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