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name: "Frank Jenks"
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born: "4 November 1902"
died: "13 May 1962"
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# Frank Jenks

Actor. Born 4 November 1902 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Died 13 May 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 November 1902, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 13 May 1962

## Biography

Frank Jenks (1902–1962) was an American actor and vaudevillian. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he played in bands as a teenager before attending the University of Southern California and performing in vaudeville as a song-and-dance man and musician for about ten years from the early 1920s.

He began his film career in the 1930s, appearing in supporting comic roles in numerous movies, often as reporters, cabbies or henchmen. His most prominent film part was as the newsman Wilson in *His Girl Friday* (1940). He also appeared in *Swing Time* (1936), *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), *Woman on the Run* (1950) and *Friendly Persuasion* (1956).

Jenks transitioned successfully to television in the 1950s, with a recurring role as Uthas P. Garvey in the series *Colonel Humphrey Flack* (1953–54). He made guest appearances in shows including *Adventures of Superman* (1952), *Perry Mason* (1957) and *The Amazing Colossal Man* (1957).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *His Girl Friday* (1940), Fi1m 90, as Wilson — [page](https://film.one/film/his-girl-friday.md)

## Also known for

- *Swing Time* (1936), (uncredited)
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), Sinkewicz
- *Friendly Persuasion* (1956), Shell Game Man (uncredited)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Walter Clemens the Bartender, Cab Driver
- *Woman on the Run* (1950), Detective Homer Shaw
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), Lazy
- *The Amazing Colossal Man* (1957), Truck Driver

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