Allen Jenkins
1900-04-08 ( 124 years old ) in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage 2006-03-21
Complicated Women 2003-05-06
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1988-11-22
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983-02-25
The Front Page 1974-11-01
Getting Away from It All 1972-01-18
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! 1967-05-10
The Spy in the Green Hat 1967-02-03
I'd Rather Be Rich 1964-08-25
Robin and the 7 Hoods 1964-06-24
For Those Who Think Young 1964-06-01
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963-11-07
Pillow Talk 1959-10-07
The WAC from Walla Walla 1952-10-10
Oklahoma Annie 1952-03-24
Chained for Life 1952-01-01
Behave Yourself! 1951-09-22
Crazy Over Horses 1951-09-09
Let's Go Navy! 1951-07-29
Bodyhold 1949-12-08
The Big Wheel 1949-11-04
The Inside Story 1948-03-14
The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947-12-31
Blow-Ups of 1947 1947-12-31
Wild Harvest 1947-09-26
The Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947-07-26
The Hat Box Mystery 1947-06-12
Fun on a Weekend 1947-05-15
Easy Come, Easy Go 1947-03-07
Singin' in the Corn 1946-12-26
The Dark Horse 1946-07-19
Meet Me on Broadway 1946-01-26
Lady on a Train 1945-08-03
Wonder Man 1945-06-08
Stage Door Canteen 1943-06-24
My Wife's an Angel 1943-06-22
Three Cheers for the Girls 1943-05-08
Eyes in the Night 1942-10-16
They All Kissed the Bride 1942-06-11
Maisie Gets Her Man 1942-06-01
The Falcon Takes Over 1942-05-29
Tortilla Flat 1942-05-21
A Date with the Falcon 1942-01-16
Ball of Fire 1941-12-02
Go West, Young Lady 1941-11-27
The Gay Falcon 1941-10-24
Time Out for Rhythm 1941-06-05
Footsteps in the Dark 1941-03-08
Dive Bomber 1941-01-01
Breakdowns of 1940 1940-12-31
Tin Pan Alley 1940-11-29
Meet the Wildcat 1940-10-22
Margie 1940-09-01
Brother Orchid 1940-06-07
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! 1940-01-01
Destry Rides Again 1939-11-30
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite 1939-08-12
Five Came Back 1939-06-23
Naughty But Nice 1939-06-23
Sweepstakes Winner 1939-05-20
Going Places 1938-12-31
Breakdowns of 1938 1938-12-31
Heart of the North 1938-12-10
Hard to Get 1938-11-05
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938-07-20
Racket Busters 1938-07-16
Gold Diggers in Paris 1938-06-11
Fools for Scandal 1938-04-16
A Slight Case of Murder 1938-02-26
Swing Your Lady 1938-01-08
Breakdowns of 1937 1937-12-31
Sh! The Octopus 1937-12-11
The Perfect Specimen 1937-10-23
Dead End 1937-08-27
Talent Scout 1937-07-24
Ever Since Eve 1937-07-15
Marry the Girl 1937-07-13
Dance Charlie Dance 1937-07-06
The Singing Marine 1937-07-03
A Day at Santa Anita 1937-05-22
Marked Woman 1937-04-10
Ready, Willing and Able 1937-03-06
Breakdowns of 1936 1936-12-30
Sing Me a Love Song 1936-12-25
Three Men on a Horse 1936-11-21
Cain and Mabel 1936-09-26
Sins of Man 1936-06-19
The Singing Kid 1936-04-10
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel 1936-01-01
Miss Pacific Fleet 1935-12-14
Broadway Hostess 1935-12-07
Things You Never See on the Screen 1935-12-01
The Case of the Lucky Legs 1935-10-05
I Live for Love 1935-09-28
Page Miss Glory 1935-09-07
The Irish in Us 1935-07-31
The Case of the Curious Bride 1935-04-13
A Night at the Ritz 1935-03-23
While the Patient Slept 1935-03-09
Sweet Music 1935-02-23
The St. Louis Kid 1934-11-10
Happiness Ahead 1934-10-27
The Case of the Howling Dog 1934-09-22
The Merry Frinks 1934-05-26
Twenty Million Sweethearts 1934-05-26
Whirlpool 1934-04-10
Jimmy the Gent 1934-03-09
I've Got Your Number 1934-02-24
Bedside 1934-01-27
The Big Shakedown 1934-01-06
Havana Widows 1933-11-18
Bureau of Missing Persons 1933-09-16
The Mayor of Hell 1933-06-24
Professional Sweetheart 1933-06-09
Tomorrow at Seven 1933-06-01
The Silk Express 1933-06-01
The Mind Reader 1933-04-01
The Keyhole 1933-03-25
King Kong 1933-03-15
42nd Street 1933-03-11
Blondie Johnson 1933-02-25
Employees' Entrance 1933-02-11
Hard to Handle 1933-01-28
Lawyer Man 1932-12-24
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932-11-09
Three on a Match 1932-10-29
Rackety Rax 1932-10-23
Blessed Event 1932-09-10
Grand Hotel 1932-05-25
The Girl Habit 1931-06-27

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