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