Allen Jenkins
Known for Acting · 151 credits
- Born
- 1900-04-08
- Died
- 1974-07-20
- Place of birth
- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Alfred McGonegal · Allen Curtis Jenkins
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.
Known For
TV Shows (20)
Bewitched
1964
as Janitor
Wagon Train
1957
as Mr. Gillespie
Adam-12
1968
as Jobey
Batman
1966
as Little Al
Ben Casey
1961
I Love Lucy
1951
as Policeman
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Fingers
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Muggsy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
December Bride
1954
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Retired Actors Home Man on Street
Studio 57
1954
Honey West
1965
as Gate Guard
Top Cat
1961
as Officer Dibble (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Racket Squad
1951
Boston Blackie
1951
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Al Murray
General Electric Theater
1953
The Duke
1954
as Johnny
Movies (131)
King Kong
1933
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Cop (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
1959
as Harry
Grand Hotel
1932
as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Front Page
1974
as Telegrapher
Dead End
1937
as Hunk
Marked Woman
1937
as Louie
42nd Street
1933
as Mac Elroy
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Barney Sykes
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as O'Connor
Getting Away from It All
1972
as Doorman
Whirlpool
1934
as Mac
Ball of Fire
1941
as Garbage Man
Dive Bomber
1941
as Lucky James
Racket Busters
1938
as Skeets Wilson
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
as Vermin Witowski
Tortilla Flat
1942
as Portagee Joe
Brother Orchid
1940
as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Five Came Back
1939
as Pete
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Wonder Man
1945
as Chimp
Going Places
1938
as Droopy
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Okay
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Lou
Lawyer Man
1932
as Izzy Levine
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Louie
Havana Widows
1933
as Herman Brody
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Sgt. Holcomb
Behave Yourself!
1951
as Police Plainclothesman
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Meet the Wildcat
1940
as Max Schwydel
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Allen Jenkins
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Col. Leslie Jenkins
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Johnny Johnson
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Mike
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Gyp Watson
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
as Steve McBride
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Duke 'Dukie' Dennis
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Shiner Ward / Duke Dennis (archive footage) (uncredited)
The St. Louis Kid
1934
as Buck Willetts
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Dugan
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Police Sgt. Jim Jackson
Heart of the North
1938
as Bill Hardsock
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
as Allen Jenkins (uncredited)
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Pinky
Bedside
1934
as Sam Sparks
Eyes in the Night
1942
as Marty
The Big Shakedown
1934
as Lefty
The Big Wheel
1949
as George
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967
as Joe Bonney
Naughty But Nice
1939
as Joe Dirk
The Keyhole
1933
as Hank Wales
I Live for Love
1935
as Mac
Swing Your Lady
1938
as Shiner Ward
The Mayor of Hell
1933
as Mike
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Spudsy
The Inside Story
1948
as Eddie
Marry the Girl
1937
as Specs
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
as Mr. Redington
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Detective Joe Musik
Three on a Match
1932
as Dick
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as J. Van Courtland
A Date with the Falcon
1942
as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
The Singing Marine
1937
as Sergeant Mike
Go West, Young Lady
1941
as Hank
The Gay Falcon
1941
as Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Jake Edgall
The Hat Box Mystery
1947
as 'Harvard'
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as 'Pappy' Goodring
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
Sh! The Octopus
1937
as Dempsey
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Wild Harvest
1947
as Higgins
I've Got Your Number
1934
as John 'Johnny'
Rackety Rax
1932
as Mike Dumphy
Blessed Event
1932
as Frankie Wells
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
as Chris Cross
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Petey
Cain and Mabel
1936
as Dodo
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
Sweet Music
1935
as Barney Cowan
The Irish in Us
1935
as Carbarn Hammerschlog
Broadway Hostess
1935
as Fishcake Carter
Crazy Over Horses
1951
as Weepin' Willie
Hard to Get
1938
as Roscoe
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as Spudsy Drake
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Sweeney, store detective (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
Lady on a Train
1945
as Danny (Waring chauffeur)
Hard to Handle
1933
as radio announcer
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Fred
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Pete
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Wilfred
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Casey
The Silk Express
1933
as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
The Girl Habit
1931
as Tony Maloney
Talent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Gyp
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Charlie
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
as Alf Morgan
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Farrell
The Dark Horse
1946
as Willis Trimble
Oklahoma Annie
1952
as Lou
Let's Go Navy!
1951
as CPO Mervin Longnecker
The Mind Reader
1933
as Frank
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Joe Morgan
The Singing Kid
1936
as Joe Eddy
Chained for Life
1952
as Hinkley
Sins of Man
1936
as Crusty
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947
as Howard 'Harvard' Quinlan
Fools for Scandal
1938
as Dewey Gibson
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Bernard 'Kewpie' Wiggins
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
as Xerxes 'Tip' Bailey
Meet Me on Broadway
1946
as Deacon McGill
The Merry Frinks
1934
as Emmett Frink
Three Men on a Horse
1957
as Harry
About Allen Jenkins
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 bi… With 151 credits spanning from 1931 to 2006, Allen Jenkins has appeared in 131 films and 20 TV shows.
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- King Kong (1933) — as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Cop (uncredited)
- Pillow Talk (1959) — as Harry
- Grand Hotel (1932) — as Hotel Meat Packer (uncredited)
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942) — as Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
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