DeWitt Jennings
Acting1871Cameron, Missouri, USA
Biography
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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
Acting History
1942
Thru Different Eyes
as Paducah
1937
That I May Live
as Chief of Police
This Is My Affair
as Bradley Wallace
Slave Ship
as Snodgrass
We Who Are About to Die
as Mike Brannigan
Fifty Roads to Town
as Captain Galloway
1936
The Accusing Finger
as Prison Warden
Kelly the Second
as Judge
Exclusive Story
as Captain (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Sins of Man
as Twichelesko
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Fryer
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Captain Beegle
A Dog of Flanders
as Carl Cogez
I Dream Too Much
as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
Village Tale
as Sheriff Ramsey
Front Page Woman
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa
as Sheriff
The Daring Young Man
as Mayor's Committee Official
1934
A Man's Game
as Chief Jordan
Secret of the Chateau
as Louis Bardou
Massacre
as Sheriff Jennings
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Death on the Diamond
as Patterson
A Wicked Woman
as The Sheriff
Little Man, What Now?
as Emil Kleninholz
The Meanest Gal in Town
as Police Chief (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
as Cullen
Take the Stand
as Police Commissioner
The Fighting Rookie
as Police Commissioner
1933
Golden Harvest
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Strictly Personal
as Captain Reardon
Reform Girl
as Capt. Balfour
Ladies They Talk About
as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
A Lady's Profession
as Mr. Stephens
I Loved a Woman
as Banker (uncredited)
On Your Guard
as Joshua Perkins
One Year Later
as Deputy Russell
Made on Broadway
as Moriarty
Police Car 17
as Captain T. J. Hart
1932
Movie Crazy
as Mr. Hall
By Whose Hand?
as City Editor (uncredited)
Midnight Morals
as Dan McKennan
Silver Dollar
as George, the Mine Foreman
Night Court
as Court Policeman (uncredited)
The Match King
as Bodensky (uncredited)
Central Park
as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
Dancers in the Dark
as Police Sergeant McGroody
1931
A Dangerous Affair
as City Editor
The Criminal Code
as Yard Captain Gleason
Trapped
as Police Chief
The Secret Six
as Chief of Police Donlin
Caught Plastered
as Police Chief H.A. Morton
The Squaw Man
as Sheriff Bud Hardy
The Primrose Path
as Joe Malone
Salvation Nell
as McGovern
Arrowsmith
as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
1930
The Big House
as Wallace
The Bat Whispers
as Police Captain
Captain of the Guard
as Priest
The Big Trail
as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
Min and Bill
as Groot
Those Who Dance
as Captain O'Brien
The Night Ride
as Capt. O'Donnell
1929
Alibi
as Officer O'Brien
The Valiant
as Warden Holt
Thru Different Eyes
as Paducah
Seven Footprints to Satan
as Uncle Joe
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Jim Cargan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Inspector Hunt
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
as Jay Darrell
Red Hot Speed
as Judge O'Brien
1928
1927
The Great Mail Robbery
as Captain Davis
Two Arabian Knights
as American Consul
McFadden's Flats
as Patrick Halloran
Home Made
as Mr. White
1926
While London Sleeps
as Inspector Burke
Exit Smiling
as Orlando Wainwright
The Fire Brigade
as Fire Chief Wallace
Chip of the Flying U
as J.G. Whitmore
1925
Don't
as Mr. Moffat
Go Straight!
as The Hunter
The Splendid Road
as Capt. Bashford
The Mystic
as Director of Police
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Detective Ross
1924
Name the Man
as Dan Collister
The Deadwood Coach
as Jim Shields - in play
The Gaiety Girl
as John Kershaw
Hit and Run
as Joe Burns
Merton of the Movies
as Jeff Baird
The Silent Watcher
as Detective Stuart
The Desert Outlaw
as Doc McChesney
Along Came Ruth
as Captain Miles Standish
By Divine Right
as Tug Wilson
The Enemy Sex
as Harrigan Blood
The Heart Bandit
as Pat O'Connell
1923
Circus Days
as Daly
Within the Law
as Inspector Burke
Out of Luck
as Capt. Bristol
Blinky
as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
1922
Flesh and Blood
as Detective Doyle
Mixed Faces
as Murray McGuire
Sherlock Brown
as J. J. Wallace
The Right That Failed
as Mr. Talbot
1921
The Poverty of Riches
as Lyons
Alias Ladyfingers
as Lt. Ambrose
The Golden Snare
as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
There Are No Villains
as Detective Flint
Beating the Game
as G.B. Lawson
1918
The Hillcrest Mystery
as Tom Cameron
1917
The Little American
as English Barrister
1915
At Bay
as Judson Flagg