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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 8, 1900
Died
July 20, 1974
Place of Birth
Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Alfred McGonegal
- Allen Curtis Jenkins
Allen Jenkins
0.5 Popularity
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
6.0
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
7.3
Telegrapher
The Front Page
1974
0.0
Doorman
Getting Away from It All
1972
7.0
Jobey
Adam-12
1968
5.5
Joe Bonney
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
6.6
Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
7.3
Little Al
Batman
1966
Credits
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The Front Page
as Telegrapher
1974
7.3
Getting Away from It All
as Doorman
1972
0.0
Adam-12
as Jobey
1968
7.0
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
as Joe Bonney
1967
5.5
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
1967
6.6
Batman
as Little Al
1966
7.3
Honey West
as Gate Guard
1965
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
1964
7.1
Bewitched
1964
7.9
Bewitched
as Janitor
1964
7.9
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Fred
1964
5.8
Robin and the 7 Hoods
as Vermin Witowski
1964
6.1
For Those Who Think Young
as Col. Leslie Jenkins
1964
5.3
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Cop (uncredited)
1963
7.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Top Cat
as Officer Dibble (voice)
1961
7.5
Pillow Talk
as Harry
1959
7.1
Wagon Train
as Mr. Gillespie
1957
6.6
Three Men on a Horse
as Harry
1957
0.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Al Murray
1956
6.0
December Bride
1954
5.5
Studio 57
1954
0.0
🎬
The Duke
as Johnny
1954
0.0
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Retired Actors Home Man on Street
1952
7.2
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Mr. Redington
1952
0.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Fingers
1952
6.7
Oklahoma Annie
as Lou
1952
8.0
Chained for Life
as Hinkley
1952
3.7
I Love Lucy
as Policeman
1951
7.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Muggsy
1951
7.4
Behave Yourself!
as Police Plainclothesman
1951
6.0
Crazy Over Horses
as Weepin' Willie
1951
5.5
Boston Blackie
1951
4.0
Let's Go Navy!
as CPO Mervin Longnecker
1951
7.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Bodyhold
as Slats Henry
1949
3.0
The Big Wheel
as George
1949
5.2
The Inside Story
as Eddie
1948
6.5
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Farrell
1947
5.4
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
1947
6.3
Wild Harvest
as Higgins
1947
0.0
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
as Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
1947
4.0
The Hat Box Mystery
as 'Harvard'
1947
3.6
Fun on a Weekend
as Joe Morgan
1947
7.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Nick
1947
0.0
Singin' in the Corn
as Glenn Cummings
1946
0.0
The Dark Horse
as Willis Trimble
1946
0.0
Meet Me on Broadway
as Deacon McGill
1946
7.0
Lady on a Train
as Danny (Waring chauffeur)
1945
6.6
Wonder Man
as Chimp
1945
6.5
Stage Door Canteen
as Allen Jenkins
1943
6.1
🎬
My Wife's an Angel
as Sam
1943
0.0
Three Cheers for the Girls
as Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Eyes in the Night
as Marty
1942
5.9
They All Kissed the Bride
as Johnny Johnson
1942
5.8
Maisie Gets Her Man
as 'Pappy' Goodring
1942
6.5
The Falcon Takes Over
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
1942
6.2
Tortilla Flat
as Portagee Joe
1942
5.5
A Date with the Falcon
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
1942
6.5
Ball of Fire
as Garbage Man
1941
7.3
Go West, Young Lady
as Hank
1941
6.5
The Gay Falcon
as Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
1941
6.3
Dive Bomber
as Lucky James
1941
6.4
Time Out for Rhythm
as Off-Beat Davis
1941
6.2
Footsteps in the Dark
as Wilfred
1941
6.9
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
1940
4.0
Tin Pan Alley
as Casey
1940
5.1
Meet the Wildcat
as Max Schwydel
1940
0.0
Margie
as Kenneth
1940
0.0
Brother Orchid
as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
1940
6.5
🎬
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
as Ed aka The Weasel
1940
5.7
Destry Rides Again
as Gyp Watson
1939
7.2
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Steve McBride
1939
6.0
Naughty But Nice
as Joe Dirk
1939
6.2
Five Came Back
as Pete
1939
6.2
Sweepstakes Winner
as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
1939
3.7
Breakdowns of 1938
as Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Going Places
as Droopy
1938
6.3
Heart of the North
as Bill Hardsock
1938
3.7
Hard to Get
as Roscoe
1938
6.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Okay
1938
7.1
Racket Busters
as Skeets Wilson
1938
5.1
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
1938
5.7
Fools for Scandal
as Dewey Gibson
1938
6.2
A Slight Case of Murder
as Mike
1938
6.2
Swing Your Lady
as Shiner Ward
1938
4.0
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
6.0
Sh! The Octopus
as Dempsey
1937
5.8
The Perfect Specimen
as Pinky
1937
5.7
Dead End
as Hunk
1937
7.0
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Ever Since Eve
as Jake Edgall
1937
5.5
Marry the Girl
as Specs
1937
5.0
Dance Charlie Dance
as Alf Morgan
1937
6.0
The Singing Marine
as Sergeant Mike
1937
4.0
A Day at Santa Anita
as Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Marked Woman
as Louie
1937
6.5
Ready, Willing and Able
as J. Van Courtland
1937
5.1
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
0.0
Sing Me a Love Song
as Chris Cross
1936
0.0
Three Men on a Horse
as Charlie
1936
6.2
Cain and Mabel
as Dodo
1936
6.1
Sins of Man
as Crusty
1936
0.0
The Singing Kid
as Joe Eddy
1936
4.0
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Self
1936
6.0
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
1935
4.0
Broadway Hostess
as Fishcake Carter
1935
5.3
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
1935
5.0
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy Drake
1935
5.6
I Live for Love
as Mac
1935
4.8
Page Miss Glory
as Petey
1935
6.3
The Irish in Us
as Carbarn Hammerschlog
1935
7.6
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Spudsy
1935
6.0
A Night at the Ritz
as Gyp
1935
3.0
While the Patient Slept
as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
1935
6.4
Sweet Music
as Barney Cowan
1935
5.7
The St. Louis Kid
as Buck Willetts
1934
5.8
Happiness Ahead
as Chuck
1934
6.0
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Sgt. Holcomb
1934
6.2
The Merry Frinks
as Emmett Frink
1934
3.7
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Pete
1934
6.0
Whirlpool
as Mac
1934
5.9
Jimmy the Gent
as Lou
1934
6.3
I've Got Your Number
as John 'Johnny'
1934
6.0
Bedside
as Sam Sparks
1934
5.4
The Big Shakedown
as Lefty
1934
5.6
Havana Widows
as Herman Brody
1933
5.8
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Joe Musik
1933
5.6
The Mayor of Hell
as Mike
1933
7.1
Professional Sweetheart
as O'Connor
1933
5.0
The Silk Express
as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
1933
4.7
Tomorrow at Seven
as Dugan
1933
6.0
The Mind Reader
as Frank
1933
6.0
The Keyhole
as Hank Wales
1933
4.7
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
1933
7.6
42nd Street
as Mac Elroy
1933
6.9
Blondie Johnson
as Louie
1933
5.8
Employees' Entrance
as Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Hard to Handle
as radio announcer
1933
6.9
Lawyer Man
as Izzy Levine
1932
5.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Barney Sykes
1932
7.8
Three on a Match
as Dick
1932
6.2
Rackety Rax
as Mike Dumphy
1932
5.0
Blessed Event
as Frankie Wells
1932
6.5
Grand Hotel
as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
1932
7.0
The Girl Habit
as Tony Maloney
1931
0.0