Jimmy Conlin
from Camden, New Jersey, USA
from Camden, New Jersey, USA
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Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884 – May 7, 1962) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career. Conlin was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1884, and his acting career started out in vaudeville, where he and his first wife Myrtle Glass played the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuits billed as "Conlin & Glass", a song-and-dance team. They also starred together in two short films, Sharps and Flats (1928) and Zip! Boom! Bang! (1929) for Vitaphone.
Conlin made another comedy short without Glass in 1930 (A Tight Squeeze), but his film career started for good in 1933, and for the next 27 years, with the single exception of 1951, every year saw the release of at least one film in which Conlin appeared – at the height of his career, often more than a dozen of them. Recognizable by his small size and odd appearance, Conlin played all sorts of small roles and bit parts, many times not receiving an onscreen credit.
In the 1940s, Conlin was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. His roles in Sturges' films were often sizable and often came with good billing. One of his best performances came in Sturges' The Sin of Harold Diddlebock in 1946, when he played "Wormy", the racetrack tout who convinces Harold Lloyd to have his first drink, setting off the events of the film. The loyalty between Sturges and Conlin ran both ways, and when the former golden boy of Hollywood fell on hard times, Conlin remained a friend, stayed in contact, and helped out in any way he could.
Conlin did not make many television appearances, but he did have a regular role as a bartender on Duffy's Tavern, a syndicated series from 1954. He made his final film in 1959, when he played a habitual criminal in Anatomy of a Murder.
Clarence "One-Shot" "Smoky" Madigan
Magruder
Stage Doorman
Mr. Demming, Photographer
Matthew
Doc Hyman (uncredited)
Joe Mahoney
Ed North
Johnny
Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
Homer Triplette
Young Joe
Turnkey (uncredited)
Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Wormy
Sightless
Pete the Hermit
Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Abner Small
Al
Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Jeffrey (uncredited)
Grandpa Crawford
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
What, No Cigarettes
Uncle Wilbur
Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Little Thief
Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Messenger (uncredited)
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Judge Dennis
Mayor (uncredited)
Arab Follower (uncredited)
Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
Bartender at opera (uncredited)
Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
Publisher (uncredited)
Jitters
Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
Bum (uncredited)
Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
Newsman (uncredited)
Mr. Asweld
Otto Hanson
Caretaker Winston
Mr. Dunn
Tim
Joe
Third Steward (uncredited)
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(Unknown)
Bartender (uncredited)
Burt (uncredited)
Trusty
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
Poem Vendor (uncredited)
Waiter
Stock Guard
Second Hobo
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Tour Bus Barker
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Arbuster (uncredited)
Stagehand
Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Coroner (uncredited)
Rivers
Sheriff (uncredited)
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Crisby
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Coroner (uncredited)
Ambulance Driver
Davis' Handler
Botkin (as James Conlon)
Motel Proprietor
Dave, the Grocer
Witness
Hobart Skinner
Dour Diner (uncredited)
Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
Swifty Mullins (uncredited)
Nosey Watson
Martin (uncredited)
Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Dr. Bolger, coroner
Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
Mr. Tweets
(scene deleted)
Browning Hills
Len Noble
Sid
Napoleon, Second Hobo
Irate Neighbor
Henry (uncredited)
Oscar Smelt
Dr. Mandel
Enlistee (uncredited)
Uncle in Honeymoon Hotel (uncredited)
(Unknown)
Self