Jimmy Conlin
Biography
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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.
Acting (107 movies)
The Town Went Wild
1944
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Fallen Angel
1945
Christmas in July
1940
The Great McGinty
1940
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
The Great Rupert
1950
Whistle Stop
1946
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
Tulsa
1949
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Sideshow
1950
Knock on Any Door
1949
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
College Humor
1933
Sharps and Flats
1928
Operation Haylift
1950
No Place to Go
1939
Rolling Home
1946
Footlight Parade
1933
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
The Hucksters
1947
Rose Marie
1936
Blue Skies
1946
The Bride Comes Home
1935
And the Angels Sing
1944
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Cross Country Cruise
1934
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Hazard
1948
Smashing the Rackets
1938
Living on Love
1937
Dixie
1943
She Learned About Sailors
1934
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
City Limits
1934
Cocoanut Grove
1938
He Couldn't Say No
1938
On Dangerous Ground
1951
Prejudice
1949
The Seven Little Foys
1955
Idiot's Delight
1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
Summer Storm
1944
Let's Make Music
1941
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Crashing Hollywood
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
The Lady Eve
1941
Calling Philo Vance
1940
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Taxi, Mister
1943
Edison, the Man
1940
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Second Chorus
1941
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
Captains Courageous
1937
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
My Little Chickadee
1940
The Forest Rangers
1942
Prison Farm
1938
Florian
1940
Angels Over Broadway
1940
Madame Spy
1942
The Way of All Flesh
1940
Over the Wall
1938
And Sudden Death
1936
Broadway Musketeers
1938
Bring on the Girls
1945
The Jazz Singer
1953
Ridin' on a Rainbow
1941
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947
A Shot in the Dark
1941
Sullivan's Travels
1941
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Hitler's Madman
1943
New York Town
1941
Woman of the Year
1942
Obliging Young Lady
1942
Slightly Dangerous
1943
The Inspector General
1949
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
Grand Slam
1933
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Blondes at Work
1938
The Accusing Finger
1936
The Gay Falcon
1941
Old Acquaintance
1943
Hard to Get
1938
The Shining Hour
1938
Lost in a Harem
1944
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
Mannequin
1938
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
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