DeWitt Jennings

Actor

1871-06-21 – 1937-03-01 · Cameron, Missouri, USA

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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.

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — Fryer
• Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) — Police Captain, 12th Precinct
• The Big Trail (1930) — Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
• The Big House (1930) — Wallace
• Ladies They Talk About (1933) — Detective Tracy (uncredited)
• The Bat Whispers (1930) — Police Captain
• The Criminal Code (1931) — Yard Captain Gleason
• Arrowsmith (1931) — B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
• Min and Bill (1930) — Groot
• Two Arabian Knights (1927) — American Consul
• Movie Crazy (1932) — Mr. Hall
• Alibi (1929) — Officer O'Brien
• The Little American (1917) — English Barrister
• I Dream Too Much (1935) — Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
• This Is My Affair (1937) — Bradley Wallace
• The Secret Six (1931) — Chief of Police Donlin
• The Valiant (1929) — Warden Holt
• Front Page Woman (1935) — Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) — Uncle Joe
• Little Man, What Now? (1934) — Emil Kleninholz
• I Loved a Woman (1933) — Banker (uncredited)
• The Mystic (1925) — Director of Police
• Murder on a Honeymoon (1935) — Captain Beegle
• The Squaw Man (1931) — Sheriff Bud Hardy