Portrait of DeWitt Jennings

Acting

DeWitt Jennings

Career

Active from 1915 to 1936, busiest in 1924 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
DeWitt Jennings Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Melodrama 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Silent Film 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

118
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

1 title
Thru Different Eyes
Thru Different Eyes (1942)

as Paducah

1930s

64 titles ยท average score 64
A Dog of Flanders
A Dog of Flanders (1935)

as Carl Cogez

Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
GoodWatch score 76

as Emil Kleninholz

The Fighting Rookie
The Fighting Rookie (1934)

as Police Commissioner

One Year Later
One Year Later (1933)

as Deputy Russell

On Your Guard
On Your Guard (1933)

as Joshua Perkins

Silver Dollar
Silver Dollar (1932)
GoodWatch score 63

as George, the Mine Foreman

Caught Plastered
Caught Plastered (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Police Chief H.A. Morton

The Criminal Code
The Criminal Code (1931)
GoodWatch score 60

as Yard Captain Gleason

Salvation Nell
Salvation Nell (1931)

as McGovern

The Night Ride
The Night Ride (1930)

as Capt. O'Donnell

The Bat Whispers
The Bat Whispers (1930)
GoodWatch score 64

as Police Captain

Min and Bill
Min and Bill (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Groot

1920s

50 titles ยท average score 60
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)

as Jay Darrell

The Valiant
The Valiant (1929)
GoodWatch score 40

as Warden Holt

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jim Cargan

The Night Flyer
The Night Flyer (1928)

as Bucks

Marry the Girl
Marry the Girl (1928)

as Martin Wayland

Home Made
Home Made (1927)

as Mr. White

Exit Smiling
Exit Smiling (1926)
GoodWatch score 75

as Orlando Wainwright

While London Sleeps
While London Sleeps (1926)

as Inspector Burke

Chip of the Flying U
Chip of the Flying U (1926)

as J.G. Whitmore

Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies (1924)

as Jeff Baird

Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood (1922)
GoodWatch score 62

as Detective Doyle

Sherlock Brown
Sherlock Brown (1922)

as J. J. Wallace

1910s

3 titles ยท average score 62
The Hillcrest Mystery
The Hillcrest Mystery (1918)

as Tom Cameron

The Little American
The Little American (1917)
GoodWatch score 62

as English Barrister

At Bay
At Bay (1915)

as Judson Flagg