DeWitt Jennings

Jun 21, 1871 - Mar 01, 1937 (65 years old) in Cameron, Missouri, USA

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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

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Mutiny on the Bounty

Fryer

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Alias Ladyfingers

Lt. Ambrose

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Mystery of the Wax Museum

Police Captain, 12th Precinct

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The Big Trail

Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

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The Secret Six

Chief of Police Donlin

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The Big House

Wallace

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The Squaw Man

Sheriff Bud Hardy

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Ladies They Talk About

Detective Tracy (uncredited)

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The Match King

Bodensky (uncredited)

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Sins of Man

Twichelesko

Credits

Thru Different Eyes 1942

Paducah

★ NR
That I May Live 1937

Chief of Police

★ 6.5
Slave Ship 1937

Snodgrass

★ 4.8
Fifty Roads to Town 1937

Captain Galloway

★ NR
This Is My Affair 1937

Bradley Wallace

★ 7.3
We Who Are About to Die 1937

Mike Brannigan

★ 6.8
The Accusing Finger 1936

Prison Warden

★ 4.7
Kelly the Second 1936

Judge

★ 6
Sing, Baby, Sing 1936

Mr. Lee, the Landlord

★ 5.7
Sins of Man 1936

Twichelesko

★ NR
Exclusive Story 1936

Captain (uncredited)

★ 6.5
I Dream Too Much 1935

Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

★ 5
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935

Fryer

★ 7.4
The Daring Young Man 1935

Mayor's Committee Official

★ NR
Front Page Woman 1935

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Village Tale 1935

Sheriff Ramsey

★ 4.5
Mary Jane's Pa 1935

Sheriff

★ 6
A Dog of Flanders 1935

Carl Cogez

★ 7
Murder on a Honeymoon 1935

Captain Beegle

★ 6.2
A Wicked Woman 1934

The Sheriff

★ 5
Secret of the Chateau 1934

Louis Bardou

★ 6
The President Vanishes 1934

Cullen

★ 5.8
Death on the Diamond 1934

Patterson

★ 7
Take the Stand 1934

Police Commissioner

★ 4.7
Charlie Chan's Courage 1934

Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

★ 8
A Man's Game 1934

Chief Jordan

★ NR
Little Man, What Now? 1934

Emil Kleninholz

★ 6.3
The Fighting Rookie 1934

Police Commissioner

★ 4
Massacre 1934

Sheriff Jennings

★ 5.8
The Meanest Gal in Town 1934

Police Chief (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Police Car 17 1933

Captain T. J. Hart

★ 2
I Loved a Woman 1933

Banker (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Golden Harvest 1933

Sheriff (uncredited)

★ 5
One Year Later 1933

Deputy Russell

★ 6.3
Made on Broadway 1933

Moriarty

★ 6.5
Strictly Personal 1933

Captain Reardon

★ 5
Reform Girl 1933

Capt. Balfour

★ 5.5
A Lady's Profession 1933

Mr. Stephens

★ NR
Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933

Police Captain, 12th Precinct

★ 6.5
Ladies They Talk About 1933

Detective Tracy (uncredited)

★ 6.1
On Your Guard 1933

Joshua Perkins

★ 6
The Match King 1932

Bodensky (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Silver Dollar 1932

George, the Mine Foreman

★ 5.7
Central Park 1932

Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Movie Crazy 1932

Mr. Hall

★ 6.2
Midnight Morals 1932

Dan McKennan

★ NR
By Whose Hand? 1932

City Editor (uncredited)

★ 6
Night Court 1932

Court Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Dancers in the Dark 1932

Police Sergeant McGroody

★ 4.8
Arrowsmith 1931

B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Trapped 1931

Police Chief

★ NR
A Dangerous Affair 1931

City Editor

★ NR
Caught Plastered 1931

Police Chief H.A. Morton

★ 5.8
The Squaw Man 1931

Sheriff Bud Hardy

★ 5.4
Salvation Nell 1931

McGovern

★ NR
The Secret Six 1931

Chief of Police Donlin

★ 5.8
The Primrose Path 1931

Joe Malone

★ NR
The Criminal Code 1931

Yard Captain Gleason

★ 6.1
Min and Bill 1930

Groot

★ 6.3
The Bat Whispers 1930

Police Captain

★ 6.5
The Big Trail 1930

Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Big House 1930

Wallace

★ 6.6
Those Who Dance 1930

Captain O'Brien

★ 6
Captain of the Guard 1930

Priest

★ NR
The Night Ride 1930

Capt. O'Donnell

★ NR
Seven Keys to Baldpate 1929

Jim Cargan

★ 6.5
The Trial of Mary Dugan 1929

Inspector Hunt

★ 6
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 1929

Jay Darrell

★ 3
The Valiant 1929

Warden Holt

★ 6
Alibi 1929

Officer O'Brien

★ 6
Seven Footprints to Satan 1929

Uncle Joe

★ 6
Red Hot Speed 1929

Judge O'Brien

★ NR
Me, Gangster 1928

Police Chief

★ NR
The Crash 1928

Supt. Carleton

★ NR
The Air Mail Pilot 1928

★ NR
The Night Flyer 1928

Bucks

★ 5
Two Arabian Knights 1927

American Consul

★ 6
The Great Mail Robbery 1927

Captain Davis

★ NR
McFadden's Flats 1927

Patrick Halloran

★ NR
The Fire Brigade 1926

Fire Chief Wallace

★ 3.5
While London Sleeps 1926

Inspector Burke

★ 3
Exit Smiling 1926

Orlando Wainwright

★ 7.9
The Ice Flood 1926

★ NR
Chip of the Flying U 1926

J.G. Whitmore

★ NR
The Splendid Road 1925

Capt. Bashford

★ NR
Don't 1925

Mr. Moffat

★ NR
The Mystic 1925

Director of Police

★ 6.6
Go Straight! 1925

The Hunter

★ NR
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent 1925

Detective Ross

★ NR
The Deadwood Coach 1924

Jim Shields - in play

★ NR
Merton of the Movies 1924

Jeff Baird

★ NR
The Silent Watcher 1924

Detective Stuart

★ NR
The Enemy Sex 1924

Harrigan Blood

★ 9
The Desert Outlaw 1924

Doc McChesney

★ NR
Hit and Run 1924

Joe Burns

★ NR
By Divine Right 1924

Tug Wilson

★ NR
Name the Man 1924

Dan Collister

★ NR
Blinky 1923

Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

★ NR
Circus Days 1923

Daly

★ 6.5
Out of Luck 1923

Capt. Bristol

★ NR
Within the Law 1923

Inspector Burke

★ 5.1
Mixed Faces 1922

Murray McGuire

★ NR
Flesh and Blood 1922

Detective Doyle

★ 5.9
Sherlock Brown 1922

J. J. Wallace

★ NR
The Right That Failed 1922

Mr. Talbot

★ NR
There Are No Villains 1921

Detective Flint

★ NR
The Poverty of Riches 1921

Lyons

★ NR
Alias Ladyfingers 1921

Lt. Ambrose

★ 6
Beating the Game 1921

G.B. Lawson

★ NR
The Golden Snare 1921

'Fighting' Fitzgerald

★ NR
The Hillcrest Mystery 1918

Tom Cameron

★ NR
The Little American 1917

English Barrister

★ 6.3
At Bay 1915

Judson Flagg

★ NR