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Frank Jenks
★ Acting

Frank Jenks

1902 – 1962 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA · Active 1933–1960

Frank Jenks, an actor active during the mid-20th century, made notable contributions to the world of cult cinema. He appears in Woman on the Run (1950), where his performance adds depth to the film's exploration of suspense and intrigue. In Slightly Scarlet (1956), Jenks showcases his range in a vibrant narrative filled with crime and deception. His roles in The She-Creature (1956) and Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956) further cement his presence in the genre, making him a recognizable figure in the landscape of exploitation and B-movie cinema.

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The She-Creature

The She-Creature

1956 ★ 3.7
as Plainclothes Sgt. with Lt James

Dr. Carlo Lombardi, a carnival hypnotist, conducts experiments in hypnotic regression that take his unwitting female subject Andrea Talbott to a past life as a prehistoric humanoid form of sea life. He uses the physical manifestation of the prehistoric creature to commit murders.

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Filmography

154 credits
1960s 1 credit
1960
TV ★ 6.3
1950s 50 credits
1959
TV ★ 6.4
1957
Movie ★ 4.6
1957
Perry Mason as Walter Clemens the Bartender
TV ★ 7.7
1957
TV ★ 7.6
1957
Perry Mason as Cab Driver
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Wagon Train as Dutch Carl Anders
TV ★ 6.6
1956
The Houston Story as Louie Phelan
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
The She-Creature as Plainclothes Sgt. with Lt James
Movie ★ 4.1
1956
Movie ★ 6.3
1956
Friendly Persuasion as Shell Game Man (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1956
Movie ★ 5.6
1956
Hey, Jeannie! as Umpire
TV ★ 6.3
1956
Hey, Jeannie! as Sgt. Brubaker
TV ★ 6.3
1955
Dig That Uranium as The Mechanic
Movie ★ 4.3
1955
Outlaw Treasure as Sergeant
Movie ★ 9.0
1955
Sudden Danger as Kenny the Bartender
Movie ★ 5.5
1955
The Millionaire as Frank Keegan
TV ★ 5.8
1955
TV ★ 5.2
1955
Cheyenne as Gus Bolin (uncredited)
TV ★ 6.1
1955
The Millionaire as Martin Fletcher
TV ★ 5.8
1954
Highway Dragnet as Marine in Civvies
Movie ★ 5.7
1954
December Bride as Telegram Singer
TV ★ 6.3
1954
December Bride as George Bigelow
TV ★ 6.3
1954
TV ★ 6.3
1954
December Bride as Milkman
TV ★ 6.3
1953
White Lightning as Benny Brown
Movie ★ 7.5
1953
TV ★ 9.0
1953
TV ★ 6.6
1952
Movie ★ 6.5
1952
TV ★ 6.6
1952
TV ★ 6.6
1951
The Scarf as Tom, Drunk Cowboy
Movie ★ 5.7
1951
Let's Go Navy! as Shell game sailor
Movie ★ 8.0
1951
Pecos River as Sheriff Denning
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
Silver City Bonanza as Theater Owner
Movie ★ 8.0
1951
Utah Wagon Train as Hap - Telephone Company Lineman
Movie ★ 6.7
1951
Bowery Battalion as Recruiting Sergeant
Movie ★ 8.5
1951
TV ★ 6.5
1951
TV ★ 4.0
1950
Blondie's Hero as Tim Saunders
Movie ★ 7.0
1950
Woman on the Run as Detective Homer Shaw
Movie ★ 6.8
1950
Movie ★ 7.0
1950
To Please a Lady as Press Agent
Movie ★ 6.5
1950
Lucky Losers as Bartender
Movie ★ 6.6
1950
Movie ★ 8.0
1950
The Cisco Kid as Marshal Sutton
TV ★ 6.1
1940s 61 credits
1948
Blondie's Reward as Ed Vance
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Family Honeymoon as Gas Station Attendant
Movie ★ 6.3
1948
Mr. Reckless as Cab Driver
Movie ★ 5.0
1948
Mary Lou as Mike Connors
Movie
1948
Movie ★ 7.5
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy as Carnival Man
Movie ★ 6.8
1948
Shep Comes Home as The Iceman
Movie ★ 6.5
1947
Movie ★ 7.0
1947
Philo Vance's Gamble as Ernie Clark
Movie ★ 6.3
1947
High Wall as Pinky (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1947
That's My Gal as Louie Koblentz
Movie ★ 10.0
1947
Blonde Savage as Hoppy Owens
Movie ★ 4.7
1947
Kilroy Was Here as Butch Miller
Movie ★ 5.7
1946
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Movie ★ 7.3
1946
That Brennan Girl as Joe, the Cabbie
Movie ★ 5.5
1946
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
The Hoodlum Saint as Dance Contest M.C. (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1945
Movie ★ 5.1
1945
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
Bedside Manner as Pvt. Harry Smith
Movie ★ 5.9
1945
The Kid Sister as The Burglar
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
The Missing Corpse as Mack Hogan
Movie ★ 5.1
1945
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
G.I. Honeymoon as Horace P. 'Blubber' Malloy
Movie ★ 8.0
1945
The Phantom of 42nd Street as Egbert Egelhofer, aka Romeo
Movie ★ 4.8
1944
Follow the Boys as Chick Doyle (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1944
Rogues' Gallery as Eddie Porter
Movie ★ 5.9
1944
The Falcon in Hollywood as Lieutenant Higgins
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster as Bernard "Troubles" O'Connor
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Movie ★ 5.8
1944
Rosie the Riveter as Kelly Kennedy
Movie ★ 5.3
1944
Three Little Sisters as Pvt. 'Rosy' Rowman
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Dixie Jamboree as Jack 'Curly' Berger
Movie ★ 5.4
1944
Ladies Courageous as Snapper Anthony Walgreen
Movie ★ 5.3
1944
Strange Affair as Sgt. Erwin
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
The Impatient Years as Top Sergeant
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
Take It or Leave It as Cab Driver
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Thousands Cheer as Sergeant Koslack
Movie ★ 6.4
1943
Movie ★ 6.6
1943
The Human Comedy as Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1943
Hi'ya, Sailor as Deadpan Weaver
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
Corregidor as Sgt. Mahoney
Movie ★ 4.4
1943
Shantytown as Whitey
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
Movie ★ 7.2
1943
So's Your Uncle as Joe Elliott
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Maisie Gets Her Man as Art Giffman
Movie ★ 6.7
1942
Movie ★ 5.3
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad as Joe Scavenger
Movie ★ 4.0
1942
Syncopation as Smiley Jackson
Movie ★ 6.8
1942
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
Movie ★ 6.6
1941
Movie ★ 6.1
1941
Back Street as Harry Niles
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
Movie ★ 7.5
1940
Movie ★ 7.4
1940
Dancing on a Dime as Phil Miller
Movie ★ 5.0
1940
Movie ★ 4.5
1940
Melody and Moonlight as Butch Reilly
Movie ★ 7.5
1930s 42 credits
1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave as Peaches Jackson
Movie ★ 6.8
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Golden Boy as Pepper White
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
First Love as Mike the Cop
Movie ★ 7.6
1939
The Under-Pup as Uncle Dan
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Movie ★ 6.2
1939
Big Town Czar as Sid Travers
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Love Is a Headache as Joe Cannon
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Goodbye Broadway as Harry Clark
Movie ★ 10.0
1938
Letter of Introduction as Joe, theatre prompter
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
Movie ★ 5.4
1938
The Lady in the Morgue as Doc Williams
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Youth Takes a Fling as Frank Munson
Movie ★ 5.5
1938
The Last Warning as Doc Williams
Movie ★ 8.5
1938
Movie ★ 8.0
1938
The Storm as Peter Carey
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Strange Faces as Nick Denby
Movie ★ 10.0
1937
Movie ★ 6.4
1937
Angel's Holiday as Butch Broder
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
Movie ★ 5.5
1937
Saturday's Heroes as Dubrowsky
Movie ★ 8.0
1937
There Goes My Girl as Frank Tate
Movie ★ 7.5
1937
We Who Are About to Die as Clyde Beasley
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
The Westland Case as Doc Williams
Movie ★ 6.7
1937
You're a Sweetheart as Harry Howe
Movie ★ 4.6
1936
Smartest Girl in Town as Photographer
Movie ★ 5.8
1936
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
That Girl from Paris as Laughing Boy Frank
Movie ★ 6.9
1936
Walking on Air as First Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1936
The Witness Chair as Roy Levino
Movie ★ 6.6
1936
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Don't Turn 'em Loose as Pete - Henchman
Movie ★ 5.0
1936
Swing Time as (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1936
The Big Broadcast of 1937 as Trombone Player
Movie ★ 6.2
1936
The Last Outlaw as Deputy Tom
Movie ★ 6.3
1934
College Rhythm as Orchestra Leader
Movie ★ 5.6
1933
Hello, Everybody! as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
Asleep in the Feet as Dance Hall Patron
Movie ★ 4.0
1933
Movie ★ 5.0
1933
College Humor as Orchestra Leader
Movie ★ 5.6
1933
Luxury Liner as Ship's Bandleader (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3