DeWitt Jennings

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 21, 1871 (65 years old)
Died
March 1, 1937
Place of Birth
Cameron, Missouri, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Crime Comedy
Career Span
1915 – 1942

DeWitt Jennings

3 wins
19 nominations
3 Oscars
114 credits

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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.

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Personal Info

Born
Jun 21, 1871
From
Cameron, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1915 – 1942

Award Recognition

3
Wins
19
Nominations
3
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1942

Thru Different Eyes as Paducah

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

The President Vanishes as Cullen Award
Death on the Diamond as Patterson
A Wicked Woman as The Sheriff
The Meanest Gal in Town as Police Chief (uncredited)
A Man's Game as Chief Jordan
Charlie Chan's Courage as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Massacre as Sheriff Jennings
Take the Stand as Police Commissioner
Secret of the Chateau as Louis Bardou
Little Man, What Now? as Emil Kleninholz
The Fighting Rookie as Police Commissioner

1933

Ladies They Talk About as Detective Tracy (uncredited) Award
Mystery of the Wax Museum as Police Captain, 12th Precinct Award
Made on Broadway as Moriarty Award
Golden Harvest as Sheriff (uncredited) Award
I Loved a Woman as Banker (uncredited)
Police Car 17 as Captain T. J. Hart
Strictly Personal as Captain Reardon
One Year Later as Deputy Russell
Reform Girl as Capt. Balfour
A Lady's Profession as Mr. Stephens
On Your Guard as Joshua Perkins

1932

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

1931

Arrowsmith as B.W. Tozer (uncredited) Award
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
The Squaw Man as Sheriff Bud Hardy
A Dangerous Affair as City Editor
Salvation Nell as McGovern
Caught Plastered as Police Chief H.A. Morton

1930

The Big Trail as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited) Award
The Bat Whispers as Police Captain Award
The Big House as Wallace Award
Those Who Dance as Captain O'Brien
Min and Bill as Groot
The Night Ride as Capt. O'Donnell
Captain of the Guard as Priest

1929

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

1928

The Crash as Supt. Carleton
Me, Gangster as Police Chief
The Night Flyer as Bucks
The Air Mail Pilot

1927

Two Arabian Knights as American Consul
The Great Mail Robbery as Captain Davis
McFadden's Flats as Patrick Halloran

1926

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

1925

The Mystic as Director of Police Award
Go Straight! as The Hunter
The Splendid Road as Capt. Bashford
Don't as Mr. Moffat

1924

The Deadwood Coach as Jim Shields - in play
The Deadwood Coach as Jim Shields
The Silent Watcher as Detective Stuart
Name the Man as Dan Collister
Merton of the Movies as Jeff Baird
The Enemy Sex as Harrigan Blood
The Desert Outlaw as Doc McChesney
Hit and Run as Joe Burns
By Divine Right as Tug Wilson

1923

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

1922

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

1921

Alias Ladyfingers as Lt. Ambrose
The Golden Snare as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
There Are No Villains as Detective Flint
The Poverty of Riches as Lyons
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

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Mutiny on the Bounty
Ladies They Talk About
Front Page Woman
The Bat Whispers
Exit Smiling

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