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.
151 acting credits
Acting · 151
Bewitched
1964
Batman
1966
Wagon Train
1957
Adam-12
1968
Ben Casey
1961
Four Star Playhouse
1952
I Love Lucy
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Studio 57
1954
Honey West
1965
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Top Cat
1961
December Bride
1954
Grand Hotel
1932
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Boston Blackie
1951
Racket Squad
1951
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
King Kong
1933
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
Pillow Talk
1959
The Front Page
1974
Ball of Fire
1941
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Dead End
1937
42nd Street
1933
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Destry Rides Again
1939
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
Marked Woman
1937
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Three on a Match
1932
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Lawyer Man
1932
Wonder Man
1945
Complicated Women
2003
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
Hard to Handle
1933
Five Came Back
1939
Brother Orchid
1940
Eyes in the Night
1942
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
The Singing Marine
1937
Jimmy the Gent
1934
Getting Away from It All
1972
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
The Mayor of Hell
1933
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
The Big Wheel
1949
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
Fun on a Weekend
1947
Marry the Girl
1937
Stage Door Canteen
1943
A Date with the Falcon
1942
Naughty But Nice
1939
The Gay Falcon
1941
Racket Busters
1938
For Those Who Think Young
1964
Whirlpool
1934
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
The Singing Kid
1936
Tortilla Flat
1942
Lady on a Train
1945
Blessed Event
1932
The Big Shakedown
1934
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
The Inside Story
1948
While the Patient Slept
1935
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Sh! The Octopus
1937
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
The Duke
1954
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
Meet the Wildcat
1940
Behave Yourself!
1951
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Dive Bomber
1941
Cain and Mabel
1936
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
Ever Since Eve
1937
The St. Louis Kid
1934
Sweet Music
1935
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
Wild Harvest
1947
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
Going Places
1938
The Silk Express
1933
Oklahoma Annie
1952
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
Swing Your Lady
1938
Sins of Man
1936
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
Talent Scout
1937
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
The Irish in Us
1935
Rackety Rax
1932
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
Professional Sweetheart
1933
The Mind Reader
1933
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
Page Miss Glory
1935
Crazy Over Horses
1951
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Bedside
1934
Heart of the North
1938
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
Broadway Hostess
1935
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
The Keyhole
1933
Employees' Entrance
1933
The Dark Horse
1946
Havana Widows
1933
Happiness Ahead
1934
Margie
1940
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
Three Men on a Horse
1936
A Night at the Ritz
1935
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
I've Got Your Number
1934
Fools for Scandal
1938
Blondie Johnson
1933
I Live for Love
1935
The Merry Frinks
1934
Go West, Young Lady
1941
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943
Tin Pan Alley
1940
My Wife's an Angel
1943
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
Hard to Get
1938
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
Chained for Life
1952
Bodyhold
1949
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
Singin' in the Corn
1946
Three Men on a Horse
1957
The Girl Habit
1931