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DeWitt Jennings

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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.

Born

Jun 21, 1871

Cameron, Missouri, USA

Died

Mar 01, 1937

Known For

Acting

Movies

121 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.2

movie

Known For

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

as Fryer
The Big Trail

The Big Trail

1930

as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 • as Fryer
★ 7.4
Me, Gangster
Me, Gangster
1928 • as Police Chief
The Big Trail
The Big Trail
1930 • as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Ladies They Talk About
Ladies They Talk About
1933 • as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 • as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
★ 6.5
Front Page Woman
Front Page Woman
1935 • as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
★ 5.9
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 • as Bradley Wallace
★ 7.3
The Heart Bandit
The Heart Bandit
1924 • as Pat O'Connell
★ 8.0
Mary Jane's Pa
Mary Jane's Pa
1935 • as Sheriff
★ 6.8
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond
1934 • as Patterson
★ 7.3
Home Made
Home Made
1927 • as Mr. White
★ 7.0
Silver Dollar
Silver Dollar
1932 • as George, the Mine Foreman
★ 6.2
We Who Are About to Die
We Who Are About to Die
1937 • as Mike Brannigan
★ 7.0
The Night Ride
The Night Ride
1930 • as Capt. O'Donnell
★ 9.0
Sherlock Brown
Sherlock Brown
1922 • as J. J. Wallace
★ 9.0
Murder on a Honeymoon
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935 • as Captain Beegle
★ 6.5
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
1922 • as Detective Doyle
★ 6.2
Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies
1924 • as Jeff Baird
★ 8.0
Name the Man
Name the Man
1924 • as Dan Collister
★ 9.0
Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
1934 • as Emil Kleninholz
★ 6.2
While London Sleeps
While London Sleeps
1926 • as Inspector Burke
★ 5.3
The Daring Young Man
The Daring Young Man
1935 • as Mayor's Committee Official
★ 10.0
Thru Different Eyes
Thru Different Eyes
1942 • as Paducah
★ 8.0
The Big House
The Big House
1930 • as Wallace
★ 6.5
The Accusing Finger
The Accusing Finger
1936 • as Prison Warden
★ 5.8
Blinky
Blinky
1923 • as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
★ 10.0
Those Who Dance
Those Who Dance
1930 • as Captain O'Brien
★ 6.2
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934 • as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
★ 8.7
Out of Luck
Out of Luck
1923 • as Capt. Bristol
★ 10.0
Thru Different Eyes
Thru Different Eyes
1929 • as Paducah
★ 8.0
A Lady's Profession
A Lady's Profession
1933 • as Mr. Stephens
★ 7.0
I Loved a Woman
I Loved a Woman
1933 • as Banker (uncredited)
★ 4.8
The Secret Six
The Secret Six
1931 • as Chief of Police Donlin
★ 5.6
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith
1931 • as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
★ 6.5
I Dream Too Much
I Dream Too Much
1935 • as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Red Hot Speed
Red Hot Speed
1929 • as Judge O'Brien
★ 7.0
Movie Crazy
Movie Crazy
1932 • as Mr. Hall
★ 6.5
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929 • as Jim Cargan
★ 6.3
Dancers in the Dark
Dancers in the Dark
1932 • as Police Sergeant McGroody
★ 5.7
Seven Footprints to Satan
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929 • as Uncle Joe
★ 6.2
A Wicked Woman
A Wicked Woman
1934 • as The Sheriff
★ 5.0
movie
The Greater Claim
1921 • as Richard Everard Sr.
Chip of the Flying U
Chip of the Flying U
1926 • as J.G. Whitmore
★ 9.0
Go Straight!
Go Straight!
1925 • as The Hunter
★ 7.0
The Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigade
1926 • as Fire Chief Wallace
★ 5.0
Slave Ship
Slave Ship
1937 • as Snodgrass
★ 5.1
Captain of the Guard
Captain of the Guard
1930 • as Priest
★ 8.0
On Your Guard
On Your Guard
1933 • as Joshua Perkins
★ 6.7
The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 • as Inspector Hunt
★ 6.4
Exclusive Story
Exclusive Story
1936 • as Captain (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Match King
The Match King
1932 • as Bodensky (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Caught Plastered
Caught Plastered
1931 • as Police Chief H.A. Morton
★ 6.2
A Dangerous Affair
A Dangerous Affair
1931 • as City Editor
★ 7.0
One Year Later
One Year Later
1933 • as Deputy Russell
★ 7.2
The Criminal Code
The Criminal Code
1931 • as Yard Captain Gleason
★ 6.1
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929 • as Jay Darrell
★ 4.3
Village Tale
Village Tale
1935 • as Sheriff Ramsey
★ 7.2
The President Vanishes
The President Vanishes
1934 • as Cullen
★ 6.0
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest
1933 • as Sheriff (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Two Arabian Knights
Two Arabian Knights
1927 • as American Consul
★ 5.8
The Right That Failed
The Right That Failed
1922 • as Mr. Talbot
★ 10.0
Fifty Roads to Town
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 • as Captain Galloway
★ 10.0
The Night Flyer
The Night Flyer
1928 • as Bucks
★ 6.5
The Bat Whispers
The Bat Whispers
1930 • as Police Captain
★ 6.6
The Meanest Gal in Town
The Meanest Gal in Town
1934 • as Police Chief (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Secret of the Chateau
Secret of the Chateau
1934 • as Louis Bardou
★ 6.3
The Golden Snare
The Golden Snare
1921 • as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
★ 7.0
The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path
1931 • as Joe Malone
★ 9.0
Sing, Baby, Sing
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936 • as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
★ 6.0
Within the Law
Within the Law
1923 • as Inspector Burke
★ 5.6
The Fighting Rookie
The Fighting Rookie
1934 • as Police Commissioner
★ 4.8
The Gaiety Girl
The Gaiety Girl
1924 • as John Kershaw
★ 9.0
The Air Mail Pilot
The Air Mail Pilot
1928
★ 9.0
The Valiant
The Valiant
1929 • as Warden Holt
★ 6.1
That I May Live
That I May Live
1937 • as Chief of Police
★ 7.3
The Little American
The Little American
1917 • as English Barrister
★ 6.3
The Enemy Sex
The Enemy Sex
1924 • as Harrigan Blood
★ 8.5
The Great Mail Robbery
The Great Mail Robbery
1927 • as Captain Davis
★ 10.0
Min and Bill
Min and Bill
1930 • as Groot
★ 6.2
A Dog of Flanders
A Dog of Flanders
1935 • as Carl Cogez
★ 7.5
Central Park
Central Park
1932 • as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Made on Broadway
Made on Broadway
1933 • as Moriarty
★ 7.0
Night Court
Night Court
1932 • as Court Policeman (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Alias Ladyfingers
Alias Ladyfingers
1921 • as Lt. Ambrose
★ 7.0
The Squaw Man
The Squaw Man
1931 • as Sheriff Bud Hardy
★ 5.4
Strictly Personal
Strictly Personal
1933 • as Captain Reardon
★ 7.5
By Whose Hand?
By Whose Hand?
1932 • as City Editor (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Exit Smiling
Exit Smiling
1926 • as Orlando Wainwright
★ 7.9
Massacre
Massacre
1934 • as Sheriff Jennings
★ 5.5
movie
The Ice Flood
1926
★ 9.0
The Mystic
The Mystic
1925 • as Director of Police
★ 6.7
Alibi
Alibi
1929 • as Officer O'Brien
★ 5.9
Sins of Man
Sins of Man
1936 • as Twichelesko
★ 9.0
A Man's Game
A Man's Game
1934 • as Chief Jordan
★ 10.0
Take the Stand
Take the Stand
1934 • as Police Commissioner
★ 5.5
The Deadwood Coach
The Deadwood Coach
1924 • as Jim Shields - in play
★ 9.0
The Deadwood Coach
The Deadwood Coach
1924 • as Jim Shields
★ 9.0
There Are No Villains
There Are No Villains
1921 • as Detective Flint
★ 9.0
The Splendid Road
The Splendid Road
1925 • as Capt. Bashford
★ 7.0
Kelly the Second
Kelly the Second
1936 • as Judge
★ 7.0
movie
Marry the Girl
1928 • as Martin Wayland
★ 7.0
Hit and Run
Hit and Run
1924 • as Joe Burns
★ 8.0
The Crash
The Crash
1928 • as Supt. Carleton
★ 8.0
Beating the Game
Beating the Game
1921 • as G.B. Lawson
★ 8.0
Salvation Nell
Salvation Nell
1931 • as McGovern
★ 7.0
Circus Days
Circus Days
1923 • as Daly
★ 7.2
McFadden's Flats
McFadden's Flats
1927 • as Patrick Halloran
★ 8.0
At Bay
At Bay
1915 • as Judson Flagg
Police Car 17
Police Car 17
1933 • as Captain T. J. Hart
★ 5.5
The Desert Outlaw
The Desert Outlaw
1924 • as Doc McChesney
★ 8.0
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925 • as Detective Ross
★ 7.0
The Silent Watcher
The Silent Watcher
1924 • as Detective Stuart
★ 10.0
The Poverty of Riches
The Poverty of Riches
1921 • as Lyons
★ 7.0
Don't
Don't
1925 • as Mr. Moffat
★ 10.0
Midnight Morals
Midnight Morals
1932 • as Dan McKennan
★ 7.0
Reform Girl
Reform Girl
1933 • as Capt. Balfour
★ 7.0
By Divine Right
By Divine Right
1924 • as Tug Wilson
★ 8.0
Trapped
Trapped
1931 • as Police Chief
★ 9.0
movie
Along Came Ruth
1924 • as Captain Miles Standish
★ 9.0
The Hillcrest Mystery
The Hillcrest Mystery
1918 • as Tom Cameron
Mixed Faces
Mixed Faces
1922 • as Murray McGuire
★ 8.0