Si Jenks

• Born: Sep 23, 1876 in Pennsylvania
• Died: Jan 06, 1970 in Woodland Hills, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s-'40s
• Major Genres: Western, Comedy
• Career Highlights: The Great Train Robbery, The Cowboy Star, Near the Trail's End
• First Major Screen Credit: The Man from Death Valley (1931)

Biography

After years on the circus and vaudeville circuits, Si Jenks came to films in 1931. Virtually always cast as a grizzled, toothless old codger, Jenks was a welcome presence in dozens of westerns. In Columbia's Tim McCoy series of the early 1930s, Jenks was often teamed with another specialist in old-coot roles, Walter Brennan (17 years younger than Jenks). In non-westerns, Si Jenks played town drunks, hillbillies and Oldest Living Citizens usually with names like Homer and Zeke until his retirement at the age of 76. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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