
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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