Allen Jenkins

Actor · 1900–1974 · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

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Highest rated as cast or director

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

Biography

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.

Acted in 138

1970s

1974
The Front Page
Telegrapher
67
1972
Getting Away from It All
Doorman

1960s

1968
Adam-12
Jobey · 1 episode
75
1967
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Joe Bonney
The Spy in the Green Hat
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
1966
Batman
Little Al · 1 episode
74
1965
Honey West
Gate Guard · 1 episode
74
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto · 2 episodes
76
Bewitched
Janitor · 3 episodes
77
I'd Rather Be Rich
Fred
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Vermin
57
For Those Who Think Young
Col. Leslie Jenkins
53
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cop (uncredited)
70
1961
Ben Casey
TV · 5 Seasons · Drama
68
Top Cat
Officer Dibble (voice) · 30 episodes
72

1950s

1959
Pillow Talk
Harry
77
1957
Wagon Train
Mr. Gillespie · 1 episode
73
Three Men on a Horse
Harry
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Al Murray · 26 episodes
1954
December Bride
TV · 5 Seasons · Comedy
Studio 57
TV · 4 Seasons · Drama · Family
1953
General Electric Theater
TV
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
Retired Actors Home Man on Street · 1 episode
78
The WAC from Walla Walla
Mr. Redington
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 2 Seasons · Comedy · Crime
Four Star Playhouse
Fingers · 1 episode
74
Oklahoma Annie
Lou
Chained for Life
Hinkley
1951
I Love Lucy
Policeman · 3 episodes
83
The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy · 3 episodes
79
Behave Yourself!
Police Plainclothesman
Crazy Over Horses
Weepin' Willie
Boston Blackie
TV · 2 Seasons · Crime · Drama
Let's Go Navy!
CPO Mervin Longnecker
Racket Squad
TV · 3 Seasons · Drama · Action

1940s

1949
Bodyhold
Slats Henry
The Big Wheel
George
56
1948
The Inside Story
Eddie
1947
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
1946
Singin' in the Corn
Glenn Cummings
The Dark Horse
Willis Trimble
Meet Me on Broadway
Deacon McGill
1945
Lady on a Train
Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Wonder Man
Chimp
76
1943
Stage Door Canteen
Allen Jenkins
63
Three Cheers for the Girls
Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
Eyes in the Night
Marty
65
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
64
1941
Ball of Fire
Garbage Man
82
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
68
1940
Tin Pan Alley
Casey
Meet the Wildcat
Max Schwydel
Margie
Kenneth
Brother Orchid
Willie 'The Knife' Corson