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

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

A Wicked Woman as The Sheriff
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 President Vanishes as Cullen
Take the Stand as Police Commissioner
The Meanest Gal in Town as Police Chief (uncredited)
A Man's Game as Chief Jordan
Massacre as Sheriff Jennings
Secret of the Chateau as Louis Bardou
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
One Year Later as Deputy Russell
Golden Harvest as Sheriff (uncredited)
I Loved a Woman as Banker (uncredited)
On Your Guard as Joshua Perkins
Strictly Personal as Captain Reardon
Police Car 17 as Captain T. J. Hart
Reform Girl as Capt. Balfour
Made on Broadway as Moriarty

1932

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

1931

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

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
Min and Bill as Groot
The Bat Whispers as Police Captain
Captain of the Guard as Priest

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

The Golden Snare as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
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.
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