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name: "DeWitt Clarke Jennings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dewitt-jennings"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 June 1871"
died: "1 March 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T22:40:56.886936+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# DeWitt Clarke Jennings

Actor. Born 21 June 1871 in Cameron, Missouri, USA. Died 1 March 1937.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 June 1871, Cameron, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 1 March 1937
- **Active:** 1930–1935
- **Also known as:** DeWitt Jennings, De Witt C. Jennings, De Witt Jennings, DeWitt C. Jennings
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Jennings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3020059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138219

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Big House*](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md) (78)

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## Biography

DeWitt Clarke Jennings (21 June 1871 – 1 March 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway productions between 1906 and 1920 and in more than 150 films from 1915 until his death.

Jennings was born in Cameron, Missouri. He began his career on the stage before moving into silent films, often playing authority figures such as police officers, captains and judges. Among his screen credits are Wallace in *The Big House* (1930), Boat Captain Hollister in *The Big Trail* (1930), a police captain in *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933) and Sailing Master Fryer in *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935). He died in Hollywood, California, aged 65.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Fi1m 83, as Fryer — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)
- *The Big House* (1930), Fi1m 78, as Wallace — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Fi1m 70, as B.W. Tozer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)

## Complete filmography (120)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Thru Different Eyes* (1942), as Paducah
- *That I May Live* (1937), as Chief of Police
- *Slave Ship* (1937), as Snodgrass
- *Fifty Roads to Town* (1937), as Captain Galloway
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), as Bradley Wallace
- *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Mike Brannigan
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Prison Warden
- *Sing, Baby, Sing* (1936), as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
- *Kelly the Second* (1936), as Judge
- *Sins of Man* (1936), as Twichelesko
- *Exclusive Story* (1936), as Captain (uncredited)
- *I Dream Too Much* (1935), as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), as Fryer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)
- *The Daring Young Man* (1935), as Mayor's Committee Official
- *Front Page Woman* (1935), as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- *Village Tale* (1935), as Sheriff Ramsey
- *Mary Jane's Pa* (1935), as Sheriff
- *A Dog of Flanders* (1935), as Carl Cogez
- *Murder on a Honeymoon* (1935), as Captain Beegle
- *A Wicked Woman* (1934), as The Sheriff
- *Secret of the Chateau* (1934), as Louis Bardou
- *The President Vanishes* (1934), as Cullen
- *Death on the Diamond* (1934), as Patterson
- *Take the Stand* (1934), as Police Commissioner
- *Charlie Chan's Courage* (1934), as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
- *A Man's Game* (1934), as Chief Jordan
- *Little Man, What Now?* (1934), as Emil Kleninholz
- *The Fighting Rookie* (1934), as Police Commissioner
- *Massacre* (1934), as Sheriff Jennings
- *The Meanest Gal in Town* (1934), as Police Chief (uncredited)
- *Police Car 17* (1933), as Captain T. J. Hart
- *I Loved a Woman* (1933), as Banker (uncredited)
- *Golden Harvest* (1933), as Sheriff (uncredited)
- *One Year Later* (1933), as Deputy Russell
- *Made on Broadway* (1933), as Moriarty
- *Strictly Personal* (1933), as Captain Reardon
- *Reform Girl* (1933), as Capt. Balfour
- *A Lady's Profession* (1933), as Mr. Stephens
- *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933), as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
- *Ladies They Talk About* (1933), as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
- *On Your Guard* (1933), as Joshua Perkins
- *The Match King* (1932), as Bodensky (uncredited)
- *Silver Dollar* (1932), as George, the Mine Foreman
- *Central Park* (1932), as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
- *Movie Crazy* (1932), as Mr. Hall
- *Midnight Morals* (1932), as Dan McKennan
- *By Whose Hand?* (1932), as City Editor (uncredited)
- *Night Court* (1932), as Court Policeman (uncredited)
- *Dancers in the Dark* (1932), as Police Sergeant McGroody
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), as B.W. Tozer (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)
- *Trapped* (1931), as Police Chief
- *A Dangerous Affair* (1931), as City Editor
- *Caught Plastered* (1931), as Police Chief H.A. Morton
- *The Squaw Man* (1931), as Sheriff Bud Hardy
- *Salvation Nell* (1931), as McGovern
- *The Secret Six* (1931), as Chief of Police Donlin
- *The Primrose Path* (1931), as Joe Malone
- *The Criminal Code* (1931), as Yard Captain Gleason
- *Min and Bill* (1930), as Groot
- *The Bat Whispers* (1930), as Police Captain
- *The Big Trail* (1930), as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
- *The Big House* (1930), as Wallace — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md)
- *Those Who Dance* (1930), as Captain O'Brien
- *Captain of the Guard* (1930), as Priest
- *The Night Ride* (1930), as Capt. O'Donnell
- *Seven Keys to Baldpate* (1929), as Jim Cargan
- *The Trial of Mary Dugan* (1929), as Inspector Hunt
- *Fox Movietone Follies of 1929* (1929), as Jay Darrell
- *The Valiant* (1929), as Warden Holt
- *Alibi* (1929), as Officer O'Brien
- *Thru Different Eyes* (1929), as Paducah
- *Seven Footprints to Satan* (1929), as Uncle Joe
- *Red Hot Speed* (1929), as Judge O'Brien
- *Me, Gangster* (1928), as Police Chief
- *The Crash* (1928), as Supt. Carleton
- *Marry the Girl* (1928), as Martin Wayland
- *The Air Mail Pilot* (1928), Actor
- *The Night Flyer* (1928), as Bucks
- *Home Made* (1927), as Mr. White
- *Two Arabian Knights* (1927), as American Consul
- *The Great Mail Robbery* (1927), as Captain Davis
- *McFadden's Flats* (1927), as Patrick Halloran
- *The Fire Brigade* (1926), as Fire Chief Wallace
- *While London Sleeps* (1926), as Inspector Burke
- *Exit Smiling* (1926), as Orlando Wainwright
- *The Ice Flood* (1926), Actor
- *Chip of the Flying U* (1926), as J.G. Whitmore
- *The Splendid Road* (1925), as Capt. Bashford
- *Don't* (1925), as Mr. Moffat
- *The Mystic* (1925), as Director of Police
- *Go Straight!* (1925), as The Hunter
- *The Re-Creation of Brian Kent* (1925), as Detective Ross
- *The Deadwood Coach* (1924), as Jim Shields - in play, Jim Shields
- *Along Came Ruth* (1924), as Captain Miles Standish
- *Merton of the Movies* (1924), as Jeff Baird
- *The Silent Watcher* (1924), as Detective Stuart
- *The Enemy Sex* (1924), as Harrigan Blood
- *The Desert Outlaw* (1924), as Doc McChesney
- *Hit and Run* (1924), as Joe Burns
- *The Gaiety Girl* (1924), as John Kershaw
- *By Divine Right* (1924), as Tug Wilson
- *Name the Man* (1924), as Dan Collister
- *The Heart Bandit* (1924), as Pat O'Connell
- *Blinky* (1923), as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
- *Circus Days* (1923), as Daly
- *Out of Luck* (1923), as Capt. Bristol
- *Within the Law* (1923), as Inspector Burke
- *Mixed Faces* (1922), as Murray McGuire
- *Flesh and Blood* (1922), as Detective Doyle
- *Sherlock Brown* (1922), as J. J. Wallace
- *The Right That Failed* (1922), as Mr. Talbot
- *There Are No Villains* (1921), as Detective Flint
- *The Poverty of Riches* (1921), as Lyons
- *Alias Ladyfingers* (1921), as Lt. Ambrose
- *Beating the Game* (1921), as G.B. Lawson
- *The Golden Snare* (1921), as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
- *The Greater Claim* (1921), as Richard Everard Sr.
- *The Hillcrest Mystery* (1918), as Tom Cameron
- *The Little American* (1917), as English Barrister
- *At Bay* (1915), as Judson Flagg

## Gallery

- ![DeWitt Jennings (left) and Tom Moore in Beating the Game (1921)](https://film.one/media/person/1224810/gallery-c179bec34eb8.jpg) DeWitt Jennings (left) and Tom Moore in Beating the Game (1921) — Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/DeWitt_Jennings_and_Tom_Moore_in_Beating_the_Game.jpg/1280px-DeWitt_Jennings_and_Tom_Moore_in_Beating_the_Game.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Left to right: Russell Hopton, DeWitt Jennings, and Don Dillaway in the American drama film One Year Later (1933) - lobby card.](https://film.one/media/person/1224810/gallery-95c99bd3a0f0.jpg) Left to right: Russell Hopton, DeWitt Jennings, and Don Dillaway in the American drama film One Year Later (1933) - lobby card. — unknown (Allied Pictures Corporation), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/One_Year_Later_%281933%29_lobby_card_1.jpg/1280px-One_Year_Later_%281933%29_lobby_card_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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