Acting · Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA · Born April 8, 1900
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.
Movie42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MovieComplicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Front Page
1974
as Telegrapher
MovieGetting Away from It All
1972
as Doorman
TVAdam-12
1968
as Jobey
MovieDoctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
as Joe Bonney
MovieThe Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
TVBatman
1966
as Little Al
TVHoney West
1965
as Gate Guard
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
TVBewitched
1964
MovieI'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Fred
MovieRobin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Vermin Witowski
MovieFor Those Who Think Young
1964
as Col. Leslie Jenkins
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Cop (uncredited)
TVBen Casey
1961
TVTop Cat
1961
as Officer Dibble (voice)
MoviePillow Talk
1959
as Harry
TVWagon Train
1957
as Mr. Gillespie
MovieThree Men on a Horse
1957
as Harry
TVHey, Jeannie!
1956
as Al Murray
TVDecember Bride
1954
TVStudio 57
1954
The Duke
1954
as Johnny
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
TVThe Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Retired Actors Home Man on Street
MovieThe WAC from Walla Walla
1952
as Mr. Redington
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Fingers
MovieOklahoma Annie
1952
as Lou
MovieChained for Life
1952
as Hinkley
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Policeman
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Muggsy
MovieBehave Yourself!
1951
as Police Plainclothesman
MovieCrazy Over Horses
1951
as Weepin' Willie
TVBoston Blackie
1951
MovieLet's Go Navy!
1951
as CPO Mervin Longnecker
TVRacket Squad
1951
MovieBodyhold
1949
as Slats Henry
MovieThe Big Wheel
1949
as George
MovieThe Inside Story
1948
as Eddie
MovieThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Farrell
MovieBlow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
MovieWild Harvest
1947
as Higgins
MovieThe Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
MovieThe Hat Box Mystery
1947
as 'Harvard'
MovieFun on a Weekend
1947
as Joe Morgan
MovieEasy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Nick
MovieSingin' in the Corn
1946
as Glenn Cummings
MovieThe Dark Horse
1946
as Willis Trimble
MovieMeet Me on Broadway
1946
as Deacon McGill
MovieLady on a Train
1945
as Danny (Waring chauffeur)
MovieWonder Man
1945
as Chimp
MovieStage Door Canteen
1943
as Allen Jenkins
My Wife's an Angel
1943
as Sam
MovieThree Cheers for the Girls
1943
as Marine Sergeant in Chorus (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieEyes in the Night
1942
as Marty
MovieThey All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Johnny Johnson
MovieMaisie Gets Her Man
1942
as 'Pappy' Goodring
MovieThe Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
MovieTortilla Flat
1942
as Portagee Joe
MovieA Date with the Falcon
1942
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
MovieBall of Fire
1941
as Garbage Man
MovieGo West, Young Lady
1941
as Hank
MovieThe Gay Falcon
1941
as Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
MovieDive Bomber
1941
as Lucky James
MovieTime Out for Rhythm
1941
as Off-Beat Davis
MovieFootsteps in the Dark
1941
as Wilfred
MovieBreakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
MovieTin Pan Alley
1940
as Casey
MovieMeet the Wildcat
1940
as Max Schwydel
MovieMargie
1940
as Kenneth
MovieBrother Orchid
1940
as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940
as Ed aka The Weasel
MovieDestry Rides Again
1939
as Gyp Watson
MovieTorchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
as Steve McBride
MovieFive Came Back
1939
as Pete
MovieNaughty but Nice
1939
as Joe Dirk
MovieSweepstakes Winner
1939
as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
MovieGoing Places
1938
as Droopy
MovieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
as Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHeart of the North
1938
as Bill Hardsock
MovieHard to Get
1938
as Roscoe
MovieThe Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Okay
MovieRacket Busters
1938
as Skeets Wilson
MovieGold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
MovieFools for Scandal
1938
as Dewey Gibson
MovieA Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Mike
MovieSwing Your Lady
1938
as Shiner Ward
MovieBreakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
MovieSh! The Octopus
1937
as Dempsey
MovieThe Perfect Specimen
1937
as Pinky
MovieDead End
1937
as Hunk
MovieTalent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieEver Since Eve
1937
as Jake Edgall
MovieMarry the Girl
1937
as Specs
MovieDance Charlie Dance
1937
as Alf Morgan
MovieThe Singing Marine
1937
as Sergeant Mike
MovieA Day at Santa Anita
1937
as Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
MovieMarked Woman
1937
as Louie
MovieReady, Willing and Able
1937
as J. Van Courtland
MovieBreakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
MovieSing Me a Love Song
1936
as Chris Cross
MovieThree Men on a Horse
1936
as Charlie
MovieCain and Mabel
1936
as Dodo
MovieSins of Man
1936
as Crusty
MovieThe Singing Kid
1936
as Joe Eddy
MovieBehind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
as Self
MovieMiss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
MovieBroadway Hostess
1935
as Fishcake Carter
MovieThings You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
MovieThe Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as Spudsy Drake
MovieI Live for Love
1935
as Mac
MoviePage Miss Glory
1935
as Petey
MovieThe Irish in Us
1935
as Carbarn Hammerschlog
MovieThe Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Spudsy
MovieA Night at the Ritz
1935
as Gyp
MovieWhile the Patient Slept
1935
as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
MovieSweet Music
1935
as Barney Cowan
MovieThe St. Louis Kid
1934
as Buck Willetts
MovieHappiness Ahead
1934
as Chuck
MovieThe Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Sgt. Holcomb
MovieThe Merry Frinks
1934
as Emmett Frink
MovieTwenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Pete
MovieWhirlpool
1934
as Mac
MovieJimmy the Gent
1934
as Lou
MovieI've Got Your Number
1934
as John 'Johnny'
MovieBedside
1934
as Sam Sparks
MovieThe Big Shakedown
1934
as Lefty
MovieHavana Widows
1933
as Herman Brody
MovieBureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Detective Joe Musik
MovieThe Mayor of Hell
1933
as Mike
MovieProfessional Sweetheart
1933
as O'Connor
MovieTomorrow at Seven
1933
as Dugan
MovieThe Silk Express
1933
as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
MovieKing Kong
1933
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
MovieThe Mind Reader
1933
as Frank
MovieThe Keyhole
1933
as Hank Wales
Movie42nd Street
1933
as Mac Elroy
MovieBlondie Johnson
1933
as Louie
MovieEmployees' Entrance
1933
as Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
MovieHard to Handle
1933
as radio announcer
MovieLawyer Man
1932
as Izzy Levine
MovieI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Barney Sykes
MovieThree on a Match
1932
as Dick
MovieRackety Rax
1932
as Mike Dumphy
MovieGrand Hotel
1932
as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
MovieBlessed Event
1932
as Frankie Wells
MovieThe Girl Habit
1931
as Tony Maloney
