DeWitt Jennings

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1871-06-21 (66 years old)

Deathday

1937-03-01

Place of Birth

Cameron, Missouri, USA

DeWitt Jennings

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.

Acting

1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Police Captain, 12th Precinct

1931

The Secret Six

as Chief of Police Donlin

1924

The Deadwood Coach

as Jim Shields - in play

1931

The Criminal Code

as Yard Captain Gleason

1923

1930

The Big House

as Wallace

1942

1924

The Desert Outlaw

as Doc McChesney

1932

Silver Dollar

as George, the Mine Foreman

1931

Caught Plastered

as Police Chief H.A. Morton

1933

A Lady's Profession

as Mr. Stephens

1935

Murder on a Honeymoon

as Captain Beegle

1921

Alias Ladyfingers

as Lt. Ambrose

1935

I Dream Too Much

as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

1933

I Loved a Woman

as Banker (uncredited)

1936

Exclusive Story

as Captain (uncredited)

1925

Go Straight!

as The Hunter

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Prison Warden

1929

The Valiant

as Warden Holt

1932

The Match King

as Bodensky (uncredited)

1922

Flesh and Blood

as Detective Doyle

1924

Hit and Run

as Joe Burns

1923

Out of Luck

as Capt. Bristol

1923

Blinky

as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

1925

The Splendid Road

as Capt. Bashford

1921

Beating the Game

as G.B. Lawson

1933

One Year Later

as Deputy Russell

1933

On Your Guard

as Joshua Perkins

1937

That I May Live

as Chief of Police

1931

Arrowsmith

as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

1931

The Squaw Man

as Sheriff Bud Hardy

1926

The Fire Brigade

as Fire Chief Wallace

1931

Trapped

as Police Chief

1925

Don't

as Mr. Moffat

1934

Little Man, What Now?

as Emil Kleninholz

1927

McFadden's Flats

as Patrick Halloran

1932

Dancers in the Dark

as Police Sergeant McGroody

1935

Village Tale

as Sheriff Ramsey

1924

Name the Man

as Dan Collister

1931

The Primrose Path

as Joe Malone

1934

The Fighting Rookie

as Police Commissioner

1924

By Divine Right

as Tug Wilson

1934

Massacre

as Sheriff Jennings

1933

Ladies They Talk About

as Detective Tracy (uncredited)

1918

The Hillcrest Mystery

as Tom Cameron

1934

A Man's Game

as Chief Jordan

1929

The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Inspector Hunt

1921

There Are No Villains

as Detective Flint

1926

Chip of the Flying U

as J.G. Whitmore

1930

The Night Ride

as Capt. O'Donnell

1928

1926

While London Sleeps

as Inspector Burke

1927

Two Arabian Knights

as American Consul

1929

1930

The Bat Whispers

as Police Captain

1935

A Dog of Flanders

as Carl Cogez

1929

Alibi

as Officer O'Brien

1922

Mixed Faces

as Murray McGuire

1937

We Who Are About to Die

as Mike Brannigan

1926

Exit Smiling

as Orlando Wainwright

1933

Strictly Personal

as Captain Reardon

1930

Min and Bill

as Groot

1935

Mary Jane's Pa

as Sheriff

1931

A Dangerous Affair

as City Editor

1934

Secret of the Chateau

as Louis Bardou

1934

Take the Stand

as Police Commissioner

1924

The Deadwood Coach

as Jim Shields

1936

Sins of Man

as Twichelesko

1923

Within the Law

as Inspector Burke

1930

Those Who Dance

as Captain O'Brien

1935

The Daring Young Man

as Mayor's Committee Official

1925

The Mystic

as Director of Police

1936

1931

Salvation Nell

as McGovern

1937

This Is My Affair

as Bradley Wallace

1932

Midnight Morals

as Dan McKennan

1936

Sing, Baby, Sing

as Mr. Lee, the Landlord

1915

At Bay

as Judson Flagg

1934

The Meanest Gal in Town

as Police Chief (uncredited)

1924

The Silent Watcher

as Detective Stuart

1917

The Little American

as English Barrister

1933

Golden Harvest

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1922

1929

1934

1937

Slave Ship

as Snodgrass

1935

Front Page Woman

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1934

A Wicked Woman

as The Sheriff

1928

The Crash

as Supt. Carleton

1924

The Enemy Sex

as Harrigan Blood

1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as Captain Galloway

1932

Night Court

as Court Policeman (uncredited)

1933

Police Car 17

as Captain T. J. Hart

1928

Me, Gangster

as Police Chief

1929

Red Hot Speed

as Judge O'Brien

1927

The Great Mail Robbery

as Captain Davis

1921

The Golden Snare

as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald

1933

Reform Girl

as Capt. Balfour

1932

Central Park

as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

1924

1932

Movie Crazy

as Mr. Hall

1922

Sherlock Brown

as J. J. Wallace

1934

Charlie Chan's Courage

as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

1932

By Whose Hand?

as City Editor (uncredited)

1933

Made on Broadway

as Moriarty

1930

The Big Trail

as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

1925

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