Acting

DeWitt Jennings

Born June 21, 1871 · Cameron, Missouri, USA

Died March 1, 1937 · aged 65

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

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty · 1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

MovieAdventureDrama

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.

The Night Ride

The Night Ride · 1930

MovieDramaCrime

Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.

The Big Trail

The Big Trail · 1930

MovieDramaWestern

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.

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum · 1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

MovieHorrorMystery

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.

Ladies They Talk About

Ladies They Talk About · 1933

Ladies They Talk About

MovieCrimeDrama

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

Me, Gangster

Me, Gangster · 1928

MovieDramaCrime

Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.

Salvation Nell

Salvation Nell · 1931

Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....

Home Made

Home Made · 1927

Home Made is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines.

Filmography

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Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty · 1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

MovieAdventureDrama

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.

Fryer

The Night Ride

The Night Ride · 1930

MovieDramaCrime

Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.

Capt. O'Donnell

The Big Trail

The Big Trail · 1930

MovieDramaWestern

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.

Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum · 1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

MovieHorrorMystery

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.

Police Captain, 12th Precinct

Ladies They Talk About

Ladies They Talk About · 1933

Ladies They Talk About

MovieCrimeDrama

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

Detective Tracy (uncredited)

Me, Gangster

Me, Gangster · 1928

MovieDramaCrime

Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.

Police Chief

Salvation Nell

Salvation Nell · 1931

Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....

McGovern

Home Made

Home Made · 1927

Home Made is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines.

Mr. White

Caught Plastered

Caught Plastered · 1931

Caught Plastered

Set in a drugstore the boys take on to save a nice old lady from the clutches of the local charming crook.

Police Chief H.A. Morton

Go Straight!

Go Straight! · 1925

Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. Can she stop them from ruining her new life?

The Hunter

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair · 1937

This Is My Affair

MovieRomanceCrime

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.

Bradley Wallace

Front Page Woman

Front Page Woman · 1935

Front Page Woman

MovieComedyRomance

Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Sherlock Brown

Sherlock Brown · 1922

MovieCrimeComedy

The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S. government. William Brown, a clerk who aspires to be a detective, has just received his badge from some anonymous Midwestern agency, and manages to get himself embroiled in the intrigue.

J. J. Wallace

Massacre

Massacre · 1934

MovieDramaWestern

Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his people are dying of various diseases and are being systematically cheated of their possessions and basic rights by crooked Indian agents. He heads to Washington in hopes of righting these wrongs, only to experience prejudice and hatred all along the way.

Sheriff Jennings

The Big House

The Big House · 1930

MovieCrimeDrama

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Wallace

A Lady's Profession

A Lady's Profession · 1933

A Lady's Profession

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

Mr. Stephens

Death on the Diamond

Death on the Diamond · 1934

Death on the Diamond

MovieMysteryDrama

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?

Patterson

The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code · 1931

The Criminal Code

MovieCrimeDrama

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.

Yard Captain Gleason

Blinky

Blinky, the bespectacled son of Col. "Raw Meat" Islip, is scorned by his fellow cavalrymen stationed on the Mexican border because his previous military experience was as a Boy Scout.

Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much · 1935

I Dream Too Much

MovieRomanceComedy

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out at Annette's success. Despite her husband's jealousy, Annette embarks on a successful career that allows her to secretly fund Jonathan's opera, bringing their marriage to a crisis.

Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon · 1935

Murder on a Honeymoon

MovieMysteryComedy

An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.

Captain Beegle

Thru Different Eyes

Thru Different Eyes · 1942

Thru Different Eyes

MovieDramaCrime

A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

Paducah

One Year Later

One Year Later · 1933

MovieCrimeDrama

A man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On board the train taking him to prison for his execution are a reporter, who is dying of lung cancer and wants to interview the condemned man--and who also has some inside knowledge of the circumstances of the man's case. Also aboard is the prisoner's wife, who doesn't believe her husband is a killer and desperately wants to talk to him about it but he refuses to speak to her.

Deputy Russell

Two Arabian Knights

Two Arabian Knights · 1927

Two Arabian Knights

MovieAdventureComedy

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.

American Consul