DeWitt Jennings

Born: 1871-06-21 in Cameron, Missouri, USA

Died: 1937-03-01

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65.

Filmography

1942

Thru Different Eyes as Paducah

1937

We Who Are About to Die as Mike Brannigan
This Is My Affair as Bradley Wallace
Slave Ship as Snodgrass
Fifty Roads to Town as Captain Galloway
That I May Live as Chief of Police

1936

Sing, Baby, Sing as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Sins of Man as Twichelesko
Exclusive Story as Captain (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger as Prison Warden
Kelly the Second as Judge

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty as Fryer
Mary Jane's Pa as Sheriff
Murder on a Honeymoon as Captain Beegle
Front Page Woman as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
I Dream Too Much as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
A Dog of Flanders as Carl Cogez
The Daring Young Man as Mayor's Committee Official
Village Tale as Sheriff Ramsey

1934

Death on the Diamond as Patterson
Little Man, What Now? as Emil Kleninholz
Charlie Chan's Courage as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
The Meanest Gal in Town as Police Chief (uncredited)
Secret of the Chateau as Louis Bardou
The President Vanishes as Cullen
A Man's Game as Chief Jordan
A Wicked Woman as The Sheriff
Massacre as Sheriff Jennings
Take the Stand as Police Commissioner
The Fighting Rookie as Police Commissioner

1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Ladies They Talk About as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession as Mr. Stephens
I Loved a Woman as Banker (uncredited)
Made on Broadway as Moriarty
Golden Harvest as Sheriff (uncredited)
Strictly Personal as Captain Reardon
One Year Later as Deputy Russell
On Your Guard as Joshua Perkins
Police Car 17 as Captain T. J. Hart
Reform Girl as Capt. Balfour

1932

Dancers in the Dark as Police Sergeant McGroody
By Whose Hand? as City Editor (uncredited)
The Match King as Bodensky (uncredited)
Silver Dollar as George, the Mine Foreman
Movie Crazy as Mr. Hall
Central Park as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
Night Court as Court Policeman (uncredited)
Midnight Morals as Dan McKennan

1931

Salvation Nell as McGovern
Caught Plastered as Police Chief H.A. Morton
Arrowsmith as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
The Secret Six as Chief of Police Donlin
The Criminal Code as Yard Captain Gleason
The Squaw Man as Sheriff Bud Hardy
A Dangerous Affair as City Editor
Trapped as Police Chief
The Primrose Path as Joe Malone

1930

The Big Trail as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
The Big House as Wallace
The Night Ride as Capt. O'Donnell
Those Who Dance as Captain O'Brien
Captain of the Guard as Priest
The Bat Whispers as Police Captain
Min and Bill as Groot

1929

Seven Footprints to Satan as Uncle Joe
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Inspector Hunt
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 as Jay Darrell
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Jim Cargan
Alibi as Officer O'Brien
The Valiant as Warden Holt
Red Hot Speed as Judge O'Brien
Thru Different Eyes as Paducah

1928

Me, Gangster as Police Chief
The Night Flyer as Bucks
Marry the Girl as Martin Wayland
The Air Mail Pilot
The Crash as Supt. Carleton

1927

Home Made as Mr. White
The Great Mail Robbery as Captain Davis
Two Arabian Knights as American Consul
McFadden's Flats as Patrick Halloran

1926

Chip of the Flying U as J.G. Whitmore
The Fire Brigade as Fire Chief Wallace
Exit Smiling as Orlando Wainwright
The Ice Flood
While London Sleeps as Inspector Burke

1925

Go Straight! as The Hunter
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent as Detective Ross
The Mystic as Director of Police
The Splendid Road as Capt. Bashford
Don't as Mr. Moffat

1924

The Enemy Sex as Harrigan Blood
Merton of the Movies as Jeff Baird
The Heart Bandit as Pat O'Connell
By Divine Right as Tug Wilson
Name the Man as Dan Collister
The Deadwood Coach as Jim Shields - in play
The Desert Outlaw as Doc McChesney
The Gaiety Girl as John Kershaw
The Silent Watcher as Detective Stuart
Along Came Ruth as Captain Miles Standish
Hit and Run as Joe Burns

1923

Blinky as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
Within the Law as Inspector Burke
Out of Luck as Capt. Bristol
Circus Days as Daly

1922

Sherlock Brown as J. J. Wallace
The Right That Failed as Mr. Talbot
Flesh and Blood as Detective Doyle
Mixed Faces as Murray McGuire

1921

Alias Ladyfingers as Lt. Ambrose
The Poverty of Riches as Lyons
There Are No Villains as Detective Flint
The Greater Claim as Richard Everard Sr.
The Golden Snare as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
Beating the Game as G.B. Lawson

1918

The Hillcrest Mystery as Tom Cameron

1917

The Little American as English Barrister

1915

At Bay as Judson Flagg