Allen Jenkins
Acting
Born: April 8, 1900 · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Died: July 20, 1974 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
King Kong
1933
Bewitched
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Batman
1966
The Front Page
1974
Top Cat
1961
Grand Hotel
1932
Pillow Talk
1959
I Love Lucy
1951
Ball of Fire
1941
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
42nd Street
1933
Photos (4)
Movies (119)
King Kong
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cop (uncredited)
Grand Hotel
Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Vermin
Pillow Talk
Harry
The Front Page
Telegrapher
42nd Street
Mac Elroy
Destry Rides Again
Gyp Watson
Ball of Fire
Garbage Man
Dead End
Hunk
The Falcon Takes Over
Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Tortilla Flat
Portagee Joe
Stage Door Canteen
Allen Jenkins
Dive Bomber
Lucky James
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Barney Sykes
Wonder Man
Chimp
Professional Sweetheart
O'Connor
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Okay
Fun on a Weekend
Joe Morgan
Marked Woman
Louie
Footsteps in the Dark
Wilfred
The Gay Falcon
Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
The WAC from Walla Walla
Mr. Redington
Three on a Match
Dick
Lawyer Man
Izzy Levine
Hard to Handle
radio announcer
Brother Orchid
Willie 'The Knife' Corson
I'd Rather Be Rich
Fred
Jimmy the Gent
Lou
Tomorrow at Seven
Dugan
Eyes in the Night
Marty
The Mayor of Hell
Mike
Blondie Johnson
Louie
A Slight Case of Murder
Mike
Lady on a Train
Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Sh! The Octopus
Dempsey
The Perfect Specimen
Pinky
Going Places
Droopy
They All Kissed the Bride
Johnny Johnson
A Date with the Falcon
Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Five Came Back
Pete
Bureau of Missing Persons
Detective Joe Musik
Naughty but Nice
Joe Dirk
Heart of the North
Bill Hardsock
The Spy in the Green Hat
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
For Those Who Think Young
Col. Leslie Jenkins
The Big Wheel
George
The Girl Habit
Tony Maloney
The Big Shakedown
Lefty
Ready, Willing and Able
J. Van Courtland
Sweepstakes Winner
Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
The Case of the Howling Dog
Sgt. Holcomb
The Singing Marine
Sergeant Mike
Singin' in the Corn
Glenn Cummings
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Steve McBride
Page Miss Glory
Petey
Racket Busters
Skeets Wilson
Tin Pan Alley
Casey
Cain and Mabel
Dodo
Happiness Ahead
Chuck
Meet the Wildcat
Max Schwydel
Broadway Hostess
Fishcake Carter
Maisie Gets Her Man
'Pappy' Goodring
Whirlpool
Mac
The Irish in Us
Carbarn Hammerschlog
Let's Go Navy!
CPO Mervin Longnecker
Gold Diggers in Paris
Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
Breakdowns of 1938
Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Joe Eddy
Meet Me on Broadway
Deacon McGill
Wild Harvest
Higgins
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Farrell
Marry the Girl
Specs
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
Joe Bonney
Time Out for Rhythm
Off-Beat Davis
Oklahoma Annie
Lou
The Case of the Curious Bride
Spudsy
Ever Since Eve
Jake Edgall
Employees' Entrance
Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
The Inside Story
Eddie
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Alf Morgan
Sins of Man
Crusty
Behave Yourself!
Police Plainclothesman
Bedside
Sam Sparks
Sing Me a Love Song
Chris Cross
The Merry Frinks
Emmett Frink
The St. Louis Kid
Buck Willetts
Rackety Rax
Mike Dumphy
Miss Pacific Fleet
Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
Hard to Get
Roscoe
The Keyhole
Hank Wales
I Live for Love
Mac
Blessed Event
Frankie Wells
While the Patient Slept
Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
The Hat Box Mystery
'Harvard'
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Pete
Havana Widows
Herman Brody
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Spudsy Drake
I've Got Your Number
John 'Johnny'
Getting Away from It All
Doorman
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
The Dark Horse
Willis Trimble
Easy Come, Easy Go
Nick
The Silk Express
Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
A Day at Santa Anita
Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
Go West, Young Lady
Hank
Sweet Music
Barney Cowan
Crazy Over Horses
Weepin' Willie
Three Men on a Horse
Charlie
A Night at the Ritz
Gyp
Three Men on a Horse
Harry
Three Cheers for the Girls
Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fools for Scandal
Dewey Gibson
Margie
Kenneth
Swing Your Lady
Shiner Ward
The Mind Reader
Frank
Bodyhold
Slats Henry
Chained for Life
Hinkley
TV Shows (20)
Bewitched
3 eps
Bewitched
Janitor · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Mr. Gillespie · 1 eps
Adam-12
Jobey · 1 eps
Batman
Little Al · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy · 3 eps
I Love Lucy
Policeman · 3 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Fingers · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto · 2 eps
Honey West
Gate Guard · 1 eps
The Abbott and Costello Show
Retired Actors Home Man on Street · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
December Bride
1 eps
Top Cat
Officer Dibble (voice) · 30 eps
Boston Blackie
1 eps
Racket Squad
1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. North
1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
Al Murray · 26 eps
General Electric Theater
1 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1937
Self
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
Breakdowns of 1940
Self
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
Self