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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 21, 1871
Place of Birth:
Cameron, Missouri, USA
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DeWitt Jennings
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Thru Different Eyes | Paducah |
| 1937 | That I May Live | Chief of Police |
| 1937 | We Who Are About to Die | Mike Brannigan |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Bradley Wallace |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Snodgrass |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town | Captain Galloway |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story | Captain (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Prison Warden |
| 1936 | Sins of Man | Twichelesko |
| 1936 | Kelly the Second | Judge |
| 1936 | Sing, Baby, Sing | Mr. Lee, the Landlord |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon | Captain Beegle |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much | Man Yelling for Food (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Village Tale | Sheriff Ramsey |
| 1935 | A Dog of Flanders | Carl Cogez |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa | Sheriff |
| 1935 | The Daring Young Man | Mayor's Committee Official |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Fryer |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Little Man, What Now? | Emil Kleninholz |
| 1934 | The Fighting Rookie | Police Commissioner |
| 1934 | Massacre | Sheriff Jennings |
| 1934 | A Man's Game | Chief Jordan |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Cullen |
| 1934 | Secret of the Chateau | Louis Bardou |
| 1934 | Take the Stand | Police Commissioner |
| 1934 | The Meanest Gal in Town | Police Chief (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | Patterson |
| 1934 | A Wicked Woman | The Sheriff |
| 1934 | Charlie Chan's Courage | Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings) |
| 1933 | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Police Captain, 12th Precinct |
| 1933 | A Lady's Profession | Mr. Stephens |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman | Banker (uncredited) |
| 1933 | One Year Later | Deputy Russell |
| 1933 | On Your Guard | Joshua Perkins |
| 1933 | Ladies They Talk About | Detective Tracy (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Strictly Personal | Captain Reardon |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Police Car 17 | Captain T. J. Hart |
| 1933 | Reform Girl | Capt. Balfour |
| 1933 | Made on Broadway | Moriarty |
| 1932 | Silver Dollar | George, the Mine Foreman |
| 1932 | The Match King | Bodensky (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Police Sergeant McGroody |
| 1932 | Midnight Morals | Dan McKennan |
| 1932 | Night Court | Court Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Central Park | Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Movie Crazy | Mr. Hall |
| 1932 | By Whose Hand? | City Editor (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Secret Six | Chief of Police Donlin |
| 1931 | The Criminal Code | Yard Captain Gleason |
| 1931 | Caught Plastered | Police Chief H.A. Morton |
| 1931 | Arrowsmith | B.W. Tozer (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Squaw Man | Sheriff Bud Hardy |
| 1931 | Trapped | Police Chief |
| 1931 | The Primrose Path | Joe Malone |
| 1931 | A Dangerous Affair | City Editor |
| 1931 | Salvation Nell | McGovern |
| 1930 | The Big House | Wallace |
| 1930 | The Night Ride | Capt. O'Donnell |
| 1930 | Captain of the Guard | Priest |
| 1930 | The Bat Whispers | Police Captain |
| 1930 | Min and Bill | Groot |
| 1930 | Those Who Dance | Captain O'Brien |
| 1930 | The Big Trail | Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Seven Footprints to Satan | Uncle Joe |
| 1929 | The Valiant | Warden Holt |
| 1929 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Inspector Hunt |
| 1929 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Jim Cargan |
| 1929 | Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 | Jay Darrell |
| 1929 | Alibi | Officer O'Brien |
| 1929 | Thru Different Eyes | Paducah |
| 1929 | Red Hot Speed | Judge O'Brien |
| 1928 | The Night Flyer | Bucks |
| 1928 | The Crash | Supt. Carleton |
| 1928 | The Air Mail Pilot | |
| 1928 | Me, Gangster | Police Chief |
| 1927 | McFadden's Flats | Patrick Halloran |
| 1927 | Two Arabian Knights | American Consul |
| 1927 | The Great Mail Robbery | Captain Davis |
| 1926 | The Fire Brigade | Fire Chief Wallace |
| 1926 | Chip of the Flying U | J.G. Whitmore |
| 1926 | While London Sleeps | Inspector Burke |
| 1926 | The Ice Flood | |
| 1926 | Exit Smiling | Orlando Wainwright |
| 1925 | Go Straight! | The Hunter |
| 1925 | The Splendid Road | Capt. Bashford |
| 1925 | Don't | Mr. Moffat |
| 1925 | The Mystic | Director of Police |
| 1925 | The Re-Creation of Brian Kent | Detective Ross |
| 1924 | The Deadwood Coach | Jim Shields - in play |
| 1924 | The Desert Outlaw | Doc McChesney |
| 1924 | Hit and Run | Joe Burns |
| 1924 | Name the Man | Dan Collister |
| 1924 | By Divine Right | Tug Wilson |
| 1924 | The Deadwood Coach | Jim Shields |
| 1924 | The Silent Watcher | Detective Stuart |
| 1924 | The Enemy Sex | Harrigan Blood |
| 1924 | Merton of the Movies | Jeff Baird |
| 1923 | Circus Days | Daly |
| 1923 | Out of Luck | Capt. Bristol |
| 1923 | Blinky | Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip |
| 1923 | Within the Law | Inspector Burke |
| 1922 | Flesh and Blood | Detective Doyle |
| 1922 | Mixed Faces | Murray McGuire |
| 1922 | The Right That Failed | Mr. Talbot |
| 1922 | Sherlock Brown | J. J. Wallace |
| 1921 | The Poverty of Riches | Lyons |
| 1921 | Alias Ladyfingers | Lt. Ambrose |
| 1921 | Beating the Game | G.B. Lawson |
| 1921 | There Are No Villains | Detective Flint |
| 1921 | The Golden Snare | 'Fighting' Fitzgerald |
| 1918 | The Hillcrest Mystery | Tom Cameron |
| 1917 | The Little American | English Barrister |
| 1915 | At Bay | Judson Flagg |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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