Portrait of DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

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.

Born: June 21, 1871

Place of Birth: Cameron, Missouri, USA

Filmography

1942
1937
That I May Live

as Chief of Police

1937
Slave Ship

as Snodgrass

1937
Fifty Roads to Town

as Captain Galloway

1937
This Is My Affair

as Bradley Wallace

1937
We Who Are About to Die

as Mike Brannigan

1936
The Accusing Finger

as Prison Warden

1936
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing

as Mr. Lee, the Landlord

1936
Sins of Man

as Twichelesko

1936
Exclusive Story

as Captain (uncredited)

1935
I Dream Too Much

as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

1935
The Daring Young Man

as Mayor's Committee Official

1935
Front Page Woman

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1935
Village Tale

as Sheriff Ramsey

1935
Mary Jane's Pa

as Sheriff

1935
A Dog of Flanders

as Carl Cogez

1935
Murder on a Honeymoon

as Captain Beegle

1934
A Wicked Woman

as The Sheriff

1934
Secret of the Chateau

as Louis Bardou

1934
1934
Take the Stand

as Police Commissioner

1934
Charlie Chan's Courage

as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

1934
A Man's Game

as Chief Jordan

1934
Little Man, What Now?

as Emil Kleninholz

1934
The Fighting Rookie

as Police Commissioner

1934
Massacre

as Sheriff Jennings

1934
The Meanest Gal in Town

as Police Chief (uncredited)

1933
Police Car 17

as Captain T. J. Hart

1933
I Loved a Woman

as Banker (uncredited)

1933
Golden Harvest

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1933
One Year Later

as Deputy Russell

1933
Made on Broadway

as Moriarty

1933
Strictly Personal

as Captain Reardon

1933
Reform Girl

as Capt. Balfour

1933
A Lady's Profession

as Mr. Stephens

1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Police Captain, 12th Precinct

1933
Ladies They Talk About

as Detective Tracy (uncredited)

1933
On Your Guard

as Joshua Perkins

1932
The Match King

as Bodensky (uncredited)

1932
Silver Dollar

as George, the Mine Foreman

1932
Central Park

as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

1932
Movie Crazy

as Mr. Hall

1932
Midnight Morals

as Dan McKennan

1932
By Whose Hand?

as City Editor (uncredited)

1932
Night Court

as Court Policeman (uncredited)

1932
Dancers in the Dark

as Police Sergeant McGroody

1931
Arrowsmith

as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

1931
Trapped

as Police Chief

1931
A Dangerous Affair

as City Editor

1931
Caught Plastered

as Police Chief H.A. Morton

1931
The Squaw Man

as Sheriff Bud Hardy

1931
Salvation Nell

as McGovern

1931
The Secret Six

as Chief of Police Donlin

1931
The Primrose Path

as Joe Malone

1931
The Criminal Code

as Yard Captain Gleason

1930
Min and Bill

as Groot

1930
The Bat Whispers

as Police Captain

1930
The Big Trail

as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

1930
The Big House

as Wallace

1930
Those Who Dance

as Captain O'Brien

1930
The Night Ride

as Capt. O'Donnell

1929
1929
The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Inspector Hunt

1929
The Valiant

as Warden Holt

1929
Alibi

as Officer O'Brien

1929
1929
Red Hot Speed

as Judge O'Brien

1928
Me, Gangster

as Police Chief

1928
The Crash

as Supt. Carleton

1928
1927
Two Arabian Knights

as American Consul

1927
The Great Mail Robbery

as Captain Davis

1927
McFadden's Flats

as Patrick Halloran

1926
The Fire Brigade

as Fire Chief Wallace

1926
While London Sleeps

as Inspector Burke

1926
Exit Smiling

as Orlando Wainwright

1926
Chip of the Flying U

as J.G. Whitmore

1925
The Splendid Road

as Capt. Bashford

1925
Don't

as Mr. Moffat

1925
The Mystic

as Director of Police

1925
Go Straight!

as The Hunter

1925
1924
The Deadwood Coach

as Jim Shields - in play

1924
The Deadwood Coach

as Jim Shields

1924
1924
The Enemy Sex

as Harrigan Blood

1924
The Desert Outlaw

as Doc McChesney

1924
Hit and Run

as Joe Burns

1924
By Divine Right

as Tug Wilson

1924
Name the Man

as Dan Collister

1924
The Heart Bandit

as Pat O'Connell

1923
Blinky

as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

1923
1923
Out of Luck

as Capt. Bristol

1923
Within the Law

as Inspector Burke

1922
Mixed Faces

as Murray McGuire

1922
Flesh and Blood

as Detective Doyle

1922
Sherlock Brown

as J. J. Wallace

1922
1921
There Are No Villains

as Detective Flint

1921
Alias Ladyfingers

as Lt. Ambrose

1921
Beating the Game

as G.B. Lawson

1921
The Golden Snare

as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald

1918
The Hillcrest Mystery

as Tom Cameron

1917
The Little American

as English Barrister