Frank Jenks

Actor Nov 4 (died age 59) Des Moines, Iowa, USA 1933–1960 (27 year career)

5.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

Bowery Battalion

1951 · as Recruiting Sergeant

8.0

Perry Mason

1957 · as Cab Driver

7.7

The Thin Man

1957

7.5

Known For

Film

His Girl Friday

Wilson

Film

Swing Time

(uncredited)

Film

Christmas in Connecticut

Sinkewicz

Film

Friendly Persuasion

Shell Game Man (uncredited)

Film

Woman on the Run

Detective Homer Shaw

Film

Golden Boy

Pepper White

Film

Slightly Scarlet

6.2 1956

Film

The Human Comedy

Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (147)

Movies (127)

The Amazing Colossal Man

as Truck Driver

The Houston Story

as Louie Phelan

Friendly Persuasion

as Shell Game Man (uncredited)

Slightly Scarlet

The She-Creature

as Plainclothes Sgt. with Lt James

4.1

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1956

as Frank

4.6

Outlaw Treasure

1955

as Sergeant

Sudden Danger

1955

as Kenny the Bartender

Dig That Uranium

as The Mechanic

Highway Dragnet

as Marine in Civvies

White Lightning

as Benny Brown

Mr. Walkie Talkie

as Jackson

The Scarf

as Tom, Drunk Cowboy

Bowery Battalion

as Recruiting Sergeant

8.0

Silver City Bonanza

1951

as Theater Owner

Utah Wagon Train

1951

as Hap - Telephone Company Lineman

Let's Go Navy!

as Shell game sailor

Pecos River

as Sheriff Denning

Woman on the Run

as Detective Homer Shaw

To Please a Lady

as Press Agent

Lucky Losers

as Bartender

Blondie's Hero

as Tim Saunders

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

1950

as Looie - a Trainer

Motor Patrol

1950

as Mac

6.0

Family Honeymoon

1948

as Gas Station Attendant

5.7

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

as Louie

Shep Comes Home

as The Iceman

Blondie's Reward

as Ed Vance

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Carnival Man

Mary Lou

as Mike Connors

Mr. Reckless

1948

as Cab Driver

4.5

Philo Vance's Secret Mission

1947

as Ernie Clark

5.0

High Wall

1947

as Pinky (uncredited)

Blonde Savage

as Hoppy Owens

Kilroy Was Here

as Butch Miller

Philo Vance's Gamble

as Ernie Clark

That's My Gal

as Louie Koblentz

That Brennan Girl

as Joe, the Cabbie

One Way to Love

as Jensen

The Hoodlum Saint

as Dance Contest M.C. (uncredited)

White Tie and Tails

as George

Blondie's Lucky Day

as Mailman

Christmas in Connecticut

as Sinkewicz

Zombies on Broadway

as Gus

Steppin' in Society

as George

Bedside Manner

as Pvt. Harry Smith

The Kid Sister

as The Burglar

The Phantom of 42nd Street

1945

as Egbert Egelhofer, aka Romeo

4.5

G.I. Honeymoon

1945

as Horace P. 'Blubber' Malloy

The Missing Corpse

1945

as Mack Hogan

4.9

The Falcon in Hollywood

1944

as Lieutenant Higgins

6.0

Dixie Jamboree

1944

as Jack 'Curly' Berger

Take It or Leave It

as Cab Driver

Strange Affair

as Sgt. Erwin

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

as Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor

6.0

Follow the Boys

1944

as Chick Doyle (uncredited)

5.3

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

as Dick Deyo

5.7

Ladies Courageous

1944

as Snapper Anthony Walgreen

3.5

Three Little Sisters

1944

as Pvt. 'Rosy' Rowman

The Impatient Years

as Top Sergeant

Rogues' Gallery

as Eddie Porter

Shake Hands with Murder

as Eddie Jones

Rosie the Riveter

as Kelly Kennedy

This Is the Life

as Eddie

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Al

Corregidor

as Sgt. Mahoney

Shantytown

as Whitey

His Butler's Sister

as Emmett

Thousands Cheer

as Sergeant Koslack

The Human Comedy

as Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)

So's Your Uncle

as Joe Elliott

Hi'ya, Sailor

as Deadpan Weaver

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

as Jimbo

Syncopation

as Smiley Jackson

Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Joe Scavenger

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Art Giffman

The Navy Comes Through

1942

as Sampier

5.6

Scattergood Meets Broadway

1941

as J. J. Bent

Tall, Dark and Handsome

as Puffy

Back Street

as Harry Niles

The Flame of New Orleans

1941

as 2nd Sailor

6.4

A Little Bit of Heaven

as Uncle Dan

His Girl Friday

as Wilson

Dancing on a Dime

as Phil Miller

Melody and Moonlight

as Butch Reilly

Society Smugglers

as Emery

Golden Boy

as Pepper White

First Love

as Mike the Cop

The Under-Pup

as Uncle Dan

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939

as Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)

S.O.S Tidal Wave

as Peaches Jackson

Big Town Czar

as Sid Travers

Letter of Introduction

1938

as Joe, theatre prompter

5.7

Love Is a Headache

1938

as Joe Cannon

5.7

The Lady in the Morgue

as Doc Williams

Youth Takes a Fling

as Frank Munson

The Storm

as Peter Carey

The Devil's Party

as Sam

The Last Warning

as Doc Williams

Goodbye Broadway

as Harry Clark

Reckless Living

1938

as Freddie

Strange Faces

1938

as Nick Denby

The Westland Case

1937

as Doc Williams

6.0

One Hundred Men and a Girl

1937

as Taxi Driver

6.4

Prescription for Romance

1937

as Smitty

Saturday's Heroes

as Dubrowsky

You're a Sweetheart

as Harry Howe

There Goes My Girl

as Frank Tate

When's Your Birthday?

1937

as Lefty

4.0

We Who Are About to Die

as Clyde Beasley

Angel's Holiday

as Butch Broder

Women Are Trouble

as Reporter

The Last Outlaw

as Deputy Tom

That Girl from Paris

as Laughing Boy Frank

6.5

Swing Time

1936

as (uncredited)

6.9

Smartest Girl in Town

as Photographer

The Witness Chair

as Roy Levino

Don't Turn 'em Loose

as Pete - Henchman

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

as Trombone Player

5.4

The Farmer in the Dell

1936

as Bill Crosby

Walking on Air

1936

as First Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

College Rhythm

as Orchestra Leader

College Humor

as Orchestra Leader

Asleep in the Feet

as Dance Hall Patron

Luxury Liner

as Ship's Bandleader (uncredited)

6.3

Hello, Everybody!

1933

as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

6.0

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

as Call Boy

4.6

Frank Jenks

Highest Rated

Known For

His Girl Friday

Swing Time

Christmas in Connecticut

Friendly Persuasion

Woman on the Run

Golden Boy

Slightly Scarlet

The Human Comedy

Filmography

Acting (147)

Movies (127)

Television (20)