Jimmy Conlin
Biography
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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
Acting
1944
asLemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
1947
asWormy
1942
asMr. Asweld
1945
asWalton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1940
asArbuster (uncredited)
1940
asThe Lookout - At Felgman's
1944
asJudge Dennis
1944
asLittle Thief
1950
asJoe Mahoney
1946
asAl - the Barber
1942
asPrivate Henry Bartholowmew Smith
1949
asHomer Triplette
1959
asMagruder
1950
asJohnny
1949
asKid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
1947
asSenator Alexander P. Leeds
1933
asDr. Mandel
1928
asSelf
1950
asEd North
1939
asRivers
1946
asGrandpa Crawford
1933
asUncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
1944
asMayor (uncredited)
1947
asBlake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
1936
asJoe - Piano Player (uncredited)
1946
asJeffrey - Valet (uncredited)
1935
asLen Noble
1944
asMessenger (uncredited)
1943
asJitters
1934
asSid
1937
asNosey Watson
1948
asManager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
1938
asWitness
1937
asMan with Monkey
1943
asPublisher (uncredited)
1934
asIrate Neighbor
1939
asMaster of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1934
asNapoleon, Second Hobo
1938
asMotel Proprietor
1938
asAmbulance Driver
1951
asDoc Hyman (uncredited)
1955
asStage Doorman
1949
asYoung Joe
1939
asStagehand
1939
asNewspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
1944
asMan Mailing Letter (uncredited)
1941
asTim
1940
asPoem Vendor (uncredited)
1938
asCrisby
1938
asBotkin (as James Conlon)
1940
asTour Bus Barker
1947
asSightless
1941
asThird Steward (uncredited)
1940
asDr. Doremus - Coroner
1939
asCoroner (uncredited)
1943
asDisgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
1940
asWaiter
1944
asBoarding House Tenant (uncredited)
1959
asClarence Madigan
1941
asMr. Dunn
1947
asAbner Small
1937
asMartin (uncredited)
1940
asJimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
1940
asSquawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
1942
asOtto Hanson
1938
asDave, the Grocer
1940
asStock Guard
1940
asPawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
1942
asWinston
1940
asSecond Hobo
1938
asDavis' Handler
1936
asMr. Tweets
1938
asHobart Skinner
1945
asJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
1953
asMr. Demming, Photographer
1947
asPete the Hermit
1941
asJoe
1941
asHotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1941
asTrusty
1953
asMatthew
1943
asDvorak - the Shopkeeper
1941
asBurt (uncredited)
1942
asReporter at Bar (uncredited)
1942
asMr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
1943
asBartender at opera (uncredited)
1949
asTurnkey (uncredited)
1939
asSheriff (uncredited)
1933
asOscar Smelt
1937
asDr. Bolger, coroner
1938
asCoroner (uncredited)
1936
as(scene deleted)
1941
asBartender (uncredited)
1943
asFrank - Photographer (uncredited)
1938
asDour Diner (uncredited)
1938
asMan Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
1945
asUncle Wilbur
1944
asArab Follower (uncredited)
1946
asGrandpa Chandler (uncredited)
1938
asElevator Operator (Uncredited)
1938
asBurlesque Comic (uncredited)
1943
asMan at Meeting (Uncredited)
1941
as
1936
asBrowning Hills
1934
asHenry (uncredited)
1942
asNewsman (uncredited)
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