DeWitt Jennings

Personal Info

Birthday

June 21, 1871

Day of Death

1937-03-01

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Cameron, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

De Witt C. Jennings

De Witt Jennings

DeWitt C. Jennings

DeWitt Clarke Jennings

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.

Known For

Alias Ladyfingers

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Big Trail

Sins of Man

The Mystic

Mystery of the Wax Museum

The Big House

The Squaw Man

Filmography

1937
That I May Live
as Chief of Police
Slave Ship
as Snodgrass
Fifty Roads to Town
as Captain Galloway
This Is My Affair
as Bradley Wallace
We Who Are About to Die
as Mike Brannigan
1936
The Accusing Finger
as Prison Warden
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Kelly the Second
as Judge
Sins of Man
as Twichelesko
Exclusive Story
as Captain (uncredited)
1935
I Dream Too Much
as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Fryer
The Daring Young Man
as Mayor's Committee Official
Front Page Woman
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Village Tale
as Sheriff Ramsey
Mary Jane's Pa
as Sheriff
A Dog of Flanders
as Carl Cogez
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Captain Beegle
1934
A Wicked Woman
as The Sheriff
Secret of the Chateau
as Louis Bardou
The President Vanishes
as Cullen
Death on the Diamond
as Patterson
Take the Stand
as Police Commissioner
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
A Man's Game
as Chief Jordan
Little Man, What Now?
as Emil Kleninholz
The Fighting Rookie
as Police Commissioner
Massacre
as Sheriff Jennings
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1933
Police Car 17
as Captain T. J. Hart
I Loved a Woman
as Banker (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
as Sheriff (uncredited)
One Year Later
as Deputy Russell
Made on Broadway
as Moriarty
Strictly Personal
as Captain Reardon
Reform Girl
as Capt. Balfour
A Lady's Profession
as Mr. Stephens
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Ladies They Talk About
as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
On Your Guard
as Joshua Perkins
1932
The Match King
as Bodensky (uncredited)
Silver Dollar
as George, the Mine Foreman
Central Park
as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
Movie Crazy
as Mr. Hall
Midnight Morals
as Dan McKennan
By Whose Hand?
as City Editor (uncredited)
Night Court
as Court Policeman (uncredited)
Dancers in the Dark
as Police Sergeant McGroody
1931
Arrowsmith
as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
Trapped
as Police Chief
A Dangerous Affair
as City Editor
Caught Plastered
as Police Chief H.A. Morton
The Squaw Man
as Sheriff Bud Hardy
Salvation Nell
as McGovern
The Secret Six
as Chief of Police Donlin
The Primrose Path
as Joe Malone
The Criminal Code
as Yard Captain Gleason
1930
Min and Bill
as Groot
The Bat Whispers
as Police Captain
The Big Trail
as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
The Big House
as Wallace
Those Who Dance
as Captain O'Brien
Captain of the Guard
as Priest
The Night Ride
as Capt. O'Donnell
1929
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Jim Cargan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Inspector Hunt
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
as Jay Darrell
The Valiant
as Warden Holt
Alibi
as Officer O'Brien
Thru Different Eyes
as Paducah
Seven Footprints to Satan
as Uncle Joe
Red Hot Speed
as Judge O'Brien
1928
Me, Gangster
as Police Chief
The Crash
as Supt. Carleton
The Night Flyer
as Bucks
1927
Two Arabian Knights
as American Consul
The Great Mail Robbery
as Captain Davis
McFadden's Flats
as Patrick Halloran
1926
The Fire Brigade
as Fire Chief Wallace
While London Sleeps
as Inspector Burke
Exit Smiling
as Orlando Wainwright
Chip of the Flying U
as J.G. Whitmore
1925
The Splendid Road
as Capt. Bashford
Don't
as Mr. Moffat
The Mystic
as Director of Police
Go Straight!
as The Hunter
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Detective Ross
1924
The Deadwood Coach
as Jim Shields - in play
Merton of the Movies
as Jeff Baird
The Silent Watcher
as Detective Stuart
The Enemy Sex
as Harrigan Blood
The Desert Outlaw
as Doc McChesney
Hit and Run
as Joe Burns
By Divine Right
as Tug Wilson
Name the Man
as Dan Collister
1923
Blinky
as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
Circus Days
as Daly
Out of Luck
as Capt. Bristol
Within the Law
as Inspector Burke
1922
Mixed Faces
as Murray McGuire
Flesh and Blood
as Detective Doyle
Sherlock Brown
as J. J. Wallace
The Right That Failed
as Mr. Talbot
1921
There Are No Villains
as Detective Flint
The Poverty of Riches
as Lyons
Alias Ladyfingers
as Lt. Ambrose
Beating the Game
as G.B. Lawson
The Golden Snare
as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
1918
The Hillcrest Mystery
as Tom Cameron
1917
The Little American
as English Barrister
1915
At Bay
as Judson Flagg