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.
131 movies · 20 shows
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006·6.0
Complicated Women
2003·6.9
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·7.0
The Front Page
1974·7.3
Getting Away from It All
1972·10.0
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!
1967·6.5
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967·6.6
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964·6.6
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964·6.2
For Those Who Think Young
1964·5.7
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963·7.0
Pillow Talk
1959·7.1
Three Men on a Horse
1957·0.0
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952·10.0
Oklahoma Annie
1952·8.7
Chained for Life
1952·3.9
Behave Yourself!
1951·6.2
Crazy Over Horses
1951·6.7
Let's Go Navy!
1951·8.0
Bodyhold
1949·4.3
The Big Wheel
1949·5.7
The Inside Story
1948·6.6
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947·6.2
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947·6.3
Wild Harvest
1947·7.0
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947·6.5
The Hat Box Mystery
1947·4.5
Fun on a Weekend
1947·7.2
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947·7.0
Singin' in the Corn
1946·7.0
The Dark Horse
1946·7.0
Meet Me on Broadway
1946·8.5
Lady on a Train
1945·6.7
Wonder Man
1945·6.6
Stage Door Canteen
1943·6.3
My Wife's an Angel
1943·0.0
Three Cheers for the Girls
1943·6.6
Eyes in the Night
1942·6.1
They All Kissed the Bride
1942·5.9
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942·6.7
The Falcon Takes Over
1942·6.3
Tortilla Flat
1942·5.8
A Date with the Falcon
1942·6.5
Ball of Fire
1941·7.4
Go West, Young Lady
1941·7.1
The Gay Falcon
1941·6.3
Dive Bomber
1941·6.3
Time Out for Rhythm
1941·6.7
Footsteps in the Dark
1941·7.0
Breakdowns of 1940
1940·4.0
Tin Pan Alley
1940·5.4
Meet the Wildcat
1940·9.0
Margie
1940·9.0
Brother Orchid
1940·6.6
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940·6.5
Destry Rides Again
1939·7.2
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939·6.8
Five Came Back
1939·6.3
Naughty but Nice
1939·6.8
Sweepstakes Winner
1939·5.3
Going Places
1938·6.6
Breakdowns of 1938
1938·5.8
Heart of the North
1938·5.2
Hard to Get
1938·6.3
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938·7.1
Racket Busters
1938·5.5
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938·6.8
Fools for Scandal
1938·6.3
A Slight Case of Murder
1938·6.4
Swing Your Lady
1938·4.6
Breakdowns of 1937
1937·6.0
Sh! The Octopus
1937·5.9
The Perfect Specimen
1937·6.4
Dead End
1937·7.1
Talent Scout
1937·6.7
Ever Since Eve
1937·5.8
Marry the Girl
1937·6.5
Dance Charlie Dance
1937·8.0
The Singing Marine
1937·5.3
A Day at Santa Anita
1937·6.0
Marked Woman
1937·6.6
Ready, Willing and Able
1937·5.4
Breakdowns of 1936
1936·0.0
Sing Me a Love Song
1936·9.0
Three Men on a Horse
1936·6.3
Cain and Mabel
1936·6.4
Sins of Man
1936·9.0
The Singing Kid
1936·7.0
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936·6.0
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935·7.0
Broadway Hostess
1935·6.0
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935·5.3
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935·6.0
I Live for Love
1935·5.7
Page Miss Glory
1935·6.7
The Irish in Us
1935·7.5
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935·6.0
A Night at the Ritz
1935·6.5
While the Patient Slept
1935·6.7
Sweet Music
1935·6.8
The St. Louis Kid
1934·6.3
Happiness Ahead
1934·6.6
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934·6.3
The Merry Frinks
1934·4.8
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934·6.6
Whirlpool
1934·6.4
Jimmy the Gent
1934·6.4
I've Got Your Number
1934·6.8
Bedside
1934·5.6
The Big Shakedown
1934·5.9
Havana Widows
1933·6.6
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933·5.7
The Mayor of Hell
1933·7.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933·6.0
Tomorrow at Seven
1933·6.2
The Silk Express
1933·5.0
King Kong
1933·7.6
The Mind Reader
1933·6.3
The Keyhole
1933·4.8
42nd Street
1933·6.9
Blondie Johnson
1933·5.9
Employees' Entrance
1933·6.1
Hard to Handle
1933·6.9
Lawyer Man
1932·6.1
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932·7.8
Three on a Match
1932·6.3
Rackety Rax
1932·6.5
Grand Hotel
1932·7.0
Blessed Event
1932·6.9
The Girl Habit
1931·8.0