DeWitt Jennings explained

DeWitt Jennings
Birth Date:	21 June 1871
Birth Place:	Cameron, Missouri, US
Death Place:	Hollywood, California, US
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1906–1937

DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 - March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in more than 150 films between 1915 and 1937.

Biography

He was born in Cameron, Missouri on June 21, 1871, to Georgia S. and Oliver A. Jennings.^[1] ^[2] In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California on March 1, 1937.^[3]

Partial filmography

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

Notes and References

DeWitt C. Jennings, born June 1871 in Missouri; in the 1900 US census in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In later years he used 1879 as his birth year. Hollywood actors in their resumes tend to make themselves younger as they age. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses uses 1872. Who is Who and Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion as well as others use 1879.
News: DeWitt C. Jennings Dies in Hollywood. Stage and Screen Character Actor 42 Years Started His Career as an Usher . Dewitt Clarke Jennings, for forty-two years a colorful figure of the stage and screen and a director in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died at his home here today after a brief illness. He was 65 years of age. . . March 2, 1937 . November 2, 2010.