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