Jimmy Conlin
Acting
Born 1884-10-13
Died 1962-05-07
Camden, New Jersey, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
Anatomy of a Murder
Footlight Parade
Fallen Angel
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Sullivan's Travels
Knock on Any Door
Christmas in July
Captains Courageous
On Dangerous Ground
Blue Skies
The Inspector General
The Lady Eve
The Palm Beach Story
Woman of the Year
The Gay Falcon
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Whistle Stop
It's a Joke, Son!
Hail the Conquering Hero
The Great Rupert
Edison, the Man
College Humor
Smashing the Rackets
Obliging Young Lady
Dixie
Second Chorus
Swing Shift Maisie
Two Sisters from Boston
The Hucksters
Idiot's Delight
The Great McGinty
Tulsa
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Hard to Get
Slightly Dangerous
The Forest Rangers
Old Acquaintance
Petticoat Larceny
The Shining Hour
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Rose Marie
The Accusing Finger
It Happened Tomorrow
Hitler's Madman
The Man Who Found Himself
My Little Chickadee
Angels Over Broadway
Blondes at Work
Mourning Becomes Electra
Lost in a Harem
Broadway
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Bowery
Summer Storm
New York Town
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Two Girls on Broadway
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
The Seven Little Foys
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