Jack Pennick

AKA: J. Ronald Pennick, Ronald Jack Pennick
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1895-12-07

Portland, Oregon, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

Fort Apache
Assistant Director
Oh! Susanna
Technical Advisor
The Fugitive
Executive Assistant
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {97}

Bartender in Tonto (uncredited)

1939-03-02 7.616

Stagecoach

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process. ...
Genre :Western, Adventure

Jinx Johnson

1927-03-13 0

The Broncho Twister

Returning from the war, Tom Mason rides square into a raging feud between the his family and the neighboring Brady gang. ...
Genre :Western

Sgt. Daniel Schattuck

1948-05-21 7

Fort Apache

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-d ...
Genre :Western

Sam (uncredited)

1949-07-13 6.4

Mighty Joe Young

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star. ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Action

Cannon Mate Carson (uncredited)

1954-12-23 7.051

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. ...
Genre :Adventure, Science Fiction, Family

Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

1955-01-04 7

The Long Gray Line

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Football Player (uncredited)

1929-09-01 4.7

Salute

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Policeman

1932-05-14 4.8

Strangers of the Evening

Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on. ...
Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Horror

Prisoner

1939-03-24 6

Sergeant Madden

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Lefty

1938-03-18 4

King of the Newsboys

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistak ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mitch (uncredited)

1959-06-11 6.938

The Horse Soldiers

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The se ...
Genre :Western, War

Cuffy Brown

1941-04-22 5.3

Lady from Louisiana

Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fac ...
Genre :Drama

Pete

1930-08-02 5.9

Way Out West

Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ran ...
Genre :Western, Comedy, Drama

Bill Casey

1932-10-15 5.5

Slightly Married

Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Chief

1951-01-27 6

Operation Pacific

During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eve ...
Genre :War, Drama, Action

The Iceman

1928-02-13 7.2

Four Sons

A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L' ...
Genre :War, Drama

Spike

1933-08-29 5.2

Skyway

A cocky young pilot, at the urging of his girlfriend, takes a nice, "safe" job at the bank where her father is president. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Drama

Kansas - Sailor

1929-12-20 7

Navy Blues

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Sergeant at Fort (uncredited)

1956-05-16 7.699

The Searchers

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable. ...
Genre :Western

Mine Superintendent (uncredited)

1941-10-28 7.305

How Green Was My Valley

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the ...
Genre :Drama

Marine (uncredited)

1930-04-22 6.1

Paramount on Parade

This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Carny on Spotlight (uncredited)

1933-10-06 6.3

I'm No Angel

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the c ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Jonesie - Marine (uncredited)

1937-10-29 5.1

Live, Love and Learn

A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can b ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Sgt. Lightfoot (uncredited)

1960-10-23 7.1

The Alamo

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas. ...
Genre :War, Adventure, History, Western

Bar Patron #6 (uncredited)

1933-11-10 5.375

The Prizefighter and the Lady

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Bus Driver

1938-05-20 0

Cocoanut Grove

Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Pilot (uncredited)

1933-10-20 5.286

Ace of Aces

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1960-05-25 7.1

Sergeant Rutledge

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer. ...
Genre :Western, Crime, Drama

Sand Shoveler at Beach

1940-12-06 6

Charter Pilot

US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to take a desk job but the urge for adventure is too strong. ...
Genre :Adventure

Randolph Air Field Mechanic

1935-03-23 6

West Point of the Air

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer. ...
Genre :Drama

Merchant Seaman Checking in at Hotel (uncredited)

1930-11-29 6.115

Min and Bill

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Gob

1937-01-24 5.8

Devil's Playground

A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarine officers Dorgan (Dix) and Mason (Morris) battle ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Mechanic (Uncredited)

1939-02-19 5.8

Tail Spin

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price ...
Genre :Drama

Ship's Fireman (uncredited)

1937-11-19 5.2

Navy Blue and Gold

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training. ...
Genre :Drama

Harmonicist (uncredited)

1939-05-05 6.578

Union Pacific

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstruct ...
Genre :Drama, Western

Big Buck Troop (uncredited)

1939-06-09 7.2

Young Mr. Lincoln

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tr ...
Genre :Drama, History

Amos Hartman

1939-11-10 6.4

Drums Along the Mohawk

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister s ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Soldier (uncredited)

1936-09-04 6.3

The Road to Glory

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse M ...
Genre :Drama, War

The Plumber

1933-06-16 5

Strange People

All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Sgt. Briggs - Instructor (uncredited)

1950-02-17 6.8

When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping h ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Sergeant Major (uncredited)

1949-10-22 6.9

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. ...
Genre :Drama, Western

Camp Helper (uncredited)

1940-03-15 7.818

The Grapes of Wrath

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head ...
Genre :Drama

Bos'un 'Guns' McPeek

1938-11-25 6.6

Submarine Patrol

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Pete

1933-08-04 7

Tugboat Annie

Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

1932-01-02 6.4

Emma

After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Sergeant (uncredited)

1955-12-07 6.1

The Last Frontier

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel. ...
Genre :Western

Sailor

1933-11-29 5

Son of a Sailor

A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane. ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Man Bringing Dermot to Hogan

1928-05-13 6.533

Hangman's House

Forced by her mean-spirited father, Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, to marry a man she doesn't love, Connaught O'Brien gives up hope of ever with her true love, Dermot McDermot. After her father die ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Romance

Army Driver (uncredited)

1929-08-18 7.6

Lucky Star

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Jacob Bowman

1953-06-13 6.569

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

Jack - Bartender (uncredited)

1962-04-13 7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed ...
Genre :Western

Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)

1946-10-17 7.4

My Darling Clementine

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits. ...
Genre :Western, Drama, Romance

Henry Williams (uncredited)

1940-09-18 7.041

The Westerner

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Lang ...
Genre :Western

Sergeant Field

1940-10-22 6.354

North West Mounted Police

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into th ...
Genre :Action, Western, Adventure, Romance

Sergeant (uncredited)

1950-11-15 6.8

Rio Grande

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his comman ...
Genre :Western

Corporal Cutting (uncredited)

1941-09-27 7.193

Sergeant York

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes on ...
Genre :War, Drama

Ship Gambler

1935-10-04 4

Waterfront Lady

When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Johnny

1940-11-16 6.564

The Long Voyage Home

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Sergeant (uncredited)

1961-05-24 6.4

Two Rode Together

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages. ...
Genre :Western

Man (uncredited)

1947-11-11 5.9

The Fugitive

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest. ...
Genre :Drama

Doughboy

1929-11-16 5

The Mighty

In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime, War

1933-07-12 6.9

Pilgrimage

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I. ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Salty

1951-11-06 5

The Sea Hornet

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the ...
Genre :Mystery, Adventure, Crime

Sergeant

1950-05-18 6

Rock Island Trail

A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area. ...
Genre :Western

River Man with Pappy

1935-09-06 7.5

Steamboat Round the Bend

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Luke

1948-12-31 6.7

3 Godfathers

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives. ...
Genre :Western

Baggage Man

1929-03-03 5

Strong Boy

"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the frustration of his girlfriend Mary, he is not ambitious enough to take a white-collar position. But whe ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Drill Sergeant

1938-05-24 6.7

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his rel ...
Genre :Music, Drama, Romance

Campaign Rally Heckler (uncredited)

1931-11-21 6.987

Possessed

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only o ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Capt. Dan Carroll

1949-09-15 5.9

The Fighting Kentuckian

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and ...
Genre :Western, Romance

Saloon Customer

1932-11-25 5.5

Renegades of the West

A cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father. ...
Genre :Western

Coast Guardsman

1951-05-31 6.5

Fighting Coast Guard

Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II. ...
Genre :War, Drama, Romance

'Doc'

1945-12-07 6.5

They Were Expendable

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy ...
Genre :Drama, War

Policeman

1941-02-20 6.625

Tobacco Road

Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over t ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Lumberjack (uncredited)

1936-11-06 6.838

Come and Get It

An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Pill Spilling (uncredited)

1940-08-17 6

Buyer Beware

This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Reaper (uncredited)

1930-01-12 7.426

City Girl

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Bus Driver (uncredited)

1935-05-31 6.2

Public Hero Number 1

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Di ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Marine Sergeant

1955-07-10 7.045

Mister Roberts

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, War

Sven Linder

1927-09-18 0

The Lone Eagle

During WWI to prove his mettle against a charge of cowardice to everyone including his girl Mimi, American pilot Lieutenant Billy Holmes accepts an assignment with the Royal Flying Corps. He downs a G ...
Genre :Drama

Gus Rilovitch

1936-06-05 6.6

Private Number

Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Busch

1950-11-09 5.6

Tripoli

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

Truck Driver (Uncredited)

1936-12-01 6.2

Great Guy

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gangster (Uncredited)

1935-07-13 5

Don't Bet on Blondes

Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Rocky

1939-06-08 4

Mountain Rhythm

Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will be put up for auction, the ranchers pool their money only to have it stolen by Cavanaugh's men. They the ...
Genre :Western

Redface (convict)

1934-03-10 0

Jail Birds of Paradise

While the warden is away, his daughter attempts to turn prison into 'Paradise" Considered a Lost Film. ...
Genre :Comedy

Corporal Murphy (uncredited)

1962-11-02 7

How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family. ...
Genre :Western

Police Sgt. Rafferty (uncredited)

1958-12-31 7.167

The Last Hurrah

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, ...
Genre :Drama

Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)

1959-06-11 6.938

The Horse Soldiers

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The se ...
Genre :Western, War

Man Waiting in Freight Office

1935-07-05 6.1

The Farmer Takes a Wife

A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Bystander (uncredited)

1934-07-20 6

The Notorious Sophie Lang

After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Gangster (uncredited)

1938-06-01 6.5

You and Me

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Robe ...
Genre :Crime, Romance, Comedy

Sergeant

1930-05-11 5.5

Born Reckless

In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy, Drama, War, Romance

Corporal (uncredited)

1936-02-28 6.8

The Prisoner of Shark Island

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washin ...
Genre :Drama, History

Bud Swenson

1928-09-23 0

Plastered in Paris

A Harem Scarum Comedy of two Clowns in a Desert Amidst a Bevy of Harem Beauties. It's a Wow and How! ...
Genre :Comedy

Drill Sergeant Tim Molloy

1957-09-18 6.586

Wagon Train

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by look ...
Genre :Western, Drama, Family

Sergeant Duffy

1961-02-09 6

Gunslinger

Gunslinger was a Western television series starring Tony Young that aired on the CBS television network from February 9 until May 18, 1961 on Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m. EST. The series theme song was ...
Genre :Western, Drama