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Frank Jenks

Highest Rated: 100% Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

Lowest Rated: 29% The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Birthday: Nov 4, 1902

Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Frank Jenks was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Jenks kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "The Smartest Girl in Town" (1936), "Walking on Air" (1936) and the Fred Astaire musical "Follow the Fleet" (1936). He also appeared in the Lily Pons musical "That Girl From Paris" (1936), "The Witness Chair" (1936) and "The Last Outlaw" (1936). His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like the Marlene Dietrich romance "The Flame of New Orleans" (1941), the comedy "Scattergood Meets Broadway" (1941) with Guy Kibbee and the Charles Boyer dramatic adaptation "Back Street" (1941). He also appeared in the comedy "Tall, Dark and Handsome" (1941) with Cesar Romero. Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in "Bedside Manner" (1945), "Zombies on Broadway" (1945) and "The Kid Sister" (1945). He also appeared in "G.I. Honeymoon" (1945) and "The Phantom of 42nd Street" (1945). Jenks more recently acted in the sci-fi picture "The Amazing Colossal Man" (1957) with Glenn Langan. Jenks passed away in May 1962 at the age of 60.

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Highest rated movies

100% 81% Two Girls and a Sailor
Watchlist 99% 90% His Girl Friday Watchlist
93% 86% Swing Time
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89% 75% Christmas in Connecticut
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88% 77% Woman on the Run
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88% 54% 100 Men and a Girl
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80% Back Street
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38% 22% The Amazing Colossal Man
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29% 55% The Flame of New Orleans
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Three Little Sisters
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Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks THE IMPATIENT YEARS, Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Frank Jenks, 1944 THAT GIRL FROM PARIS, Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Lily Pons, Frank Jenks, 1936. THAT'S MY GAL, from left: Frank Jenks, Donald Barry, Edward Gargan, Pinky Lee, 1947 HIS GIRL FRIDAY, Cary Grant, Frank Jenks, Roscoe Karns, Gene Lockhart, Pat Flaherty, Porter Hall, Alma Kruger, Rosalind Russell, Regis Toomey, 1940 THAT'S MY GAL, from left: Donald Barry, Edward Gargan, Frank Jenks, Pinky Lee, 1947 THAT'S MY GAL, from left: Pinky Lee, Fred Jenks, Edward Gargan, Donald Barry, 1947 WHEN'S YOUR BIRTHDAY?, Thomas Jackson, Joe E Brown, Frank Jenks, 1937 ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY, from left: Frank Jenks, Alan Carney, 1945 THE MISSING CORPSE, from left: J Edward Bromberg, Eddy Waller, Frank Jenks, 1945 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
38% 22% The Amazing Colossal Man Truck Driver (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shake, Rattle and Rock Frank (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outlaw Treasure Sergeant (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet White Lightning Benny Brown (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 67% The Scarf Tom (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mother Didn't Tell Me Furniture Mover (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 30% To Please a Lady Press Agent (Character) - 1950
88% 77% Woman on the Run Detective Homer Shaw (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Honeymoon Gas Station Attendant (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 80% Mary Lou Mike Connors (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Palooka in Winner Take All Looie (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie's Reward Ed Vance (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Philo Vance's Gamble Ernie Clark (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blonde Savage Hoppy Owens (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Brennan Girl Joe the Cabbie (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie's Lucky Day Mailman (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 29% Zombies on Broadway Gus (Character) - 1945
89% 75% Christmas in Connecticut Sinkewicz (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Missing Corpse Mack Hogan (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rogues Gallery Eddie Porter (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet G.I. Honeymoon Horace P. "Blubber" Malloy (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Steppin' in Society George (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 40% Rosie the Riveter Kelly Kennedy (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dixie Jamboree Jack "Curly" Berger (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strange Affair Sgt. Erwin (Character) - 1944
100% 81% Two Girls and a Sailor Dick Deyo (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shake Hands With Murder Unknown (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Little Sisters Pvt. "Rosy" Rowman (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Impatient Years Top Sergeant (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 42% The Falcon in Hollywood Lieutenant Higgins (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 55% Thousands Cheer Sergeant Koslack (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shantytown Whitey (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gildersleeve's Bad Day Al (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 60% His Butler's Sister Emmett (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maisie Gets Her Man Art Giffman (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 17% Seven Miles From Alcatraz Jimbo (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 38% Syncopation Smiley Jackson (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kilroy Was Here Butch Miller (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 20% The Navy Comes Through Sampier (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tall, Dark and Handsome Puffy (Character) - 1941
80% No Score Yet Back Street Harry Niles (Character) - 1941
29% 55% The Flame of New Orleans Second Sailor (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scattergood Meets Broadway J. J. Bent (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancing on a Dime Phil Miller (Character) - 1941
99% 90% His Girl Friday Wilson, reporter (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 50% Three Cheers for the Irish Ed McKean (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 74% First Love Mike (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Society Smugglers Emery (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet S.O.S. Tidal Wave Peaches Jackson (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Youth Takes a Fling Frank Munson (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Is a Headache Joe Cannon (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady in the Morgue Doc Williams (Character) - 1938
88% 54% 100 Men and a Girl Taxi Driver (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet When's Your Birthday? Lefty (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet There Goes My Girl Reporter Frank 'George' Tate (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 14% That Girl From Paris Laughing Boy Frank (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet You're a Sweetheart Harry Howe (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 40% Saturday's Heroes Dubrowsky (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Angel's Holiday Butch Broder (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Who Are About to Die Clyde Beasley (Character) - 1936
93% 86% Swing Time Red (uncredited) (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Outlaw Deputy Tom (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't Turn 'Em Loose Pete (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smartest Girl in Town Mr. Murphy (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Witness Chair Roy Levino (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmer in the Dell Bill Crosby (Character) - 1936

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Walter Clemens the Bartender (Guest Star) 1958 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Janitor (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Circus Boy Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gene Autry Show Brad - Station Agent (Guest Star) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1952 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Roy Rogers Show Art Gauley (Guest Star) 1952