938 · Dewey Gibson
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Mike
Swing Your Lady
1938 · Shiner Ward
Breakdowns of 1937
1937 · Self
Sh! The Octopus
1937 · Dempsey
The Perfect Specimen
1937 · Pinky
Dead End
1937 · Hunk
Talent Scout
1937 · Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
1937 · Jake Edgall
Marry the Girl
1937 · Specs
Dance Charlie Dance
1937 · Alf Morgan
The Singing Marine
1937 · Sergeant Mike
A Day at Santa Anita
1937 · Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
Marked Woman
1937 · Louie
Ready, Willing and Able
1937 · J. Van Courtland
Breakdowns of 1936
1936 · Self
Sing Me a Love Song
1936 · Chris Cross
Three Men on a Horse
1936 · Charlie
Cain and Mabel
1936 · Dodo
Sins of Man
1936 · Crusty
The Singing Kid
1936 · Joe Eddy
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936 · Self
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935 · Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
Broadway Hostess
1935 · Fishcake Carter
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935 · Self
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935 · Spudsy Drake
I Live for Love
1935 · Mac
Page Miss Glory
1935 · Petey
The Irish in Us
1935 · Carbarn Hammerschlog
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 · Spudsy
A Night at the Ritz
1935 · Gyp
While the Patient Slept
1935 · Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Sweet Music
1935 · Barney Cowan
The St. Louis Kid
1934 · Buck Willetts
Happiness Ahead
1934 · Chuck
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 · Sgt. Holcomb
The Merry Frinks
1934 · Emmett Frink
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934 · Pete
Whirlpool
1934 · Mac
Jimmy the Gent
1934 · Lou
I've Got Your Number
1934 · John 'Johnny'
Bedside
1934 · Sam Sparks
The Big Shakedown
1934 · Lefty
Havana Widows
1933 · Herman Brody
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 · Detective Joe Musik
The Mayor of Hell
1933 · Mike
Professional Sweetheart
1933 · O'Connor
Tomorrow at Seven
1933 · Dugan
The Silk Express
1933 · Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
King Kong
1933 · Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
The Mind Reader
1933 · Frank
The Keyhole
1933 · Hank Wales
42nd Street
1933 · Mac Elroy
Blondie Johnson
1933 · Louie
Employees' Entrance
1933 · Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
Hard to Handle
1933 · radio announcer
Lawyer Man
1932 · Izzy Levine
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Barney Sykes
Three on a Match
1932 · Dick
Rackety Rax
1932 · Mike Dumphy
Grand Hotel
1932 · Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
Blessed Event
1932 · Frankie Wells
The Girl Habit
1931 · Tony Maloney
Séries (20)
Adam-12
1968 · Jobey
Batman
1966 · Little Al
Honey West
1965 · Gate Guard
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Bewitched
1964 · Janitor
Ben Casey
1961
Top Cat
1961 · Officer Dibble (voice)
Wagon Train
1957 · Mr. Gillespie
Hey, Jeannie!
1956 · Al Murray
December Bride
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Duke
1954 · Johnny
General Electric Theater
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Retired Actors Home Man on Street
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Fingers
I Love Lucy
1951 · Policeman
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Muggsy
Boston Blackie
1951
Racket Squad
1951