
Allen Jenkins
Biography
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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.
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Acting (129 movies)

42nd Street
1933

Blondie Johnson
1933

Pillow Talk
1959

Lady on a Train
1945

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936

Marked Woman
1937

Brother Orchid
1940

A Slight Case of Murder
1938

Dead End
1937

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932

Ball of Fire
1941

Three on a Match
1932

Chained for Life
1952

Blessed Event
1932

The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947

A Date with the Falcon
1942

They All Kissed the Bride
1942

Employees' Entrance
1933

Destry Rides Again
1939

The Falcon Takes Over
1942

The Gay Falcon
1941

Footsteps in the Dark
1941

Going Places
1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938

Dive Bomber
1941

Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964

Five Came Back
1939

Swing Your Lady
1938

Jimmy the Gent
1934

The Case of the Baby-Sitter
1947

Eyes in the Night
1942

Sh! The Octopus
1937

Racket Busters
1938

The Big Wheel
1949

Time Out for Rhythm
1941

The Big Shakedown
1934

The Mayor of Hell
1933

Tortilla Flat
1942

Maisie Gets Her Man
1942

For Those Who Think Young
1964

The Hat Box Mystery
1947

The Mind Reader
1933

Lawyer Man
1932

Bodyhold
1949

Bedside
1934

The Case of the Howling Dog
1934

Gold Diggers in Paris
1938

Three Men on a Horse
1936

Happiness Ahead
1934

Let's Go Navy!
1951

The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935

The Merry Frinks
1934

Hard to Handle
1933

Ready, Willing and Able
1937

The Singing Kid
1936

Miss Pacific Fleet
1935

Tomorrow at Seven
1933

The Inside Story
1948

Sweet Music
1935

Dance Charlie Dance
1937

I'd Rather Be Rich
1964

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939

Fools for Scandal
1938

Cain and Mabel
1936

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963

The St. Louis Kid
1934

Page Miss Glory
1935

Broadway Hostess
1935

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Fun on a Weekend
1947

Heart of the North
1938

The Irish in Us
1935

The Keyhole
1933

Marry the Girl
1937

A Night at the Ritz
1935

I Live for Love
1935

Professional Sweetheart
1933

Havana Widows
1933

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947

Go West, Young Lady
1941

Oklahoma Annie
1952

Hard to Get
1938

I've Got Your Number
1934

The Perfect Specimen
1937

Whirlpool
1934

The Silk Express
1933

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006

The Spy in the Green Hat
1967

A Day at Santa Anita
1937

Ever Since Eve
1937

The Singing Marine
1937

Wonder Man
1945

Sing Me a Love Song
1936

Meet Me on Broadway
1946

The WAC from Walla Walla
1952

Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934

Meet the Wildcat
1940

The Case of the Curious Bride
1935

Crazy Over Horses
1951

Naughty But Nice
1939
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