William Benedict
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William Benedict (April 16, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing "Whitey" in Monogram Pictures' The Bowery Boys series.
Born in Haskell, Oklahoma, he took part in school theatricals, and on leaving school he made his way to Hollywood. His first film was $10 Raise (1935) starring Edward Everett Horton, which launched Benedict on a busy career. The blond-haired Benedict almost always played juvenile roles, such as newsboys, messengers, office boys, and farmhands.
In 1939, when Universal Pictures began its Little Tough Guys series to compete with the popular Dead End Kids features, Billy Benedict was recruited into the cast. These films led him into the similar East Side Kids movies (usually playing a member of the East Side gang, but occasionally in villainous roles). The East Side Kids became The Bowery Boys in 1946, and Benedict stayed with the series (as "Whitey") through the end of 1951.
Other films included My Little Chickadee (1940) starring W. C. Fields and Mae West, The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955), The Sting (1973) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Benedict never shook his juvenile image completely, and continued to play messengers and news vendors well into his sixties. He also worked often in television commercials.
Fotos
Películas (186)
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020 · Himself
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988 · Gus Morton
Computercide
1982 · Elderly Man
Goldie and the Boxer
1979 · Old Man
Born Again
1978 · Leon Jaworski
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976 · Telegraph Office Manager
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Man on Bus
Cop on the Beat
1975 · Lennie
The Dead Don't Die
1975 · Hotel Desk Clerk
The Sting
1973 · Roulette Dealer
The Secret Sharer
1973 · Mr. Burns
The Dirt Gang
1972 · Station Attendant
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972 · Newsboy
Call Her Mom
1972 · Mr. Feigelbaum
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · News Vendor (uncredited)
The Over the Hill Gang
1969 · Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
Big Daddy
1969
The Lottery
1969 · Joe Summers
Funny Girl
1968 · Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Rogue's Gallery
1968 · Jocko (as William Benedict)
What Am I Bid?
1967 · Clem (as Bill Benedict)
Frankie and Johnny
1966 · Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Simpson
Dear Heart
1965 · Stu
Lover Come Back
1961 · Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
The Hanging Tree
1959 · Trapper (uncredited)
The Killing
1956 · American Airlines Clerk
Mobs, Inc.
1956 · Telegraph Boy
Bride of the Monster
1955 · Newsboy
The Magnetic Monster
1953 · Albert
Crazy Over Horses
1951 · Whitey (as William Benedict)
Let's Go Navy!
1951 · Whitey
Ghost Chasers
1951 · Whitey
Bowery Battalion
1951 · Whitey
Blues Busters
1950 · Whitey (as William Benedict)
Triple Trouble
1950 · Whitey, Bowery Boy
Lucky Losers
1950 · Whitey
Blonde Dynamite
1950 · Whitey
Master Minds
1949 · Whitey
Angels in Disguise
1949 · Whitey
Hold That Baby!
1949 · Whitey
Riders of the Pony Express
1949 · Eddie Lund
Fighting Fools
1949 · Whitey
Trouble Makers
1948 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Smuggler's Cove
1948 · Whitey
Night Wind
1948 · Irv Bennett
Jinx Money
1948 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Secret Service Investigator
1948 · Counterman
Angels' Alley
1948 · Whitey
Bowery Buckaroos
1947 · Whitey
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
News Hounds
1947 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
The Hucksters
1947 · Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 · Whitey
The Pilgrim Lady
1947 · Bellboy
Mr. Hex
1946 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Spook Busters
1946 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Bowery Bombshell
1946 · Whitey
In Fast Company
1946 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
One More Tomorrow
1946 · Stinky
Do You Love Me
1946 · Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946 · Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Newsboy (uncredited)
The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946 · Bellboy (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946 · Newsboy #2 (uncredited)
Gay Blades
1946 · Newsboy (uncredited)
Live Wires
1946 · Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
People Are Funny
1946 · NBC Usher
Come Out Fighting
1945 · Skinny
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945 · Skinny
Story of G.I. Joe
1945 · Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
Hollywood and Vine
1945 · Joe the Newsboy
Docks of New York
1945 · Skinny
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945 · Pesky (uncredited)
Bowery Champs
1944 · Skinny
I Won't Play
1944 · Florida
They Live in Fear
1944 · Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
That's My Baby!
1944 · Office boy
Janie
1944 · Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Block Busters
1944 · Butch
Follow the Leader
1944 · Spider O'Brien
Follow the Boys
1944 · Joe (uncredited)
The Whistler
1944 · The Deafmute (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Kid
1944 · Skinny
Whispering Footsteps
1943 · Jerry Murphy
Moonlight in Vermont
1943 · Abel
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943 · Pinky
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Busboy (uncredited)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943 · Zombie Parker
Nobody's Darling
1943 · Sammy (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 · Benny
All by Myself
1943 · Telegraph Messenger
Clancy Street Boys
1943 · Butch
Aerial Gunner
1943 · Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Greene (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
1943 · Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
1942 · Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Heart of the Golden West
1942 · Telegraph Messenger
Get Hep to Love
1942 · Soda Jerk
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Theatre Usher
The Glass Key
1942 · Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Wildcat
1942 · Bud Smithers
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Junior G-Men of the Air
1942 · Whitey
Perils of Nyoka
1942 · Red Davis
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Barker (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
1942 · Bellboy (uncredited)
Home in Wyomin'
1942 · Usher (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 · Bellboy
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 · Messenger (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
On the Sunny Side
1942 · Messenger
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Ice Cream Man
Cadet Girl
1941 · Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
Tuxedo Junction
1941 · Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
Jesse James at Bay
1941 · Young Davis
Great Guns
1941 · Recruit at Corral
Dressed to Kill
1941 · Singing Telegram Boy
Time Out for Rhythm
1941 · Messenger (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
1941 · Singing Telegraph Boy
In Old Cheyenne
1941 · Train Vendor
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941 · Whitey Murphy
Mr. District Attorney
1941 · Office Boy
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941 · Telegram Delivery Boy
Scattergood Baines
1941 · Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 · Jig
Second Chorus
1941 · Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Bowery Boy
1940 · (uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
1940 · Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
Give Us Wings
1940 · Link (as Billy Benedict)
Melody Ranch
1940 · Slim
Young People
1940 · Boy (uncredited)
Rhythm on the River
1940 · Elevator Boy
Lucky Partners
1940 · Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
1940 · Farm Boy (uncredited)
Stage to Chino
1940 · Happy (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940 · Dan Withers
Grand Ole Opry
1940 · Newsboy (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful
1940 · Delivery Man
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Lem (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless
1940 · Eddie
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939 · Office Boy
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Tour Guide
Code of the Streets
1939 · Trouble
Newsboys' Home
1938 · Trouble
Say It in French
1938 · Midget Car Driver
Little Tough Guys in Society
1938 · Trouble
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Sylvester
Young Fugitives
1938 · Jud
Hold That Kiss
1938 · Delivery Boy
There's Always a Woman
1938 · Bellboy
King of the Newsboys
1938 · Squimpy
Walking Down Broadway
1938 · Eddie
Bringing Up Baby
1938 · David's Caddy (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again
1938 · Billy (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Spud
The Last Gangster
1937 · Freddy the Office Boy
That I May Live
1937 · Kurt Plivens
Tramp Trouble
1937 · Young Bindlestiff
Flying Fists
1937 · Monk, Tall Kid
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937 · Bellboy
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937 · Copy Boy (uncredited)
They Wanted to Marry
1937 · Freckles
After the Thin Man
1936 · Newsboy (uncredited)
Crack-Up
1936 · Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936 · Wilbur
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 · Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 · Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
1936 · Johnny
Ramona
1936 · Joseph Hyar
M'Liss
1936 · Archer Morpher
The Witness Chair
1936 · Benny Ryan
Captain January
1936 · Telegram Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
1936 · The Gawker
Your Uncle Dudley
1935 · Cyril Church
Show Them No Mercy!
1935 · Willie (uncredited)
Way Down East
1935 · Amos
Bad Boy
1935 · Grocery Clerk
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · Flash
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Breck
Doubting Thomas
1935 · Caddie
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
College Scandal
1935 · 'Penny' Parker
$10 Raise
1935 · Jimmy
Series (48)
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Bobby Joe
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Vic
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Emmett Winston, Esq.
Matt Helm
1975 · Scavenger
Ellery Queen
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Reverend Lyman
Police Story
1973 · Prescott, Bellman
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Emergency!
1972 · Hyperventilating Victim
All in the Family
1971 · Jimmy McNab
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · Telegrapher (uncredited)
The Immortal
1970
The Brady Bunch
1969
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Card Player
Here's Lucy
1968 · Deliveryman
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Uncle Whitmore, Pet Shop Owner
Land of the Giants
1968 · Villager Peabody
Adam-12
1968 · Bill White
Mannix
1967
Hondo
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · Telegrapher
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Denver
The Monkees
1966 · Skywriter, Old Man
Felony Squad
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Cleaning Man
Honey West
1965 · Farley
Branded
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Willie
Route 66
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Joe
Dennis the Menace
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Conklin
The Rifleman
1958
Wagon Train
1957 · Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Gus
Lassie
1954
I'm the Law
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Degnan
Dragnet
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941 · Whitey Murphy