
DeWitt Jennings
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1871-06-21
- Died
- 1937-03-01
- Place of birth
- Cameron, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- De Witt C. Jennings · De Witt Jennings · DeWitt C. Jennings · DeWitt Clarke Jennings
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65.
Known For
Movies (119)

Golden Harvest
1933
as Sheriff (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Fryer

Alibi
1929
as Officer O'Brien

Slave Ship
1937
as Snodgrass

Silver Dollar
1932
as George, the Mine Foreman

The Secret Six
1931
as Chief of Police Donlin

Midnight Morals
1932
as Dan McKennan

Sherlock Brown
1922
as J. J. Wallace

Go Straight!
1925
as The Hunter

Exclusive Story
1936
as Captain (uncredited)

The Big Trail
1930
as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
as Police Captain, 12th Precinct

Strictly Personal
1933
as Captain Reardon

Arrowsmith
1931
as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

Movie Crazy
1932
as Mr. Hall

Village Tale
1935
as Sheriff Ramsey

The Big House
1930
as Wallace

Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

The Squaw Man
1931
as Sheriff Bud Hardy

Mixed Faces
1922
as Murray McGuire

I Loved a Woman
1933
as Banker (uncredited)

Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Emil Kleninholz

Central Park
1932
as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

This Is My Affair
1937
as Bradley Wallace

Me, Gangster
1928
as Police Chief

Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Captain Galloway

The Criminal Code
1931
as Yard Captain Gleason

Front Page Woman
1935
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Detective Tracy (uncredited)

I Dream Too Much
1935
as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

The Little American
1917
as English Barrister

We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Mike Brannigan

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929
as Jim Cargan

Made on Broadway
1933
as Moriarty

A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Carl Cogez

Night Court
1932
as Court Policeman (uncredited)

Police Car 17
1933
as Captain T. J. Hart

Caught Plastered
1931
as Police Chief H.A. Morton

Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
as Captain Beegle

The Accusing Finger
1936
as Prison Warden

Massacre
1934
as Sheriff Jennings

The Daring Young Man
1935
as Mayor's Committee Official

Thru Different Eyes
1942
as Paducah

McFadden's Flats
1927
as Patrick Halloran

The Match King
1932
as Bodensky (uncredited)

Mary Jane's Pa
1935
as Sheriff

A Wicked Woman
1934
as The Sheriff

The Silent Watcher
1924
as Detective Stuart

The Bat Whispers
1930
as Police Captain

Death on the Diamond
1934
as Patterson

Dancers in the Dark
1932
as Police Sergeant McGroody

The Valiant
1929
as Warden Holt

Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
as Uncle Joe

Min and Bill
1930
as Groot

Thru Different Eyes
1929
as Paducah

While London Sleeps
1926
as Inspector Burke

Sins of Man
1936
as Twichelesko

The President Vanishes
1934
as Cullen

The Golden Snare
1921
as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald

Those Who Dance
1930
as Captain O'Brien

Trapped
1931
as Police Chief
At Bay
1915
as Judson Flagg

Flesh and Blood
1922
as Detective Doyle

The Primrose Path
1931
as Joe Malone

A Dangerous Affair
1931
as City Editor

Salvation Nell
1931
as McGovern

Red Hot Speed
1929
as Judge O'Brien

Captain of the Guard
1930
as Priest

The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
as Inspector Hunt

Two Arabian Knights
1927
as American Consul

Secret of the Chateau
1934
as Louis Bardou

Chip of the Flying U
1926
as J.G. Whitmore

Exit Smiling
1926
as Orlando Wainwright

Take the Stand
1934
as Police Commissioner

By Whose Hand?
1932
as City Editor (uncredited)

The Enemy Sex
1924
as Harrigan Blood

Kelly the Second
1936
as Judge
Along Came Ruth
1924
as Captain Miles Standish

Reform Girl
1933
as Capt. Balfour

The Mystic
1925
as Director of Police

The Crash
1928
as Supt. Carleton

The Meanest Gal in Town
1934
as Police Chief (uncredited)

The Heart Bandit
1924
as Pat O'Connell

Name the Man
1924
as Dan Collister

The Deadwood Coach
1924
as Jim Shields - in play

There Are No Villains
1921
as Detective Flint

That I May Live
1937
as Chief of Police

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929
as Jay Darrell

Blinky
1923
as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

The Splendid Road
1925
as Capt. Bashford

Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
as Mr. Lee, the Landlord

The Great Mail Robbery
1927
as Captain Davis

Within the Law
1923
as Inspector Burke

Alias Ladyfingers
1921
as Lt. Ambrose

The Night Ride
1930
as Capt. O'Donnell

Beating the Game
1921
as G.B. Lawson

One Year Later
1933
as Deputy Russell

On Your Guard
1933
as Joshua Perkins

By Divine Right
1924
as Tug Wilson

The Fighting Rookie
1934
as Police Commissioner

Hit and Run
1924
as Joe Burns

The Night Flyer
1928
as Bucks

The Hillcrest Mystery
1918
as Tom Cameron
The Ice Flood
1926

Don't
1925
as Mr. Moffat

A Lady's Profession
1933
as Mr. Stephens

The Gaiety Girl
1924
as John Kershaw

The Fire Brigade
1926
as Fire Chief Wallace

Circus Days
1923
as Daly

Home Made
1927
as Mr. White

The Desert Outlaw
1924
as Doc McChesney

A Man's Game
1934
as Chief Jordan

The Right That Failed
1922
as Mr. Talbot
Marry the Girl
1928
as Martin Wayland

The Air Mail Pilot
1928

The Poverty of Riches
1921
as Lyons

Out of Luck
1923
as Capt. Bristol

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
as Detective Ross

Merton of the Movies
1924
as Jeff Baird
About DeWitt Jennings
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65. With 119 credits spanning from 1915 to 1942, DeWitt Jennings has appeared in 119 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular DeWitt Jennings Movies
- Golden Harvest (1933) — as Sheriff (uncredited)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — as Fryer
- Alibi (1929) — as Officer O'Brien
- Slave Ship (1937) — as Snodgrass
- Silver Dollar (1932) — as George, the Mine Foreman
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