Allen Jenkins
121 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 8, 1900
- Died
- Jul 20, 1974 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Alfred McGonegal · Allen Curtis Jenkins
Biography
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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.
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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.
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Known for
Allen Jenkins: movies and TV shows
Acting (140)
- 1974 The Front Page
as Telegrapher
- 1972 Getting Away from It All
as Doorman
- 1968
- 1967 Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
as Joe Bonney
- 1967 The Spy in the Green Hat
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
as Fred
- 1964 Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Vermin
- 1964 For Those Who Think Young
as Col. Leslie Jenkins
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1961
- 1961
- 1959 Pillow Talk
as Harry
- 1957
- 1957 Three Men on a Horse
as Harry
- 1956
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952 The WAC from Walla Walla
as Mr. Redington
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Oklahoma Annie
as Lou
- 1952 Chained for Life
as Hinkley
- 1951
- 1951 Behave Yourself!
as Police Plainclothesman
- 1951 Crazy Over Horses
as Weepin' Willie
- 1951
- 1951 Let's Go Navy!
as CPO Mervin Longnecker
- 1951
- 1949 Bodyhold
as Slats Henry
- 1949 The Big Wheel
as George
- 1948 The Inside Story
as Eddie
- 1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Farrell
- 1947 Wild Harvest
as Higgins
- 1947 The Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
- 1947 The Hat Box Mystery
as 'Harvard'
- 1947 Fun on a Weekend
as Joe Morgan
- 1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
as Nick
- 1946 Singin' in the Corn
as Glenn Cummings
- 1946 The Dark Horse
as Willis Trimble
- 1946 Meet Me on Broadway
as Deacon McGill
- 1945 Lady on a Train
as Danny (Waring chauffeur)
- 1945 Wonder Man
as Chimp
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Allen Jenkins
- 1943 My Wife's an Angel
as Sam
- 1943 Three Cheers for the Girls
as Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942 Eyes in the Night
as Marty
- 1942 They All Kissed the Bride
as Johnny Johnson
- 1942 Maisie Gets Her Man
as 'Pappy' Goodring
- 1942 The Falcon Takes Over
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
- 1942 Tortilla Flat
as Portagee Joe
- 1942 A Date with the Falcon
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
- 1941 Ball of Fire
as Garbage Man
- 1941 Go West, Young Lady
as Hank
- 1941 The Gay Falcon
as Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
- 1941 Dive Bomber
as Lucky James
- 1941 Time Out for Rhythm
as Off-Beat Davis
- 1941 Footsteps in the Dark
as Wilfred
- 1940 Tin Pan Alley
as Casey
- 1940 Meet the Wildcat
as Max Schwydel
- 1940 Margie
as Kenneth
- 1940 Brother Orchid
as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
- 1940 Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
as Ed aka The Weasel
- 1939 Destry Rides Again
as Gyp Watson
- 1939 Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Steve McBride
- 1939 Five Came Back
as Pete
- 1939 Naughty but Nice
as Joe Dirk
- 1939 Sweepstakes Winner
as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
- 1938 Going Places
as Droopy
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 Heart of the North
as Bill Hardsock
- 1938 Hard to Get
as Roscoe
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Okay
- 1938 Racket Busters
as Skeets Wilson
- 1938 Gold Diggers in Paris
as Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
- 1938 Fools for Scandal
as Dewey Gibson
- 1938 A Slight Case of Murder
as Mike
- 1938 Swing Your Lady
as Shiner Ward
- 1937 Sh! The Octopus
as Dempsey
- 1937 The Perfect Specimen
as Pinky
- 1937 Dead End
as Hunk
- 1937 Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1937 Ever Since Eve
as Jake Edgall
- 1937 Marry the Girl
as Specs
- 1937 Dance Charlie Dance
as Alf Morgan
- 1937 The Singing Marine
as Sergeant Mike
- 1937 A Day at Santa Anita
as Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
- 1937 Marked Woman
as Louie
- 1937 Ready, Willing and Able
as J. Van Courtland
- 1936 Sing Me a Love Song
as Chris Cross
- 1936 Three Men on a Horse
as Charlie
- 1936 Cain and Mabel
as Dodo
- 1936 Sins of Man
as Crusty
- 1936 The Singing Kid
as Joe Eddy
- 1935 Miss Pacific Fleet
as Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
- 1935 Broadway Hostess
as Fishcake Carter
- 1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy Drake
- 1935 I Live for Love
as Mac
- 1935 Page Miss Glory
as Petey
- 1935 The Irish in Us
as Carbarn Hammerschlog
- 1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
as Spudsy
- 1935 A Night at the Ritz
as Gyp
- 1935 While the Patient Slept
as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
- 1935 Sweet Music
as Barney Cowan
- 1934 The St. Louis Kid
as Buck Willetts
- 1934 Happiness Ahead
as Chuck
- 1934 The Case of the Howling Dog
as Sgt. Holcomb
- 1934 The Merry Frinks
as Emmett Frink
- 1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Pete
- 1934 Whirlpool
as Mac
- 1934 Jimmy the Gent
as Lou
- 1934 I've Got Your Number
as John 'Johnny'
- 1934 Bedside
as Sam Sparks
- 1934 The Big Shakedown
as Lefty
- 1933 Havana Widows
as Herman Brody
- 1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Joe Musik
- 1933 The Mayor of Hell
as Mike
- 1933 Professional Sweetheart
as O'Connor
- 1933 Tomorrow at Seven
as Dugan
- 1933 The Silk Express
as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
- 1933 King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
- 1933 The Mind Reader
as Frank
- 1933 The Keyhole
as Hank Wales
- 1933 42nd Street
as Mac Elroy
- 1933 Blondie Johnson
as Louie
- 1933 Employees' Entrance
as Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
- 1933 Hard to Handle
as radio announcer
- 1932 Lawyer Man
as Izzy Levine
- 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Barney Sykes
- 1932 Three on a Match
as Dick
- 1932 Rackety Rax
as Mike Dumphy
- 1932 Grand Hotel
as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
- 1932 Blessed Event
as Frankie Wells
- 1931 The Girl Habit
as Tony Maloney
Talk shows and appearances (11)
- 2006
- 2003
- 1987
- 1983
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show
3 episodes
- 1947
- 1940
- 1937
- 1936
- 1936
- 1935