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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.
Filmography
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Movies 105
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

The Seven Little Foys (1955)

The Jazz Singer (1953)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Sideshow (1950)

Operation Haylift (1950)

The Great Rupert (1950)

The Inspector General (1949)

Prejudice (1949)

Tulsa (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Hazard (1948)

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

The Hucksters (1947)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

Rolling Home (1946)

Blue Skies (1946)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Whistle Stop (1946)

Fallen Angel (1945)

What, No Cigarettes (1945)

Bring on the Girls (1945)

The Town Went Wild (1944)

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Summer Storm (1944)

And the Angels Sing (1944)

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Swing Shift Maisie (1943)

Dixie (1943)

Taxi, Mister (1943)

Slightly Dangerous (1943)

Madame Spy (1942)

The Forest Rangers (1942)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Obliging Young Lady (1942)

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

New York Town (1941)

The Gay Falcon (1941)

A Shot in the Dark (1941)

The Lady Eve (1941)

Second Chorus (1941)

Christmas in July (1940)

Angels Over Broadway (1940)

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)

The Great McGinty (1940)

The Way of All Flesh (1940)

Florian (1940)

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

King of the Lumberjacks (1940)

My Little Chickadee (1940)

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)

Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Idiot's Delight (1939)

Comet Over Broadway (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

Hard to Get (1938)

Broadway Musketeers (1938)

Prison Farm (1938)

Cocoanut Grove (1938)

Over the Wall (1938)

He Couldn't Say No (1938)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Mannequin (1938)

The Adventurous Blonde (1937)

Living on Love (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)

The Man Who Found Himself (1937)

Rose Bowl (1936)

The Accusing Finger (1936)

And Sudden Death (1936)

Rose Marie (1936)

The Bride Comes Home (1935)

Handy Andy (1934)

She Learned About Sailors (1934)

Footlight Parade (1933)

College Humor (1933)

Grand Slam (1933)
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GenderMale
Birthday1884-10-14
Deathday1962-05-07 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceCamden, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJames Conlin, James Conlon, Jimmy Conlon
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