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)
Woman of the Year (1942)
as Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
as Trusty
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Waiter
Captains Courageous (1937)
as Martin (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Little Thief
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Mr. Asweld
Knock on Any Door (1949)
as Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
Footlight Parade (1933)
as Uncle in Honeymoon Hotel (uncredited)
The Lady Eve (1941)
as Third Steward (uncredited)
The Seven Little Foys (1955)
as Stage Doorman
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
as Nosey Watson
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
as Sightless
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Mayor (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
as Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
as Judge Dennis
Blue Skies (1946)
as Jeffrey (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Arab Follower (uncredited)
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
as Doc Hyman (uncredited)
Dixie (1943)
as Publisher (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
as Bum (uncredited)
King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
as Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
The Inspector General (1949)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
as Wormy
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Stagehand
Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
as Botkin (as James Conlon)
It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
as Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Summer Storm (1944)
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
as Len Noble
Whistle Stop (1946)
as Al
And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Messenger (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Rose Marie (1936)
as Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
as Matthew
Christmas in July (1940)
as Arbuster (uncredited)
The Shining Hour (1938)
as Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
Tulsa (1949)
as Homer Triplette
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
as Abner Small
A Shot in the Dark (1941)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
as Magruder
The Jazz Singer (1953)
as Mr. Demming, Photographer
Bring on the Girls (1945)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Hucksters (1947)
as Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
as Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
as Pete the Hermit
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Poem Vendor (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
Second Chorus (1941)
as Mr. Dunn
Old Acquaintance (1943)
as Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
Actor
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
as Second Hobo
The Town Went Wild (1944)
as Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
as Coroner (uncredited)
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Joe Mahoney
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
as Joe
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
as Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Broadway (1942)
as Newsman (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers (1942)
as Otto Hanson
He Couldn't Say No (1938)
as Ambulance Driver
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
as Irate Neighbor
Hitler's Madman (1943)
as Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Bartender at opera (uncredited)
The Great McGinty (1940)
as The Lookout - At Felgman's
The Gay Falcon (1941)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Let's Make Music (1941)
as Tim
The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
as Dr. Bolger, coroner
Petticoat Larceny (1943)
as Jitters
No Place to Go (1939)
as Rivers
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
as Tour Bus Barker
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Motel Proprietor
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as (scene deleted)
New York Town (1941)
as Burt (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
as Hobart Skinner
The Bowery (1933)
as Enlistee (uncredited)
Hard to Get (1938)
as Dour Diner (uncredited)
College Humor (1933)
as Dr. Mandel
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
as Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Florian (1940)
as Stock Guard
And Sudden Death (1936)
as Mr. Tweets
Rolling Home (1946)
as Grandpa Crawford
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
as Witness
City Limits (1934)
as Napoleon, Second Hobo
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
Find the Witness (1937)
as Swifty Mullins (uncredited)
Hazard (1948)
as Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
Madame Spy (1942)
as Caretaker Winston
Blondes at Work (1938)
as Coroner (uncredited)
Over the Wall (1938)
as Davis' Handler
Prison Farm (1938)
as Dave, the Grocer
Living on Love (1937)
as Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Mannequin (1938)
as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Handy Andy (1934)
as Henry (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
What, No Cigarettes (1945)
as Uncle Wilbur
Rose Bowl (1936)
as Browning Hills
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
as Crisby
Sideshow (1950)
as Johnny
Operation Haylift (1950)
as Ed North
Grand Slam (1933)
as Oscar Smelt
Taxi, Mister (1943)
as Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
Cross Country Cruise (1934)
as Sid
Prejudice (1949)
as Young Joe
Sharps and Flats (1928)
as Self