Jimmy Conlin

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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...

Known for

Anatomy of a MurderMovie • 1959The Lady EveMovie • 1941Fallen AngelMovie • 1945Footlight ParadeMovie • 1933Woman of the YearMovie • 1942The Palm Beach StoryMovie • 1942Sullivan's TravelsMovie • 1941Dick Tracy's DilemmaMovie • 1947Knock on Any DoorMovie • 1949Captains CourageousMovie • 1937Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesMovie • 1944Hail the Conquering HeroMovie • 1944Blue SkiesMovie • 1946Whistle StopMovie • 1946The Inspector GeneralMovie • 1949Edison, the ManMovie • 1940It Happened TomorrowMovie • 1944Second ChorusMovie • 1941On Dangerous GroundMovie • 1951The Miracle of Morgan's CreekMovie • 1944The Shining HourMovie • 1938Christmas in JulyMovie • 1940Out of the FogMovie • 1941TulsaMovie • 1949