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