DeWitt Jennings
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| DeWitt Jennings | |
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| Born | DeWitt Clarke Jennings July 21, 1871 Cameron, Missouri, USA |
| Died | March 1, 1937 (aged 65) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Other names | De Witt C. Jennings De Witt Jennings DeWitt C. Jennings |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915 - 1937 |
DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film actor. He appeared in 153 films between 1915 and 1937.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
- Out of Luck (1923)
- Blinky (1923)
- The Desert Outlaw (1924)
- The Mystic (1925)
- Don't (1925)
- While London Sleeps (1926)
- Exit Smiling (1926)
- Two Arabian Knights (1927)
- Great Mail Robbery (1927)
- The Valiant (1929)
- Outside the Law (1930)
- The Squaw Man (1931)
- The Deceiver (1931)
- Salvation Nell (1931)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- Little Man, What Now? (1934)
- Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
- Death on the Diamond (1934)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
[edit] External links
- DeWitt Jennings at the Internet Movie Database
- DeWitt Jennings at the Internet Broadway Database
- DeWitt Jennings at Find a Grave
[edit] 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.
- ^ "DeWitt C. Jennings Dies in Hollywood. Stage and Screen Character Actor 42 Years Started His Career as an Usher". New York Times. March 2, 1937. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B1FFF3E5A157A93C0A91788D85F438385F9. Retrieved 2010-11-02. "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."
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