Jimmy Conlin
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884 – May 7, 1962) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career. Conlin was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1884, and his acting career started out in vaudeville, where he and his first wife Myrtle Glass played the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuits billed as "Conlin & Glass", a song-and-dance team. They also starred together in two short films, Sharps and Flats (1928) and Zip! Boom! Bang! (1929) for Vitaphone. Conlin made another comedy short without Glass in 1930 (A Tight Squeeze), but his film career started for good in 1933, and for the next 27 years, with the single exception of 1951, every year saw the release of at least one film in which Conlin appeared – at the height of his career, often more than a dozen of them. Recognizable by his small size and odd appearance, Conlin played all sorts of small roles and bit parts, many times not receiving an onscreen credit. In the 1940s, Conlin was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. His roles in Sturges' films were often sizable and often came with good billing. One of his best performances came in Sturges' The Sin of Harold Diddlebock in 1946, when he played "Wormy", the racetrack tout who convinces Harold Lloyd to have his first drink, setting off the events of the film. The loyalty between Sturges and Conlin ran both ways, and when the former golden boy of Hollywood fell on hard times, Conlin remained a friend, stayed in contact, and helped out in any way he could. Conlin did not make many television appearances, but he did have a regular role as a bartender on Duffy's Tavern, a syndicated series from 1954. He made his final film in 1959, when he played a habitual criminal in Anatomy of a Murder.
Known for
Credits
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
as Clarence Madigan
Fallen Angel (1945)
as Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
as Trusty
The Lady Eve (1941)
as Third Steward (uncredited)
Footlight Parade (1933)
as Uncle in Honeymoon Hotel (uncredited)
Captains Courageous (1937)
as Martin (uncredited)
Dixie (1943)
as Publisher (uncredited)
Blue Skies (1946)
as Jeffrey (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
as Sightless
Woman of the Year (1942)
as Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Mr. Asweld
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Little Thief
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Waiter
Knock on Any Door (1949)
as Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
as Bum (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Messenger (uncredited)
Whistle Stop (1946)
as Al
Hitler's Madman (1943)
as Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
as Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
The Gay Falcon (1941)
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Inspector General (1949)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Petticoat Larceny (1943)
as Jitters
The Forest Rangers (1942)
as Otto Hanson
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Mayor (uncredited)
Second Chorus (1941)
as Mr. Dunn
The Seven Little Foys (1955)
as Stage Doorman
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
as Judge Dennis
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Arab Follower (uncredited)
Find the Witness (1937)
as Swifty Mullins (uncredited)
College Humor (1933)
as Dr. Mandel
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
as Doc Hyman (uncredited)
King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
as Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
as Tour Bus Barker
Summer Storm (1944)
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
The Shining Hour (1938)
as Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
as Wormy
Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
as Botkin (as James Conlon)
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Joe Mahoney
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
as Dr. Doremus - Coroner
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
as Second Hobo
The Hucksters (1947)
as Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
as Joe
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
Christmas in July (1940)
as Arbuster (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
as Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Tulsa (1949)
as Homer Triplette
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Poem Vendor (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Stagehand
Old Acquaintance (1943)
as Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
as Matthew
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
as Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Hard to Get (1938)
as Dour Diner (uncredited)
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
as Irate Neighbor
The Town Went Wild (1944)
as Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
as Nosey Watson
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
as Len Noble
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
as Witness
Mannequin (1938)
as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Bring on the Girls (1945)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
as Crisby
Rose Marie (1936)
as Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
as Magruder
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
as Pete the Hermit
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
Actor
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Bartender at opera (uncredited)
The Bowery (1933)
as Enlistee (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
as Abner Small
The Great McGinty (1940)
as The Lookout - At Felgman's
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Motel Proprietor
A Shot in the Dark (1941)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
He Couldn't Say No (1938)
as Ambulance Driver
Madame Spy (1942)
as Caretaker Winston
The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
as Dr. Bolger, coroner
Broadway (1942)
as Newsman (uncredited)
Florian (1940)
as Stock Guard
Handy Andy (1934)
as Henry (uncredited)
Hazard (1948)
as Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
New York Town (1941)
as Burt (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
The Jazz Singer (1953)
as Mr. Demming, Photographer
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as (scene deleted)
Taxi, Mister (1943)
as Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
Rolling Home (1946)
as Grandpa Crawford
Blondes at Work (1938)
as Coroner (uncredited)
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
as Coroner (uncredited)
Let's Make Music (1941)
as Tim
Living on Love (1937)
as Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
No Place to Go (1939)
as Rivers
Prison Farm (1938)
as Dave, the Grocer
Cross Country Cruise (1934)
as Sid
Sideshow (1950)
as Johnny
And Sudden Death (1936)
as Mr. Tweets
What, No Cigarettes (1945)
as Uncle Wilbur
Prejudice (1949)
as Young Joe
Operation Haylift (1950)
as Ed North
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
as Hobart Skinner
City Limits (1934)
as Napoleon, Second Hobo
Grand Slam (1933)
as Oscar Smelt
Over the Wall (1938)
as Davis' Handler
Rose Bowl (1936)
as Browning Hills
Sharps and Flats (1928)
as Self