Editing Allen Jenkins (section)

==Life and career==
[[File:The-Front-Page-1928-1.jpg|thumb|right|George Barbier, Willard Robertson, Claude Cooper, Allen Jenkins and William Foran in the original Broadway production of ''[[The Front Page]]'' (1928)]]
Jenkins was born on [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], on April 9, 1900.<ref>{{cite book| title=Warners Wiseguys: All 112 Films That Robinson, Cagney and Bogart Made for the Studio| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAUXDAAAQBAJ&q=Allen+Jenkins+born+Alfred+McGonegal&pg=PA11| date=September 17, 2007| last=Nollen| first=Scott Allen| page=11| publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-0786432622| access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref>

Jenkins had been a stage actor since 1922. He signed a seven-year contract with [[Warner Bros.]] in 1932 and established himself quickly as a gloom-faced, wisecracking character player, useful in comedies, dramas, and musicals (he was an accomplished dancer). He was a member of Hollywood's so-called "Irish Mafia", a group of Irish-American actors and friends which included [[Spencer Tracy]], [[James Cagney]], [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], and [[Frank McHugh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/beta/2012/04/03/frank-mchugh-actor-world-war-ii |title=Frank McHugh: A Beloved Character Actor Who Played an Important Role in World War II |author=Diana Bertolini |date=April 3, 2012 |publisher=[[New York Public Library]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50AbUfJS6OkC&pg=PA |title=A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers |author=Tom Weaver |page=8 |publisher=McFarland |date=January 10, 2014 |isbn=9780786458318}}</ref> His Warner agreement was non-exclusive so he could appear in films for other studios, such as ''[[Whirlpool (1934 film)|Whirlpool]]'' (as [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]]'s sidekick) and ''[[Dead End (1937 film)|Dead End]]'' (as [[Humphrey Bogart]]'s sidekick). 

After his Warner agreement lapsed, Jenkins freelanced for the rest of his career. After World War II, when Hollywood studios made fewer feature films, Jenkins found work at lesser studios, including those of [[Robert L. Lippert]], [[Monogram Pictures]], and [[Republic Pictures]]. He also began appearing in the new field of television.

In 1959, Jenkins played the role of elevator operator Harry in the comedy ''[[Pillow Talk (film)|Pillow Talk]]''. He was a regular on the television sitcom ''[[Hey, Jeannie!]]'' (1956–57), starring [[Jeannie Carson]] and often portrayed Muggsy on the 1950s-1970s [[Columbia Broadcasting Company|CBS]] series ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]''. He was also a guest star on many other television programs, such as ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Mr. and Mrs. North]]'', ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]'', ''[[The Ernie Kovacs Show]]'', ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater|Zane Grey Theater]]'', and ''[[Your Show of Shows]]''. He had a cameo appearance in ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963). Eleven days before his death, he made his final appearance, at the end of [[Billy Wilder]]'s remake of ''[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]'' (1974); it was released posthumously.