DeWitt Jennings

from Cameron, Missouri, USA

Artwork for Mutiny on the BountyImage of 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.

Timeline

1942Aged 71

  • Poster for Thru Different Eyes

    Paducah

1937Aged 66

  • Poster for We Who Are About to Die

    Mike Brannigan

  • Poster for This Is My Affair

    Bradley Wallace

  • Poster for Fifty Roads to Town

    Captain Galloway

  • Poster for Slave Ship

    Snodgrass

  • Poster for That I May Live

    Chief of Police

1936Aged 65

  • Poster for Exclusive Story

    Captain (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sins of Man

    Twichelesko

  • Poster for Sing, Baby, Sing

    Mr. Lee, the Landlord

  • Poster for Kelly the Second

    Judge

  • Poster for The Accusing Finger

    Prison Warden

1935Aged 64

  • Poster for Murder on a Honeymoon

    Captain Beegle

  • Poster for A Dog of Flanders

    Carl Cogez

  • Poster for Mary Jane's Pa

    Sheriff

  • Poster for Village Tale

    Sheriff Ramsey

  • Poster for Front Page Woman

    Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Daring Young Man

    Mayor's Committee Official

  • Poster for Mutiny on the Bounty

    Fryer

  • Poster for I Dream Too Much

    Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

1934Aged 63

  • Poster for The Meanest Gal in Town

    Police Chief (uncredited)

  • Poster for Massacre

    Sheriff Jennings

  • Poster for The Fighting Rookie

    Police Commissioner

  • Poster for Little Man, What Now?

    Emil Kleninholz

  • Poster for A Man's Game

    Chief Jordan

  • Poster for Charlie Chan's Courage

    Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

  • Poster for Take the Stand

    Police Commissioner

  • Poster for Death on the Diamond

    Patterson

  • Poster for The President Vanishes

    Cullen

  • Poster for Secret of the Chateau

    Louis Bardou

  • Poster for A Wicked Woman

    The Sheriff

1933Aged 62

  • Poster for On Your Guard

    Joshua Perkins

  • Poster for Ladies They Talk About

    Detective Tracy (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mystery of the Wax Museum

    Police Captain, 12th Precinct

  • Poster for A Lady's Profession

    Mr. Stephens

  • Poster for Reform Girl

    Capt. Balfour

  • Poster for Strictly Personal

    Captain Reardon

  • Poster for Made on Broadway

    Moriarty

  • Poster for One Year Later

    Deputy Russell

  • Poster for Golden Harvest

    Sheriff (uncredited)

  • Poster for I Loved a Woman

    Banker (uncredited)

  • Poster for Police Car 17

    Captain T. J. Hart

1932Aged 61

  • Poster for Dancers in the Dark

    Police Sergeant McGroody

  • Poster for Night Court

    Court Policeman (uncredited)

  • Poster for By Whose Hand?

    City Editor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Midnight Morals

    Dan McKennan

  • Poster for Movie Crazy

    Mr. Hall

  • Poster for Central Park

    Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

  • Poster for Silver Dollar

    George, the Mine Foreman

  • Poster for The Match King

    Bodensky (uncredited)

1931Aged 60

  • Poster for The Criminal Code

    Yard Captain Gleason

  • Poster for The Primrose Path

    Joe Malone

  • Poster for The Secret Six

    Chief of Police Donlin

  • Poster for Salvation Nell

    McGovern

  • Poster for The Squaw Man

    Sheriff Bud Hardy

  • Poster for Caught Plastered

    Police Chief H.A. Morton

  • Poster for A Dangerous Affair

    City Editor

  • Poster for Trapped

    Police Chief

  • Poster for Arrowsmith

    B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

1930Aged 59

  • Poster for The Night Ride

    Capt. O'Donnell

  • Poster for Captain of the Guard

    Priest

  • Poster for Those Who Dance

    Captain O'Brien

  • Poster for The Big House

    Wallace

  • Poster for The Big Trail

    Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Bat Whispers

    Police Captain

  • Poster for Min and Bill

    Groot

1929Aged 58

  • Poster for Red Hot Speed

    Judge O'Brien

  • Poster for Seven Footprints to Satan

    Uncle Joe

  • Poster for Thru Different Eyes

    Paducah

  • Poster for Alibi

    Officer O'Brien

  • Poster for The Valiant

    Warden Holt

  • Poster for Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

    Jay Darrell

  • Poster for The Trial of Mary Dugan

    Inspector Hunt

  • Poster for Seven Keys to Baldpate

    Jim Cargan

1928Aged 57

1927Aged 56

  • Poster for McFadden's Flats

    Patrick Halloran

  • Poster for The Great Mail Robbery

    Captain Davis

  • Poster for Two Arabian Knights

    American Consul

  • Poster for Home Made

    Mr. White

1926Aged 55

  • Poster for Chip of the Flying U

    J.G. Whitmore

  • The Ice Flood

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Exit Smiling

    Orlando Wainwright

  • Poster for While London Sleeps

    Inspector Burke

  • Poster for The Fire Brigade

    Fire Chief Wallace

1925Aged 54

  • Poster for The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

    Detective Ross

  • Poster for Go Straight!

    The Hunter

  • Poster for The Mystic

    Director of Police

  • Poster for Don't

    Mr. Moffat

  • Poster for The Splendid Road

    Capt. Bashford

1924Aged 53

  • Poster for The Heart Bandit

    Pat O'Connell

  • Poster for Name the Man

    Dan Collister

  • Poster for By Divine Right

    Tug Wilson

  • Poster for The Gaiety Girl

    John Kershaw

  • Poster for Hit and Run

    Joe Burns

  • Poster for The Desert Outlaw

    Doc McChesney

  • Poster for The Enemy Sex

    Harrigan Blood

  • Poster for The Silent Watcher

    Detective Stuart

  • Poster for Merton of the Movies

    Jeff Baird

  • Along Came Ruth

    Captain Miles Standish

  • Poster for The Deadwood Coach

    Jim Shields - in play

1923Aged 52

  • Poster for Within the Law

    Inspector Burke

  • Poster for Out of Luck

    Capt. Bristol

  • Poster for Circus Days

    Daly

  • Poster for Blinky

    Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

1922Aged 51

  • Poster for The Right That Failed

    Mr. Talbot

  • Poster for Sherlock Brown

    J. J. Wallace

  • Poster for Flesh and Blood

    Detective Doyle

  • Poster for Mixed Faces

    Murray McGuire

1921Aged 50

  • The Greater Claim

    Richard Everard Sr.

  • Poster for The Golden Snare

    'Fighting' Fitzgerald

  • Poster for Beating the Game

    G.B. Lawson

  • Poster for Alias Ladyfingers

    Lt. Ambrose

  • Poster for The Poverty of Riches

    Lyons

  • Poster for There Are No Villains

    Detective Flint

1918Aged 47

  • Poster for The Hillcrest Mystery

    Tom Cameron

1917Aged 46

  • Poster for The Little American

    English Barrister

1915Aged 44

  • Poster for At Bay

    Judson Flagg

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