1884-10-13 ( 140 years old ) in Camden, New Jersey, USA
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Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884 – May 7, 1962) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career. Conlin was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1884, and his acting career started out in vaudeville, where he and his first wife Myrtle Glass played the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuits billed as "Conlin & Glass", a song-and-dance team. They also starred together in two short films, Sharps and Flats (1928) and Zip! Boom! Bang! (1929) for Vitaphone.
Conlin made another comedy short without Glass in 1930 (A Tight Squeeze), but his film career started for good in 1933, and for the next 27 years, with the single exception of 1951, every year saw the release of at least one film in which Conlin appeared – at the height of his career, often more than a dozen of them. Recognizable by his small size and odd appearance, Conlin played all sorts of small roles and bit parts, many times not receiving an onscreen credit.
In the 1940s, Conlin was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. His roles in Sturges' films were often sizable and often came with good billing. One of his best performances came in Sturges' The Sin of Harold Diddlebock in 1946, when he played "Wormy", the racetrack tout who convinces Harold Lloyd to have his first drink, setting off the events of the film. The loyalty between Sturges and Conlin ran both ways, and when the former golden boy of Hollywood fell on hard times, Conlin remained a friend, stayed in contact, and helped out in any way he could.
Conlin did not make many television appearances, but he did have a regular role as a bartender on Duffy's Tavern, a syndicated series from 1954. He made his final film in 1959, when he played a habitual criminal in Anatomy of a Murder.
Movies
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959-08-06
Anatomy of a Murder
1959-07-01
The Seven Little Foys
1955-09-30
It Happens Every Thursday
1953-04-22
The Jazz Singer
1953-02-14
On Dangerous Ground
1951-12-13
Sideshow
1950-06-18
Operation Haylift
1950-05-05
The Great Rupert
1950-03-01
The Inspector General
1949-12-31
Prejudice
1949-10-17
Tulsa
1949-04-13
Knock on Any Door
1949-02-22
Hazard
1948-05-28
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947-11-19
The Hucksters
1947-07-17
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947-06-05
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947-05-20
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947-04-04
It's a Joke, Son!
1947-01-15
Rolling Home
1946-11-01
Blue Skies
1946-10-15
Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Whistle Stop
1946-01-25
Fallen Angel
1945-11-15
What, No Cigarettes
1945-07-13
Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30
The Town Went Wild
1944-12-15
Lost in a Harem
1944-12-01
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944-09-18
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944-08-09
Summer Storm
1944-07-14
And the Angels Sing
1944-04-25
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944-01-14
Old Acquaintance
1943-11-27
Swing Shift Maisie
1943-10-01
Petticoat Larceny
1943-07-17
Dixie
1943-06-23
Hitler's Madman
1943-06-10
Taxi, Mister
1943-04-16
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Madame Spy
1942-12-11
The Forest Rangers
1942-10-21
The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28
Broadway
1942-05-08
Obliging Young Lady
1942-04-01
The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05
Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Sullivan's Travels
1941-11-30
New York Town
1941-10-31
The Gay Falcon
1941-10-24
Out of the Fog
1941-06-14
A Shot in the Dark
1941-04-05
The Lady Eve
1941-02-25
Ridin' on a Rainbow
1941-01-24
Let's Make Music
1941-01-17
Second Chorus
1941-01-03
Christmas in July
1940-10-25
Angels Over Broadway
1940-10-02
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940-09-06
The Great McGinty
1940-08-01
The Way of All Flesh
1940-07-05
Florian
1940-06-05
Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
Two Girls on Broadway
1940-04-19
King of the Lumberjacks
1940-04-13
My Little Chickadee
1940-02-09
Calling Philo Vance
1940-02-03
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939-11-22
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939-10-04
No Place to Go
1939-09-23
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939-05-13
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
Idiot's Delight
1939-01-27
Comet Over Broadway
1938-12-03
The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
Hard to Get
1938-11-05
Broadway Musketeers
1938-10-08
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Prison Farm
1938-06-17
Cocoanut Grove
1938-05-20
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938-05-07
Over the Wall
1938-04-02
He Couldn't Say No
1938-03-19
Blondes at Work
1938-02-05
Mannequin
1938-01-21
Crashing Hollywood
1938-01-07
The Adventurous Blonde
1937-11-13
Living on Love
1937-11-12
Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
The Man Who Found Himself
1937-04-02
Rose Bowl
1936-11-30
The Accusing Finger
1936-11-17
And Sudden Death
1936-06-16
Rose Marie
1936-01-31
The Bride Comes Home
1935-12-25
Handy Andy
1934-07-19
She Learned About Sailors
1934-06-28
City Limits
1934-04-14
Cross Country Cruise
1934-01-16
Footlight Parade
1933-10-21
College Humor
1933-07-05
Grand Slam
1933-02-22
Sharps and Flats
1928-07-15
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