DeWitt Jennings

Actor Jun 21 (died age 65) Cameron, Missouri, USA 1915–1942 (27 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Fryer

Film

The Big Trail

Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

Film

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Police Captain, 12th Precinct

Film

The Big House

Wallace

Film

Ladies They Talk About

Detective Tracy (uncredited)

Film

Arrowsmith

B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

Film

The Bat Whispers

Police Captain

Film

The Criminal Code

Yard Captain Gleason

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (119)

Thru Different Eyes

1942

as Paducah

This Is My Affair

1937

as Bradley Wallace

7.3

Fifty Roads to Town

1937

as Captain Galloway

Slave Ship

1937

as Snodgrass

4.5

We Who Are About to Die

as Mike Brannigan

That I May Live

as Chief of Police

Kelly the Second

as Judge

Sins of Man

as Twichelesko

The Accusing Finger

1936

as Prison Warden

4.7

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936

as Mr. Lee, the Landlord

5.7

Exclusive Story

1936

as Captain (uncredited)

6.5

I Dream Too Much

1935

as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Fryer

Front Page Woman

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Village Tale

as Sheriff Ramsey

A Dog of Flanders

as Carl Cogez

Mary Jane's Pa

as Sheriff

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935

as Captain Beegle

6.3

The Daring Young Man

1935

as Mayor's Committee Official

The Fighting Rookie

1934

as Police Commissioner

3.3

The President Vanishes

as Cullen

A Wicked Woman

as The Sheriff

Massacre

as Sheriff Jennings

Take the Stand

as Police Commissioner

4.7

A Man's Game

1934

as Chief Jordan

Secret of the Chateau

1934

as Louis Bardou

5.0

Little Man, What Now?

as Emil Kleninholz

Death on the Diamond

as Patterson

Charlie Chan's Courage

1934

as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

8.0

The Meanest Gal in Town

1934

as Police Chief (uncredited)

Strictly Personal

as Captain Reardon

On Your Guard

as Joshua Perkins

Golden Harvest

as Sheriff (uncredited)

5.0

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

as Police Captain, 12th Precinct

One Year Later

as Deputy Russell

I Loved a Woman

as Banker (uncredited)

4.5

Ladies They Talk About

1933

as Detective Tracy (uncredited)

Made on Broadway

as Moriarty

Reform Girl

as Capt. Balfour

A Lady's Profession

as Mr. Stephens

Police Car 17

1933

as Captain T. J. Hart

Movie Crazy

as Mr. Hall

Silver Dollar

as George, the Mine Foreman

5.7

Midnight Morals

1932

as Dan McKennan

The Match King

1932

as Bodensky (uncredited)

6.2

By Whose Hand?

1932

as City Editor (uncredited)

6.0

Night Court

1932

as Court Policeman (uncredited)

6.4

Dancers in the Dark

1932

as Police Sergeant McGroody

4.8

Central Park

1932

as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

5.2

The Criminal Code

1931

as Yard Captain Gleason

6.0

Arrowsmith

1931

as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

6.6

The Primrose Path

1931

as Joe Malone

Caught Plastered

1931

as Police Chief H.A. Morton

The Squaw Man

as Sheriff Bud Hardy

A Dangerous Affair

as City Editor

Salvation Nell

1931

as McGovern

Trapped

1931

as Police Chief

The Secret Six

1931

as Chief of Police Donlin

Those Who Dance

as Captain O'Brien

The Big Trail

as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

The Big House

as Wallace

Captain of the Guard

as Priest

The Bat Whispers

1930

as Police Captain

6.5

The Night Ride

1930

as Capt. O'Donnell

Min and Bill

1930

as Groot

6.1

Thru Different Eyes

1929

as Paducah

The Valiant

1929

as Warden Holt

6.0

Seven Footprints to Satan

1929

as Uncle Joe

6.1

Red Hot Speed

1929

as Judge O'Brien

Alibi

1929

as Officer O'Brien

6.0

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929

as Inspector Hunt

6.0

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

1929

as Jay Darrell

3.0

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1929

as Jim Cargan

6.5

Me, Gangster

1928

as Police Chief

The Crash

1928

as Supt. Carleton

The Night Flyer

as Bucks

The Air Mail Pilot

Marry the Girl

as Martin Wayland

The Great Mail Robbery

1927

as Captain Davis

Two Arabian Knights

1927

as American Consul

5.8

Home Made

1927

as Mr. White

McFadden's Flats

1927

as Patrick Halloran

While London Sleeps

as Inspector Burke

The Ice Flood

The Fire Brigade

as Fire Chief Wallace

3.5

Exit Smiling

1926

as Orlando Wainwright

7.9

Chip of the Flying U

1926

as J.G. Whitmore

The Mystic

1925

as Director of Police

6.6

Go Straight!

1925

as The Hunter

Don't

1925

as Mr. Moffat

The Splendid Road

1925

as Capt. Bashford

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

1925

as Detective Ross

Hit and Run

1924

as Joe Burns

The Deadwood Coach

1924

as Jim Shields

Name the Man

1924

as Dan Collister

The Heart Bandit

1924

as Pat O'Connell

The Enemy Sex

1924

as Harrigan Blood

9.0

By Divine Right

1924

as Tug Wilson

The Gaiety Girl

1924

as John Kershaw

Merton of the Movies

1924

as Jeff Baird

The Silent Watcher

1924

as Detective Stuart

Along Came Ruth

1924

as Captain Miles Standish

The Desert Outlaw

1924

as Doc McChesney

Blinky

1923

as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

Within the Law

1923

as Inspector Burke

5.1

Out of Luck

1923

as Capt. Bristol

Circus Days

as Daly

Flesh and Blood

as Detective Doyle

Sherlock Brown

as J. J. Wallace

Mixed Faces

1922

as Murray McGuire

The Right That Failed

1922

as Mr. Talbot

The Poverty of Riches

1921

as Lyons

The Golden Snare

1921

as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald

Beating the Game

1921

as G.B. Lawson

Alias Ladyfingers

1921

as Lt. Ambrose

6.0

There Are No Villains

1921

as Detective Flint

The Hillcrest Mystery

1918

as Tom Cameron

The Little American

1917

as English Barrister

6.3

At Bay

1915

as Judson Flagg