Jimmy Conlin
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Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884 – May 7, 1962) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career. Conlin was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1884, and his acting career started out in vaudeville, where he and his first wife Myrtle Glass played the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuits billed as "Conlin & Glass", a song-and-dance team. They also starred together in two short films, Sharps and Flats (1928) and Zip! Boom! Bang! (1929) for Vitaphone.
Conlin made another comedy short without Glass in 1930 (A Tight Squeeze), but his film career started for good in 1933, and for the next 27 years, with the single exception of 1951, every year saw the release of at least one film in which Conlin appeared – at the height of his career, often more than a dozen of them. Recognizable by his small size and odd appearance, Conlin played all sorts of small roles and bit parts, many times not receiving an onscreen credit.
In the 1940s, Conlin was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. His roles in Sturges' films were often sizable and often came with good billing. One of his best performances came in Sturges' The Sin of Harold Diddlebock in 1946, when he played "Wormy", the racetrack tout who convinces Harold Lloyd to have his first drink, setting off the events of the film. The loyalty between Sturges and Conlin ran both ways, and when the former golden boy of Hollywood fell on hard times, Conlin remained a friend, stayed in contact, and helped out in any way he could.
Conlin did not make many television appearances, but he did have a regular role as a bartender on Duffy's Tavern, a syndicated series from 1954. He made his final film in 1959, when he played a habitual criminal in Anatomy of a Murder.
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Movies (109)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959 · Magruder
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Clarence Madigan
The Seven Little Foys
1955 · Stage Doorman
It Happens Every Thursday
1953 · Matthew
The Jazz Singer
1953 · Mr. Demming, Photographer
On Dangerous Ground
1951 · Doc Hyman (uncredited)
Sideshow
1950 · Johnny
Operation Haylift
1950 · Ed North
The Great Rupert
1950 · Joe Mahoney
The Inspector General
1949 · Turnkey (uncredited)
Prejudice
1949 · Young Joe
Tulsa
1949 · Homer Triplette
Knock on Any Door
1949 · Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
Hazard
1948 · Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Abner Small
The Hucksters
1947 · Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947 · Pete the Hermit
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947 · Sightless
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Wormy
It's a Joke, Son!
1947 · Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Rolling Home
1946 · Grandpa Crawford
Blue Skies
1946 · Jeffrey (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Whistle Stop
1946 · Al
Fallen Angel
1945 · Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
What, No Cigarettes
1945 · Uncle Wilbur
Bring on the Girls
1945 · Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
1944 · Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
Lost in a Harem
1944 · Arab Follower (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Mayor (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Judge Dennis
Summer Storm
1944 · Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
1944 · Messenger (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 · Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944 · Little Thief
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
Petticoat Larceny
1943 · Jitters
Dixie
1943 · Publisher (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
1943 · Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
Taxi, Mister
1943 · Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Bartender at opera (uncredited)
Madame Spy
1942 · Caretaker Winston
The Forest Rangers
1942 · Otto Hanson
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Mr. Asweld
Broadway
1942 · Newsman (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady
1942 · Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Bum (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
1942 · Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Trusty
New York Town
1941 · Burt (uncredited)
The Gay Falcon
1941 · Bartender (uncredited)
Out of the Fog
1941
A Shot in the Dark
1941 · Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
1941 · Third Steward (uncredited)
Ridin' on a Rainbow
1941 · Joe
Let's Make Music
1941 · Tim
Second Chorus
1941 · Mr. Dunn
Christmas in July
1940 · Arbuster (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway
1940 · Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940 · Tour Bus Barker
The Great McGinty
1940 · The Lookout - At Felgman's
The Way of All Flesh
1940 · Second Hobo
Florian
1940 · Stock Guard
Edison, the Man
1940 · Waiter
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Poem Vendor (uncredited)
King of the Lumberjacks
1940 · Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance
1940 · Dr. Doremus - Coroner
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939 · Sheriff (uncredited)
No Place to Go
1939 · Rivers
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Coroner (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939 · Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Stagehand
Comet Over Broadway
1938 · Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
1938 · Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
Hard to Get
1938 · Dour Diner (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Hobart Skinner
Smashing the Rackets
1938 · Witness
Prison Farm
1938 · Dave, the Grocer
Cocoanut Grove
1938 · Motel Proprietor
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Botkin (as James Conlon)
Over the Wall
1938 · Davis' Handler
He Couldn't Say No
1938 · Ambulance Driver
Blondes at Work
1938 · Coroner (uncredited)
Mannequin
1938 · Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Crashing Hollywood
1938 · Crisby
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Dr. Bolger, coroner
Living on Love
1937 · Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
1937 · Martin (uncredited)
The Man Who Found Himself
1937 · Nosey Watson
Find the Witness
1937 · Swifty Mullins (uncredited)
Rose Bowl
1936 · Browning Hills
The Accusing Finger
1936 · (scene deleted)
And Sudden Death
1936 · Mr. Tweets
Rose Marie
1936 · Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · Len Noble
Handy Andy
1934 · Henry (uncredited)
She Learned About Sailors
1934 · Irate Neighbor
City Limits
1934 · Napoleon, Second Hobo
Cross Country Cruise
1934 · Sid
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
Footlight Parade
1933 · Uncle in Honeymoon Hotel (uncredited)
The Bowery
1933 · Enlistee (uncredited)
College Humor
1933 · Dr. Mandel
Grand Slam
1933 · Oscar Smelt
Sharps and Flats
1928 · Self
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