Jimmy Conlin
Acting
Born October 13, 1884 · Camden, New Jersey, USA
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.
Films (109)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
The Seven Little Foys
1955
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
The Jazz Singer
1953
On Dangerous Ground
1951
Sideshow
1950
Operation Haylift
1950
The Great Rupert
1950
The Inspector General
1949
Prejudice
1949
Tulsa
1949
Knock on Any Door
1949
Hazard
1948
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
The Hucksters
1947
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
It's a Joke, Son!
1947
Rolling Home
1946
Blue Skies
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
Whistle Stop
1946
Fallen Angel
1945
What, No Cigarettes
1945
Bring on the Girls
1945
The Town Went Wild
1944
Lost in a Harem
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
Summer Storm
1944
And the Angels Sing
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Old Acquaintance
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Dixie
1943
Hitler's Madman
1943
Taxi, Mister
1943
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Madame Spy
1942
The Forest Rangers
1942
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Broadway
1942
Obliging Young Lady
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
The Lady Is Willing
1942
Woman of the Year
1942
Sullivan's Travels
1941
New York Town
1941
The Gay Falcon
1941
Out of the Fog
1941
A Shot in the Dark
1941
The Lady Eve
1941
Ridin' on a Rainbow
1941
Let's Make Music
1941
Second Chorus
1941
Christmas in July
1940
Angels Over Broadway
1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940
The Great McGinty
1940
The Way of All Flesh
1940
Florian
1940
Edison, the Man
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
My Little Chickadee
1940
Calling Philo Vance
1940
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
No Place to Go
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
Idiot's Delight
1939
Comet Over Broadway
1938
The Shining Hour
1938
Hard to Get
1938
Broadway Musketeers
1938
Smashing the Rackets
1938
Prison Farm
1938
Cocoanut Grove
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
Over the Wall
1938
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Blondes at Work
1938
Mannequin
1938
Crashing Hollywood
1938
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Living on Love
1937
Captains Courageous
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Find the Witness
1937
Rose Bowl
1936
The Accusing Finger
1936
And Sudden Death
1936
Rose Marie
1936
The Bride Comes Home
1935
Handy Andy
1934
She Learned About Sailors
1934
City Limits
1934
Cross Country Cruise
1934
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
Footlight Parade
1933
The Bowery
1933
College Humor
1933
Grand Slam
1933
Sharps and Flats
1928