DeWitt Jennings
Acting
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.
Born: June 21, 1871
Place of Birth: Cameron, Missouri, USA
Known For
The Enemy Sex
A well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up missing, their manager asks Dodo to fill in. At the party, she meets four new men. She's smart enough to steer clear of two of them -- corrupt society leader Albert Sasson and powerful newspaper publisher Harrigan Blood. Instead she becomes passionately involved with Judge Massingale. The man who really steals her heart, however, is Garry Lindaberry, who seems to be a hopeless drunk.
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
Exit Smiling
The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
This Is My Affair
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
A Dog of Flanders
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Death on the Diamond
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
We Who Are About to Die
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
The Big Trail
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Arrowsmith
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Filmography
as Paducah
as Chief of Police
as Snodgrass
as Captain Galloway
as Bradley Wallace
as Mike Brannigan
as Prison Warden
as Judge
as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
as Twichelesko
as Captain (uncredited)
as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
as Fryer
as Mayor's Committee Official
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Sheriff Ramsey
as Sheriff
as Carl Cogez
as Captain Beegle
as The Sheriff
as Louis Bardou
as Cullen
as Patterson
as Police Commissioner
as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
as Chief Jordan
as Emil Kleninholz
as Police Commissioner
as Sheriff Jennings
as Police Chief (uncredited)
as Captain T. J. Hart
as Banker (uncredited)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Deputy Russell
as Moriarty
as Captain Reardon
as Capt. Balfour
as Mr. Stephens
as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
as Joshua Perkins
as Bodensky (uncredited)
as George, the Mine Foreman
as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
as Mr. Hall
as Dan McKennan
as City Editor (uncredited)
as Court Policeman (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant McGroody
as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
as Police Chief
as City Editor
as Police Chief H.A. Morton
as Sheriff Bud Hardy
as McGovern
as Chief of Police Donlin
as Joe Malone
as Yard Captain Gleason
as Groot
as Police Captain
as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
as Wallace
as Captain O'Brien
as Priest
as Capt. O'Donnell
as Jim Cargan
as Inspector Hunt
as Jay Darrell
as Warden Holt
as Officer O'Brien
as Paducah
as Uncle Joe
as Judge O'Brien
as Police Chief
as Supt. Carleton
as Bucks
as Mr. White
as American Consul
as Captain Davis
as Patrick Halloran
as Fire Chief Wallace
as Inspector Burke
as Orlando Wainwright
as J.G. Whitmore
as Capt. Bashford
as Mr. Moffat
as Director of Police
as The Hunter
as Detective Ross
as Jim Shields - in play
as Jim Shields
as Jeff Baird
as Detective Stuart
as Harrigan Blood
as Doc McChesney
as Joe Burns
as John Kershaw
as Tug Wilson
as Dan Collister
as Pat O'Connell
as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
as Daly
as Capt. Bristol
as Inspector Burke
as Murray McGuire
as Detective Doyle
as J. J. Wallace
as Mr. Talbot
as Detective Flint
as Lyons
as Lt. Ambrose
as G.B. Lawson
as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
as Tom Cameron
as English Barrister