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