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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Frank Jenks
Filmography
Movies
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38% |
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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 |
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The Scarf | Tom (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother Didn't Tell Me | Furniture Mover (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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To Please a Lady | Press Agent (Character) | - | 1950 |
88% |
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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 |
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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 | That Brennan Girl | Joe the Cabbie (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blondie's Lucky Day | Mailman (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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Zombies on Broadway | Gus (Character) | - | 1945 |
89% |
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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 |
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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% |
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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 | The Impatient Years | Top Sergeant (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Little Sisters | Pvt. "Rosy" Rowman (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Falcon in Hollywood | Lieutenant Higgins (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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His Butler's Sister | Emmett (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maisie Gets Her Man | Art Giffman (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Seven Miles From Alcatraz | Jimbo (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Syncopation | Smiley Jackson (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kilroy Was Here | Butch Miller (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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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% |
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His Girl Friday | Wilson, reporter (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Cheers for the Irish | Ed McKean (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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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 | No Score Yet | You're a Sweetheart | Harry Howe (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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That Girl From Paris | Laughing Boy Frank (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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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
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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 |