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DeWitt Jennings (1879–1937)

Portrayed figures of authority in Hollywood films from 1915 until the end of his days. See full bio »

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1937 Slave Ship
Snodgrass
 
1937 Fifty Roads to Town
Captain Galloway
 
1937 This Is My Affair
Bradley Wallace (as De Witt Jennings)
 
1937 That I May Live
Chief of Police
 
1937 Midnight Taxi
Capt. Wainwright (scenes deleted)
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Doctor on Farm
 
1937 We Who Are About to Die
Mike Brannigan
 
1936 The Accusing Finger
Prison Warden
 
1936 Kelly the Second
Judge (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
 
1936 Sing, Baby, Sing
Mr. Lee, the Landlord (uncredited)
 
1936 The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Judge Benson
 
1936 Sins of Man
Twichelesko
 
1936 Exclusive Story
Captain (uncredited)
 
1935 I Dream Too Much
Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Freight Agent (uncredited)
 
1935 The Daring Young Man (uncredited)
 
1935 Front Page Woman
Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1935 Village Tale
Sheriff Ramsey
 
1935 Mary Jane's Pa
Sheriff
 
1935 A Dog of Flanders
Carl Cogez
 
1935 Murder on a Honeymoon
Captain Beegle
 
1934 A Wicked Woman
Sheriff
 
1934 Secret of the Chateau
Louis Bardou
 
1934 The President Vanishes
Cullen
 
1934 Death on the Diamond
Mr. Patterson (groundskeeper)
 
1934 Take the Stand
 
1934 The Cat's-Paw
Pete - Policeman (uncredited)
 
1934 Charlie Chan's Courage
Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
 
1934 A Man's Game
Chief Jordan
 
1934 Operator 13
Artilleryman (uncredited)
 
1934 The Fighting Rookie
Police Commissioner
 
1934 Little Man, What Now?
Emil Kleinholz
 
1934 She Made Her Bed
Show Boss (uncredited)
 
1934 Massacre
Sheriff Jennings
 
1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
Police Chief (uncredited)
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers
Prison Warden (uncredited)
 
1933 The Women in His Life
Prison Warden (uncredited)
 
1933 From Headquarters
Third-Degree Detective (uncredited)
 
1933 Day of Reckoning
First Deputy (uncredited)
 
1933 Police Car 17
Captain T. J. Hart
 
1933 Golden Harvest
Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1933 I Loved a Woman
Banker (uncredited)
 
1933 One Year Later
Deputy Russell
 
1933 Fighting with Kit Carson
Army Colonel [Chs. 1, 7] (uncredited)
 
1933 Made on Broadway
Moriarty (uncredited)
 
1933 Song of the Eagle
Chief of Police/Colonel Hellfire Harry (uncredited)
 
1933 Strictly Personal
Captain Reardon
 
1933 Reform Girl
Capt. Balfour
 
1933 A Lady's Profession
Mr. Stephens
 
1933 Grand Slam
Private Detective R.J. Flynn (uncredited)
 
1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum
Police Captain
 
1933 Ladies They Talk About
Detective Tracy (uncredited)
 
1933 On Your Guard
 
1932 The Match King
Bodensky (uncredited)
 
1932 Central Park
Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
 
1932 Silver Dollar
George, the Mine Foreman
 
1932 Tess of the Storm Country
Game Warden (uncredited)
 
1932 Speak Easily
Sheriff of Lincoln County (uncredited)
 
1932 Movie Crazy
Mr. Hall
 
1932 Midnight Morals
Dan McKennan
 
1932 The Washington Masquerade
Senate Board of Inquiry Member (uncredited)
 
1932 By Whose Hand?
City Editor (uncredited)
 
1932 Rule 'Em and Weep (short)
 
1932 Night Court
Court Policeman (uncredited)
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark
Police Sergeant McGroody
 
1931 Arrowsmith
Mr. B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
 
1931 The Deceiver
Inspector Dunn
 
1931/I Trapped (short)
Police Chief
 
1931 A Dangerous Affair
City Editor
 
1931 Caught Plastered
Police Chief H.A. Morton (as De Witt Jennings)
 
1931 The Squaw Man
Sheriff Bud Hardy
 
1931 Politics
Police Chief (uncredited)
 
1931 Salvation Nell
McGovern
 
1931 The Secret Six
Chief Donlin
 
1931 The Primrose Path
Joe Malone
 
1931 The Criminal Code
Yard Captain Gleason (as De Witt Jennings)
 
1930 Min and Bill
Mr. Groot
 
1930 The Bat Whispers
Police captain
 
1930 The Big Trail
Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
 
1930 Scarlet Pages
Judge (uncredited)
 
1930 Outside the Law
Police Chief Kennedy (uncredited)
 
1930 The Big House
Wallace
 
1930 Those Who Dance
Captain O'Brien
 
1930 Captain of the Guard
Priest
 
1930 In the Next Room
Inspector Grady
 
1930 Night Ride
Capt. O'Donnell
 
1929 New York Nights
Detective (uncredited)
 
1929 Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Jay Darrell
 
1929 The Valiant
Warden Holt
 
1929 Thru Different Eyes
Paducah
 
1929 Alibi
Officer O'Brien (uncredited)
 
1929 The Trial of Mary Dugan
Inspector Hunt
 
1929 Red Hot Speed
Judge O'Brien
 
1929 Seven Footprints to Satan
Uncle Joe
 
1928 Me, Gangster
 
1928 The Crash
Supt. Carleton
 
1928 Marry the Girl
Martin Wayland
 
1928 Air Mail Pilot
Robert Ross
 
1928 The Night Flyer
Bucks
 
1927 Home Made
Mr. White
 
1927 Two Arabian Knights
American Consul (as De Witt Jennings)
 
1927 Great Mail Robbery
Captain Davis
 
1927 McFadden's Flats
Patrick Halloran
 
1926 The Fire Brigade
Fire Chief Wallace
 
1926 While London Sleeps
Inspector Burke
 
1926 The Ice Flood
James O'Neill
 
1926 The Passionate Quest
Benjamin Stone
 
1926 Chip of the Flying U
J.G. Whitmore
 
1925 The Splendid Road
Captain Bashford
 
1925 Don't
Mr. Moffat
 
1925 The Mystic
Director of Police
 
1925 Go Straight
The Hunter
 
1925 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Detective Ross
 
1924 The Deadwood Coach
Jim Shields - in play
 
1924 The Silent Watcher
Stuart, the detective
 
1924 The Desert Outlaw
Doc McChesney
 
1924 Hit and Run
Joe Burns
 
1924 The Gaiety Girl
John Kershaw
 
1924 The Enemy Sex
Harrigan Blood
 
1924 By Divine Right
Tug Wilson
 
1924 Name the Man
Dan Collister
 
1924 The Heart Bandit
Pat O'Connell
 
1923 Blinky
Colonel 'Raw Meat' Islip
 
1923 Circus Days
Daly
 
1923 Out of Luck
Capt. Bristol
 
1923 Within the Law
Inspector Burke (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
 
1922 Mixed Faces
Murray McGuire
 
1922 Flesh and Blood
Detective Doyle
 
1922 Sherlock Brown
J.J. Wallace
 
1922 The Face Between
The Doctor
 
1922 The Right That Failed
Mr. Talbot
 
1921 From the Ground Up
Mr. Mortimer
 
1921 The Poverty of Riches
Lyons
 
1921 There Are No Villains
Detective Flint
 
1921 Alias Ladyfingers
Lt. Ambrose
 
1921 The Invisible Power
Mark Shadwell
 
1921/I Beating the Game
G.B. Lawson
 
1921 The Golden Snare
'Fighting' Fitzgerald
 
1921 The Greater Claim
Richard Everard Sr
 
1921 Three Sevens
Samuel Green
 
1919 His Woman (short)
 
1918 The Hillcrest Mystery
Tom Cameron
 
1917 The Little American
English Barrister
 
1916 Sporting Blood
Dave Garrison (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
 
1915 At Bay
Judson Flagg (as De Witt C. Jennings)
 
1915 The Deep Purple
 
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1953 Kelly Finds a Fighter (short)
Judge
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1906). Stage Play: The Clansman. Comedy/drama. Incidental music by Max Schmidt. Written by Thomas F. Dixon Jr. Directed by Frank Hatch. Liberty Theatre: 8 Jan 1906- Feb 1906 (closing date unknown/51 performances). Cast: Sydney Ayers, Grena Bennett, Holbrook Blinn, J.F. Chaille, Gretchen Dale, Robert Gibson, M.J... See more »

Alternate Names:

De Witt C. Jennings | De Witt Jennings | DeWitt C. Jennings

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

Children: John (c. 1909), Clarke (c. 1910), Margaret (c. 1913) See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini