Acting

DeWitt Jennings

Born 1871-06-21 · Cameron, Missouri, USA

Died 1937-03-01

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.

Credits

Newest first

Thru Different Eyes
as Paducah
1942
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
1937
The Accusing Finger
as Prison Warden
1936
Kelly the Second
as Judge
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
1936
Sins of Man
as Twichelesko
1936
Exclusive Story
as Captain (uncredited)
1936
I Dream Too Much
as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Fryer
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
1935
A Wicked Woman
as The Sheriff
1934
Secret of the Chateau
as Louis Bardou
1934
The President Vanishes
as Cullen
1934
Death on the Diamond
as Patterson
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)
1934
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
1933
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
1932
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
1931
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
Captain of the Guard
as Priest
1930
The Night Ride
as Capt. O'Donnell
1930
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Jim Cargan
1929
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Inspector Hunt
1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
as Jay Darrell
1929
The Valiant
as Warden Holt
1929
Alibi
as Officer O'Brien
1929
Thru Different Eyes
as Paducah
1929
Seven Footprints to Satan
as Uncle Joe
1929
Red Hot Speed
as Judge O'Brien
1929
Me, Gangster
as Police Chief
1928
The Crash
as Supt. Carleton
1928
Marry the Girl
as Martin Wayland
1928
The Air Mail Pilot
1928
The Night Flyer
as Bucks
1928
Home Made
as Mr. White
1927
Two Arabian Knights
as American Consul
1927