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.

Known For

Police Captain, 12th Precinct

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Uncle Joe

Seven Footprints to Satan

Chief of Police Donlin

The Secret Six

Jim Shields - in play

The Deadwood Coach

Yard Captain Gleason

The Criminal Code

Daly

Circus Days

Lyons

The Poverty of Riches

Wallace

The Big House

Paducah

Thru Different Eyes

Doc McChesney

The Desert Outlaw

George, the Mine Foreman

Silver Dollar

Police Chief H.A. Morton

Caught Plastered

Mr. Stephens

A Lady's Profession

Captain Beegle

Murder on a Honeymoon

Lt. Ambrose

Alias Ladyfingers

Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

I Dream Too Much

Banker (uncredited)

I Loved a Woman

Captain (uncredited)

Exclusive Story

The Hunter

Go Straight!

Prison Warden

The Accusing Finger

Warden Holt

The Valiant

Bodensky (uncredited)

The Match King

Detective Doyle

Flesh and Blood

Joe Burns

Hit and Run

Capt. Bristol

Out of Luck

Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

Blinky

Capt. Bashford

The Splendid Road

G.B. Lawson

Beating the Game

Deputy Russell

One Year Later

Joshua Perkins

On Your Guard

Chief of Police

That I May Live

B.W. Tozer (uncredited)

Arrowsmith

Sheriff Bud Hardy

The Squaw Man

Fire Chief Wallace

The Fire Brigade

Police Chief

Trapped

Mr. Moffat

Don't

Emil Kleninholz

Little Man, What Now?

Patrick Halloran

McFadden's Flats

Police Sergeant McGroody

Dancers in the Dark

Sheriff Ramsey

Village Tale

Dan Collister

Name the Man

Joe Malone

The Primrose Path

Police Commissioner

The Fighting Rookie

Tug Wilson

By Divine Right

Sheriff Jennings

Massacre

Detective Tracy (uncredited)

Ladies They Talk About

Tom Cameron

The Hillcrest Mystery

Chief Jordan

A Man's Game

Inspector Hunt

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Detective Flint

There Are No Villains

J.G. Whitmore

Chip of the Flying U

Capt. O'Donnell

The Night Ride

Priest

Captain of the Guard

Bucks

The Night Flyer

Inspector Burke

While London Sleeps

American Consul

Two Arabian Knights

The Ice Flood

Jim Cargan

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Jay Darrell

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Police Captain

The Bat Whispers

Carl Cogez

A Dog of Flanders

Officer O'Brien

Alibi

Murray McGuire

Mixed Faces

Mike Brannigan

We Who Are About to Die

Orlando Wainwright

Exit Smiling

Cullen

The President Vanishes

Captain Reardon

Strictly Personal

Groot

Min and Bill

Sheriff

Mary Jane's Pa

City Editor

A Dangerous Affair

Louis Bardou

Secret of the Chateau

Police Commissioner

Take the Stand

Jim Shields

The Deadwood Coach

Twichelesko

Sins of Man

Inspector Burke

Within the Law

Captain O'Brien

Those Who Dance

Mayor's Committee Official

The Daring Young Man

Director of Police

The Mystic

Judge

Kelly the Second

McGovern

Salvation Nell

Fryer

Mutiny on the Bounty

Bradley Wallace

This Is My Affair

Dan McKennan

Midnight Morals

Mr. Lee, the Landlord

Sing, Baby, Sing

Judson Flagg

At Bay

Police Chief (uncredited)

The Meanest Gal in Town

Detective Stuart

The Silent Watcher

English Barrister

The Little American

Sheriff (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

Mr. Talbot

The Right That Failed

Paducah

Thru Different Eyes

Patterson

Death on the Diamond

Snodgrass

Slave Ship

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Front Page Woman

The Sheriff

A Wicked Woman

Supt. Carleton

The Crash

Harrigan Blood

The Enemy Sex

Captain Galloway

Fifty Roads to Town

Court Policeman (uncredited)

Night Court

Captain T. J. Hart

Police Car 17

The Air Mail Pilot

Police Chief

Me, Gangster

Judge O'Brien

Red Hot Speed

Captain Davis

The Great Mail Robbery

'Fighting' Fitzgerald

The Golden Snare

Capt. Balfour

Reform Girl

Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)

Central Park

Jeff Baird

Merton of the Movies

Mr. Hall

Movie Crazy

J. J. Wallace

Sherlock Brown

Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)

Charlie Chan's Courage

City Editor (uncredited)

By Whose Hand?

Moriarty

Made on Broadway

Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

The Big Trail

Detective Ross

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

Pat O'Connell

The Heart Bandit

Mr. White

Home Made

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1871-06-21

Place of Birth

Cameron, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

De Witt C. Jennings