Jimmy Conlin
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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.
Cast
The Town Went Wild
Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Wormy
The Palm Beach Story
Mr. Asweld
Fallen Angel
Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Arbuster (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
The Lookout - At Felgman's
Hail the Conquering Hero
Judge Dennis
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Little Thief
The Great Rupert
Joe Mahoney
Whistle Stop
Al - the Barber
The Remarkable Andrew
Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Magruder
Knock on Any Door
Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
It's a Joke, Son!
Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Operation Haylift
Ed North
Rolling Home
Grandpa Crawford
Footlight Parade
Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Mayor (uncredited)
The Hucksters
Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Rose Marie
Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
Blue Skies
Jeffrey - Valet (uncredited)
The Bride Comes Home
Len Noble
And the Angels Sing
Messenger (uncredited)
The Man Who Found Himself
Nosey Watson
Hazard
Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
Smashing the Rackets
Witness
Living on Love
Man with Monkey (uncredited)
Dixie
Publisher (uncredited)
She Learned About Sailors
Irate Neighbor
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
City Limits
Napoleon, Second Hobo
Cocoanut Grove
Motel Proprietor
He Couldn't Say No
Ambulance Driver
On Dangerous Ground
Doc Hyman (uncredited)
The Seven Little Foys
Stage Doorman
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Summer Storm
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
Poem Vendor (uncredited)
Torchy Blane in Panama
Botkin (as James Conlon)
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Tour Bus Barker
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Sightless
The Lady Eve
Third Steward (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Coroner (uncredited)
Taxi, Mister
Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
It Happened Tomorrow
Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Murder
Clarence "One-Shot" "Smoky" Madigan
Mourning Becomes Electra
Abner Small
Captains Courageous
Martin (uncredited)
King of the Lumberjacks
Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers
Otto Hanson
Prison Farm
Dave, the Grocer
Angels Over Broadway
Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Madame Spy
Caretaker Winston
The Way of All Flesh
Second Hobo
Over the Wall
Davis' Handler
And Sudden Death
Mr. Tweets
Broadway Musketeers
Hobart Skinner
Bring on the Girls
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Jazz Singer
Mr. Demming, Photographer
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Pete the Hermit
A Shot in the Dark
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
It Happens Every Thursday
Matthew
Hitler's Madman
Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
New York Town
Burt (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady
Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Bartender at opera (uncredited)
The Inspector General
Turnkey (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde
Dr. Bolger, coroner
Blondes at Work
Coroner (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger
(scene deleted)
The Gay Falcon
Bartender (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Hard to Get
Dour Diner (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
Man Shaving on Plane (uncredited)
What, No Cigarettes
Uncle Wilbur
Lost in a Harem
Arab Follower (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Mannequin
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway
Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
Handy Andy
Henry (uncredited)
Broadway
Newsman (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
Bum (uncredited)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Unknown
The Bowery
Enlistee (uncredited)
