Jimmy Conlin
Acting
🎂 1884-10-13
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.
Cast credits(107)
Clarence Madigan
1959
Third Steward (uncredited)
1941
Martin (uncredited)
1937
Trusty
1941
Mr. Dunn
1941
Mr. Asweld
1942
Turnkey (uncredited)
1949
Little Thief
1944
Mayor (uncredited)
1944
Judge Dennis
1944
Doc Hyman (uncredited)
1951
Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
1942
Sightless
1947
Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
1933
Homer Triplette
1949
Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1945
Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
1938
Arbuster (uncredited)
1940
Wormy
1947
Stagehand
1939
Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
1949
Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
1940
Arab Follower (uncredited)
1944
Tour Bus Barker
1940
Burt (uncredited)
1941
Bartender (uncredited)
1941
Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
1939
Abner Small
1947
Waiter
1940
Messenger (uncredited)
1944
Senator Alexander P. Leeds
1947
Publisher (uncredited)
1943
Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
1944
Al - the Barber
1946
Mr. Demming, Photographer
1953
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
1944
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1939
The Lookout - At Felgman's
1940
Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
1947
Oscar Smelt
1933
Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
1936
Joe
1941
Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
1943
1941
Stock Guard
1940
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
1940
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
1938
Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
1938
Stage Doorman
1955
Joe Mahoney
1950
Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
1942
Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
1946
Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
1942
Jeffrey - Valet (uncredited)
1946
Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
1943
Bartender at opera (uncredited)
1943
Second Hobo
1940
Witness
1938
Dr. Mandel
1933
Newsman (uncredited)
1942
Nosey Watson
1937
Dour Diner (uncredited)
1938
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1941
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
1940
Magruder
1959
Motel Proprietor
1938
(scene deleted)
1936
Coroner (uncredited)
1939
Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
1943
Crisby
1938
Botkin (as James Conlon)
1938
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1945
Coroner (uncredited)
1938
Otto Hanson
1942
Poem Vendor (uncredited)
1940
Irate Neighbor
1934
Davis' Handler
1938
Dave, the Grocer
1938
Matthew
1953
Bum (uncredited)
1942
Dr. Bolger, coroner
1937
Henry (uncredited)
1934
Johnny
1950
Grandpa Crawford
1946
Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
1940
Napoleon, Second Hobo
1934
Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
1944
Hobart Skinner
1938
Browning Hills
1936
Len Noble
1935
Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
1943
Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
1948
Ambulance Driver
1938
1933
Young Joe
1949
Sid
1934
Winston
1942
Mr. Tweets
1936
Man with Monkey
1937
Sheriff (uncredited)
1939
Pete the Hermit
1947
Jitters
1943
Rivers
1939
Tim
1941
Ed North
1950
Uncle Wilbur
1945
Self
1928