Frank Jenks

Actor

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Birth Place

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Born

November 04, 1902

Died

May 13, 1962

Cause of Death

Cancer

Biography

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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 care...

Filmography

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Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)

Merry Andrew (1958)

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

Artists and Models (1956)

The Houston Story (1956)

Dig That Uranium (1956)

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Woman On The Run (1950) -- (Movie Clip) That's His Burlesque Period

His Girl Friday (1940) -- (Movie Clip) The Real Red Menace

Biography

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.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)

Merry Andrew (1958)

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

Artists and Models (1956)

The Houston Story (1956)

Dig That Uranium (1956)

The She-Creature (1956)

Detective sergeant

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)

Frank, studio floor director

Not As a Stranger (1955)

Sudden Danger (1955)

Kenny, the bartender

Outlaw Treasure (1955)

Telegraph operator

Highway Dragnet (1954)

White Lightning (1953)

Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952)

Father Takes the Air (1951)

Utah Wagon Train (1951)

Silver City Bonanza (1951)

Bowery Battalion (1951)

Recruiting officer

Pecos River (1951)

The Scarf (1951)

Let's Go Navy (1951)

I Was an American Spy (1951)

Lucky Losers (1950)

Blondie's Hero (1950)

Motor Patrol (1950)

The Petty Girl (1950)

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)

To Please a Lady (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)

Furniture mover

You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)

Family Honeymoon (1949)

Gas station attendant

Blondie's Reward (1948)

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)

Shep Comes Home (1948)

Mr. Reckless (1948)

Mary Lou (1948)

High Wall (1948)

Philo Vance's Gamble (1947)

That's My Gal (1947)

Kilroy Was Here (1947)

Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)

Blonde Savage (1947)

Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)

White Tie and Tails (1946)

That Brennan Girl (1946)

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

Marathon announcer

One Way to Love (1945)

Steppin' in Society (1945)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Bedside Manner (1945)

Zombies on Broadway (1945)

The Missing Corpse (1945)

The Kid Sister (1945)

G. I. Honeymoon (1945)

Horace P. "Blubber" Malloy

The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)

Follow the Boys (1944)

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor

Take It or Leave It (1944)

Ladies Courageous (1944)

Snapper [Anthony]

The Impatient Years (1944)

This Is the Life (1944)

Strange Affair (1944)

Thousands Cheer (1944)

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)

Lieutenant Higgins

Dixie Jamboree (1944)

Jack "Curly" Berger

Three Little Sisters (1944)

Pvt. Roland "Rosey" Grady

Shake Hands with Murder (1944)

Rogues Gallery (1944)

Rosie, the Riveter (1944)

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

The Human Comedy (1943)

His Butler's Sister (1943)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Shantytown (1943)

Clarence "Whitey" White

Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1943)

So's Your Uncle (1943)

Corregidor (1943)

Hi' Ya, Sailor (1943)

The Navy Comes Through (1942)

Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)

Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)

Syncopation (1942)

Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)

Back Street (1941)

The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)

His Girl Friday (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Melody and Moonlight (1940)

Dancing on a Dime (1940)

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

Golden Boy (1939)

First Love (1939)

Big Town Czar (1939)

The Last Warning (1939)

S.O.S.--Tidal Wave (1939)

Peaches Jackson

Society Smugglers (1939)

The Underpup (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Letter of Introduction (1938)

The Storm (1938)

Reckless Living (1938)

Goodbye Broadway (1938)

Love Is a Headache (1938)

The Devil's Party (1938)

Strange Faces (1938)

The Lady in the Morgue (1938)

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)

One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

When's Your Birthday? (1937)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

That Girl from Paris (1937)

Frank, Laughing Boy

You're a Sweetheart (1937)

Saturday's Heroes (1937)

Angel's Holiday (1937)

There Goes My Girl (1937)

Prescription for Romance (1937)

The Westland Case (1937)

Walking on Air (1936)

Gas station attendant

Women Are Trouble (1936)

Don't Turn 'Em Loose (1936)

The Witness Chair (1936)

The Last Outlaw (1936)

The Farmer in the Dell (1936)

Smartest Girl in Town (1936)

Swing Time (1936)

Old Hutch (1936)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Cast (Special)

Motorcycle Cop (Guest)

Life Events

Videos

Woman On The Run (1950) -- (Movie Clip) That's His Burlesque Period San Francisco detective Ferris (Robert Keith, with aide Frank Jenks) debriefing Eleanor Johnson (Ann Sheridan), the not-devoted wife of artist Frank, who witnessed a murder that night, then disappeared, in the newly-restored Woman On The Run, 1950.

His Girl Friday (1940) -- (Movie Clip) The Real Red Menace In the press room at the courthouse, Howard Hawks directs the guys from Ben Hecht’s original play (Roscoe Karns as McCue, Porter Hall as Murphy, Ernest Truex as Roy, Cliff Edwards as Endicott, Frank Jenks as Wilson), and Roz Russell convincing as the title character, their pal Hildy, informing them she’s done, in His Girl Friday, 1940.

Zombies On Broadway (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Are You A Zombie? We first meet Sheldon Leonard as gangster turned impresario Ace, then the stars, his press agents, Wally Brown and tubbier Alan Carney as Jerry and Mike, the RKO riposte to Abbott And Costello, in Gangsters On Broadway, 1945, with Bela Lugosi and Anne Jeffreys.

Navy Comes Through, The -- (Movie Clip) Admiral Babe Youthful "Babe" (Jackie Cooper) with parents (Mary Young, Joe Cunningham) reports to Mallory (Pat O'Brien) who also receives Dutch (Carl Esmond) and Sampler (Frank Jenks) in The Navy Comes Through, 1942.

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