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