Actor
DeWitt Jennings
June 21, 1871 · Cameron, Missouri, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Wallace Beery
4 titles together
The Big House, Min and Bill, The Little American
Chester Morris
3 titles together
The Big House, The Bat Whispers, Alibi
Robert McWade
3 titles together
Ladies They Talk About, Movie Crazy, This Is My Affair
Russell Hopton
3 titles together
The Criminal Code, Arrowsmith, Min and Bill
Clark Gable
2 titles together
Mutiny on the Bounty, The Secret Six
Matthew Betz
2 titles together
Mystery of the Wax Museum, The Big House
Full filmography · 118
Thru Different Eyes
as Paducah
1942
That I May Live
as Chief of Police
1937
Slave Ship
as Snodgrass
1937
Fifty Roads to Town
as Captain Galloway
1937
This Is My Affair
as Bradley Wallace
1937
We Who Are About to Die
as Mike Brannigan
1937
The Accusing Finger
as Prison Warden
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
1936
Kelly the Second
as Judge
1936
Sins of Man
as Twichelesko
1936
Exclusive Story
as Captain (uncredited)
1936
I Dream Too Much
as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
1935