Person Details

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Aliases: De Witt C. Jennings , De Witt Jennings , DeWitt C. Jennings , DeWitt Clarke Jennings

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Cameron, Missouri, USA

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Movie Involvements: 83

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Big Trail
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7

The Big Trail

(1930) Captain Hollister (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
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6

Mystery of the Wax Museum

(1933) Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Mutiny on the Bounty
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7

Mutiny on the Bounty

(1935) Fryer
Ladies They Talk About
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6

Ladies They Talk About

(1933) Detective Tracy
Arrowsmith
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7

Arrowsmith

(1931) B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
The Bat Whispers
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6

The Bat Whispers

(1930) Police Captain
Alibi
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6

Alibi

(1929) Officer O'Brien
Little Man, What Now?
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6

Little Man, What Now?

(1934) Emil Kleninholz

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1942 Paducah
1937 Chief of Police
Snodgrass
Captain Galloway
Bradley Wallace
Mike Brannigan
1936 Prison Warden
Judge (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Twichelesko
Captain (uncredited)
1935 Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
Fryer
Mayor's Committee Official
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Sheriff Ramsey
Sheriff
Carl Cogez
Captain Beegle
1934 The Sheriff
Louis Bardou
Cullen
Patterson
Police Commissioner
Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Chief Jordan
Emil Kleninholz
Sheriff Jennings
Police Chief (uncredited)
1933 Captain T. J. Hart
Banker (uncredited)
Sheriff (uncredited)
Deputy Russell
Captain Reardon
Capt. Balfour
Mr. Stephens
Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Detective Tracy
Joshua Perkins
1932 Bodensky (uncredited)
George, the Mine Foreman
Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
Mr. Hall
Dan McKennan
City Editor (uncredited)
Court Policeman (uncredited)
Police Sergeant McGroody
1931 B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
Police Chief
City Editor
Police Chief H.A. Morton
Sheriff Bud Hardy
McGovern
Chief of Police Donlin
Joe Malone
Yard Captain Gleason
1930 Groot
Police Captain
Captain Hollister (uncredited)
Wallace
Captain O'Brien
Priest
Capt. O'Donnell
1929 Jim Cargan
Inspector Hunt
Jay Darrell
Warden Holt
Officer O'Brien
Paducah
Judge O'Brien
Uncle Joe
1928 Police Chief
Supt. Carleton
N/A
Bucks
1927 American Consul
Captain Davis
Patrick Halloran
1926 Fire Chief Wallace
Inspector Burke
Orlando Wainwright
N/A
J.G. Whitmore
1925 Capt. Bashford
Mr. Moffat
Director of Police
The Hunter
1924 Jim Shields
Jim Shields - in play
Jeff Baird
Harrigan Blood
Doc McChesney
Joe Burns
Dan Collister
1923 Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
Daly
Capt. Bristol
Inspector Burke
1922 Murray McGuire
Detective Doyle
N/A
Mr. Talbot
1921 Detective Flint
Lyons
Lt. Ambrose
G.B. Lawson
'Fighting' Fitzgerald
1918 Tom Cameron
1917 English Barrister
Year Character Movie/Tv

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