From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Allen Jenkins (April 9, 1900 – July 20, 1974) was an American character actor on stage, screen and television. He was born Alfred McGonegal on Staten Island, New York. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In his first stage appearance, he danc ... ed next to James Cagney in a chorus line for an off-Broadway musical called Pitter-Patter. He made five dollars a week. He also appeared one thousand times in Broadway plays between 1924 and 1962, including The Front Page with Lee Tracy (1928). His big break came when he replaced Spencer Tracy for three weeks in the Broadway play The Last Mile. He was called to Hollywood by Darryl F. Zanuck and signed first to Paramount Pictures and shortly afterwards to Warner Bros. He originated the character of Frankie Wells in the Broadway production of Blessed Event and reprised the role in the film adaptation, both in 1932. With the advent of talking pictures, he made a career out of playing comic henchmen, stooges, policemen and other "tough guys" in numerous films of the 1930s and 1940s, especially for Warner Bros. He was labeled the "greatest scene-stealer of the 1930s" by the New York Times. He voiced the character of "Officer Dibble" on the Hanna-Barbera television cartoon Top Cat and was a regular on the 1956-1957 television situation comedy Hey, Jeannie! (1956), starring Jeannie Carson. He was also a guest star on The Red Skelton Show, I Love Lucy, Playhouse 90, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Zane Grey Theater, and The Sid Caesar Show. Eleven days before his death he made his final appearance, at the end of Billy Wilder's 1974 film adaptation of The Front Page. He went public with his alcoholism and was the first actor to speak in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate about it. He helped start the first Alcoholics Anonymous programs in California prisons for women. Jenkins, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh were the original members of the so-called "Irish Mafia". He was the seventh member of the Screen Actors Guild. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Top Cat
as Officer Dibble (voice)
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Sep 27, 1961
Hey, Jeannie!
as Al Murray
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Sep 08, 1956
I Love Lucy
as Policeman
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 15, 1951
The Red Skelton Show
as Muggsy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 30, 1951
Batman
as Little Al
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1966
Honey West
as Gate Guard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
The Duke
as Johnny
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 02, 1954
Bewitched
as Janitor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1964
Wagon Train
as Mr. Gillespie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Adam-12
as Jobey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1968
Four Star Playhouse
as Fingers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1952
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1964
Bewitched
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 17, 1964
December Bride
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1954
General Electric Theater
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Ben Casey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
Racket Squad
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 07, 1951
Mr. & Mrs. North
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1952
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1951
Studio 57
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1954
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