Jimmy Conlin

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

141

Movies

109

Born: October 13, 1884 – May 7, 1962
From: Camden, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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.

Works

109 films

Anatomy of a Murder

19597.8

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

19446.2

Footlight Parade

19336.8

It's a Joke, Son!

19476.6

Fallen Angel

19456.6

Captains Courageous

19377.4

Knock on Any Door

19496.2

Sullivan's Travels

19417.4

The Lady Eve

19417.3

Blue Skies

19466.2

The Inspector General

19496.6

Hail the Conquering Hero

19447.1

Edison, the Man

19406.8

Whistle Stop

19464.4

Dixie

19435.0

On Dangerous Ground

19516.6

Woman of the Year

19426.9

Idiot's Delight

19396.1

The Gay Falcon

19416.3

The Forest Rangers

19429.0

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

19475.5

The Great Rupert

19505.8

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

19446.8

It Happened Tomorrow

19446.8

Slightly Dangerous

19436.0

Hard to Get

19386.3

Smashing the Rackets

19386.7

The Palm Beach Story

19427.0

Petticoat Larceny

19437.0

Two Sisters from Boston

19466.3

Obliging Young Lady

19426.0

Lost in a Harem

19445.6

The Bowery

19335.4

Second Chorus

19415.8

Tulsa

19496.4

King of the Lumberjacks

19403.7

The Lady Is Willing

19426.5

Christmas in July

19407.0

College Humor

19335.6

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

Swing Shift Maisie

19436.8

The Great McGinty

19407.0

And the Angels Sing

19447.3

The Hucksters

19477.0

Hitler's Madman

19435.5

Old Acquaintance

19437.1

Rose Marie

19366.2

The Shining Hour

19386.7

Nancy Drew... Reporter

19396.0

Mourning Becomes Electra

19476.1

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

19476.4

Broadway

19426.4

The Man Who Found Himself

19378.5

Summer Storm

19445.7

Mannequin

19386.0

Calling Philo Vance

19406.0

Find the Witness

19377.0

Out of the Fog

19416.3

The Adventurous Blonde

19375.3

My Little Chickadee

19406.5

New York Town

19418.5

Florian

19404.5

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

19407.7

Prison Farm

19386.8

Madame Spy

19426.5

Bring on the Girls

19456.3

Ridin' on a Rainbow

19415.9

Over the Wall

19385.7

The Way of All Flesh

19404.6

It Happens Every Thursday

19536.3

Two Girls on Broadway

19407.0

The Amazing Mr. Williams

19396.0

Torchy Runs for Mayor

19395.9

Living on Love

19376.1

Prejudice

19498.0

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

19595.6

Comet Over Broadway

19385.7

The Remarkable Andrew

19427.4

The Jazz Singer

19536.0

The Seven Little Foys

19556.2

Rolling Home

19465.7

Angels Over Broadway

19405.9

Broadway Musketeers

19384.4

The Town Went Wild

19447.0

And Sudden Death

19368.0

Rose Bowl

19367.0

No Place to Go

19398.0

Handy Andy

19345.5

Taxi, Mister

19434.2

Sideshow

19507.0

Torchy Blane in Panama

19385.8

Cocoanut Grove

19389.0

Grand Slam

19334.6

Crashing Hollywood

19386.0

The Bride Comes Home

19355.1

Seven Keys to Baldpate

19476.7

Blondes at Work

19386.3

She Learned About Sailors

19344.0

Hazard

19488.0

Let's Make Music

19416.0

$1,000 a Touchdown

19393.7

He Couldn't Say No

19386.5

Advice to the Lovelorn

19337.3

Operation Haylift

19505.0

Cross Country Cruise

19346.7

A Shot in the Dark

19415.7

What, No Cigarettes

19457.5

City Limits

19345.5

Sharps and Flats

19285.5