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